Indigofera intricata - Sampled Red List Index for Plants

Indigofera intricata
LC
Taxonomic Authority:
Global Assessment
Boiss.
Regional Assessment
Region:
Global
Endemic to region
Synonyms
Common Names
UZLIM
Arabic
Upper Level Taxonomy
Kingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA
Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA
Order: FABALES
Family: LEGUMINOSAE
Lower Level Taxonomy
Rank:
Subpopulation:
Infra- rank name:
Authority:
Plant Hybrid
General Information
Distribution
Species distributed in Middle East, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, South Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Somalia.
Range Size
Area of Occupancy: Upper limit: 500
Extent of Occurrence:
Map Status:
Population
Elevation
Lower limit: 0
Depth
Upper limit:
Lower limit:
Depth Zones
Shallow photic
Photic
Bathyl
Abyssal
Hadal
Biogeographic Realm
Afrotropical
Antarctic
Australasian
Neotropical
Oceanian
Palearctic
Indomalayan
Nearctic
The total population size of this species is not known. However, recent surveys in 2009 suggest 20 plants from United Arab
Emirates, from Sharjah, in the middle of its range (MSBP 2010).
Total Population Size
Minimum Population Size:
Maximum Population Size:
Habitat and Ecology
Indigofera intricata is a procumbent to postrate perennial herb which occurs in gravel plain, in association with Panicum,
Crotalaria, Convolvulus and date palms (MSBP 2010).
System
Terrestrial
Freshwater
Movement pattern
Nomadic Congregatory/Dispersive
Crop Wild Relative
Is the species a wild relative of a crop

Marine
Migratory
Altitudinally migrant
Growth From
Forb or Herb
Definition
Biennial or perennial herbacaeous plant, also termed a Hemicryptophyte
Threats
This taxon is not considered to be affected by any major threats across its whole range, however it is grazing-sensitive (Barker
2008) and it is present in areas which are subjected to intense grazing in Somalia.
Past Present Future
1 Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced)
1.1 Agriculture
1.1.4 Livestock
13 None
Conservation Measures
Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) has prepared a plan to collect and conserve the native species of economic importance in
which list I. intricata is included. Due to its natural adaptation to the arid desert climate, important to collect and conserve this
species among others to be able to use them in future mitigation and rehabilitation plans (Rao and Shahid, 2008). Seeds have
been collected as part of the Millennium Seed Bank Project. It is not known to occur in any Botanical Garden.
In Place Needed
3 Research actions
3.5 Threats
3.9 Trends/Monitoring
4 Habitat and site-based actions
4.4 Protected areas
5 Species-based actions
5.1 Re-introductions
5.7 Ex situ conservation actions
5.7.2 Genome resource bank
Countries of Occurrence
Year
Round
PRESENCE
Possibly
extinct
Extinct
Presence
uncertain
Native
ORIGIN
Breeding Nonbreeding
Passage
Season
only migrant
season only
Introduced Re- Vagrant Origin
Introduced uncertain
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Oman
Pakistan
Qatar
Somalia
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
General Habitats Score Description Major
Importance

General Habitats Score Description Major
Importance
4 Grassland 1 Suitable
Unset
4.4 Grassland - Temperate 1 Suitable
Unset
6 Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) 1 Suitable
Unset
8 Desert 1 Suitable
Unset
Species Utilisation
Species is not utilised at all
Purpose / Type of Use
Subsistence National International
16. Other
2. Food - animal
3. Medicine - human and veterinary
Some of the native species in the United Arab Emirates are important due to their natural adaptation to the local environment
(arid desert climate), such as I. intricata. They will be of great value for various uses such as the rehabilitation of degraded
rangelands, landscaping and others, (Rao and Shahid, 2008). The species has been also collected due to its medicinal
importance (Nadaf et al. 2003).
Trend in the level of wild offtake/harvest in relation to total wild population numbers over the last five years:
Trend in the amount of offtake/harvest produced through domestication/cultivation over the last five years:
CITES status: Not listed
Unknown
Unknown
IUCN Red Listing
Red List Assessment:
(using 2001 IUCN system)
Least Concern (LC)
Red List Criteria:
Date Last Seen (only for EX, EW or Possibly EX species):
Is the species Possibly Extinct Possibly Extinct Candidate
Rationale for the Red List Assessment
I. intricata has been described as a slow-growing graze-sensitive. However, it has a wide range of distribution and the population
is believed to be stable at present, therefore, is listed as Least Concern.
Reason(s) for Change in Red List Category from the Previous Assessment:
Genuine Change
Nongenuine Change
Genuine (recent)
Genuine (since first assessment)
Current Population Trend: Stable Date of Assessment: 23/08/2010
Name(s) of the Assessor(s): Lopez, L.
Evaluator(s):
New information
Knowledge of Criteria
Incorrect data used
previously
Taxonomy
Criteria Revisio
Other
No Change
Same category
and criteria
Same category but
change in criteria

Evaluator(s):
Notes:
% population decline in the past:
Time period over which the past decline has been measured for
applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations):
% population decline in the future:
Time period over which the future decline has been measured for
applying Criterion A or C1 (in years or generations):
Number of Locations:
Number of Mature Individuals:
Severely Fragmented:
Bibliography
Barker, J.R., Thurrow, T.L. and Herlocker, D.J., 1990, Vegetation of pastoralist campsites within the coastal grassland of central
Somalia., African Journal of Ecology4, 291-297, ,
MSBP, 2010, Millennium Seed Bank Project. Seed Bank Database. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew., , ,
Nadaf, S.K., Al-Farsi, S.M. and Al-Hinai, S.A., 2002-2003, Germplasm Collection of Rangeland Forage and Medicinal Plant Species
in North Oman, ICARDA-APRP, , Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries,
Rao, N.K. and Shahid, M., 2008, Collecting Germoplasm of Native Plants, Biosalinity News, Newsletter of the International Center
for Biosaline Agriculture4, 2, ,
Walker, J. et al., 2007, Qatar, Oman, UAE and Arabian Peninsula (Lonely Planet Multi Country Guide), 272, Lonely Planet
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