Indigofera sessiliflora LC Taxonomic Authority: DC.  Global Assessment  Regional Assessment Region: Global  Endemic to region Synonyms Common Names Indigofera tribuloides Boiss. Indigofera trigonelloid sensu Baker

Upper Level Kingdom: PLANTAE Phylum: TRACHEOPHYTA Class: MAGNOLIOPSIDA Order: Family: LEGUMINOSAE Lower Level Taxonomy Rank: Infra- rank name:  Hybrid Subpopulation: Authority:

General Information Distribution I. sessiliflora is widespread ranging from north and west Africa to the Middle East and India.

Range Size Elevation Biogeographic Realm Area of Occupancy: Upper limit: 640  Afrotropical Extent of Occurrence: Lower limit: 0  Antarctic Map Status: Depth  Australasian Upper limit:  Neotropical Lower limit:  Oceanian Depth Zones  Palearctic  Shallow photic  Bathyl  Hadal  Indomalayan  Photic  Abyssal  Nearctic Population There is no data available relating to population size.

Total Population Size Minimum Population Size: Maximum Population Size: Habitat and Ecology This taxon is found in arid areas, in meadows and coastal plains often on sandy or clayey soils.

System Movement pattern Crop Wild Relative  Terrestrial  Freshwater  Nomadic  Congregatory/Dispersive  Is the species a wild relative of a crop?  Marine  Migratory  Altitudinally migrant

Growth From Definition Annual An annual plant, also termed a Therophyte Growth From Definition Annual An annual plant, also termed a Therophyte Forb or Herb Biennial or perennial herbacaeous plant, also termed a Hemicryptophyte

Threats This taxon is not known to be subject to any major threats at present.

Past Present Future 13 None    Conservation Measures Seeds have been collected by Millennium Seed Bank Project. It is not known whether this species occurs within the protected areas network, however there are protected areas within the range of this species.

In Place Needed 3 Research actions   3.2 Population numbers and range   3.3 Biology and Ecology   3.4 Habitat status   3.5 Threats   3.6 Uses and harvest levels   3.7 Cultural relevance   3.8 Conservation measures   3.9 Trends/Monitoring   5 Species-based actions   5.7 Ex situ conservation actions   5.7.2 Genome resource bank  

Countries of Occurrence

PRESENCE ORIGIN Year Breeding Non- Passage Possibly Extinct Presence Native Introduced Re- Vagrant Origin Round Season breeding migrant extinct uncertain Introduced uncertain only season only Afghanistan             Algeria             Chad             Egypt             Ethiopia             India             Andhra Pradesh             Arunachal Pradesh             Assam             Bihar             Dadra-Nagar-Haveli             Daman             Delhi             Diu             Goa             Gujarat             Haryana             Himachal Pradesh             Jammu-Kashmir             Karnataka             Kerala             Maharashtra             Manipur             Meghalaya             Mizoram             Nagaland             Orissa             Pondicherry             Punjab             Rajasthan             Sikkim             Tamil Nadu             Tripura             Uttar Pradesh             West Bengal             Mali             Mauritania             Niger             Pakistan             Saudi Arabia             Senegal             Sudan             Yemen            

General Habitats Score Description Major Importance 4 Grassland 1 Suitable Unset 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 1 Suitable Unset 8 Desert 1 Suitable Unset 8.1 Desert - Hot 1 Suitable Unset

Species Utilisation  Species is not utilised at all

Purpose / Type of Use Subsistence National International 2. Food - animal    This taxon is used as fodder in west Africa.

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

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. sessiliflora has a large geographical distribution and is not considered to be specifically threatened or in decline. The species does not meet any threatened criteria therefore a rating of Least Concern is given. Reason(s) for Change in Red List Category from the Previous Assessment:  Genuine Change  Nongenuine Change  No Change  Genuine (recent)  New information  Taxonomy  Same category  Genuine (since first assessment)  Knowledge of Criteria  Criteria Revisio and criteria  Incorrect data used  Other  Same category but previously change in criteria Current Population Trend: Stable Date of Assessment: 22/07/2010 Name(s) of the Assessor(s): Groom, A. 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: Severely Fragmented: Number of Mature Individuals:

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