Tetraena hamiensis | UAE National Red List of Vascular Plants
Taxa
Tetraena hamiensis | (Schweinf.) Beier & Thulin
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is apparently widespread in both coastal and inland saline areas of the UAE. Although it is likely that some subpopulations will have undergone a significant decline as a result of coastal development, the species is still thought to exceed the thresholds for threatened categories. Therefore, this species is assessed as Least Concern.
Assessment year
2019
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
Western (1983) commented that the species is generally avoided by grazing animals because of its purgative effects, whilst Karim and Dakheel (2006) noted that it is grazed by camels. Due to these conflicting statements, the threats to this species remain largely unknown.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Tetraena hamiensis | Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Zygophyllales | Zygophyllaceae | Tetraena |