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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

Total Species
1521
Threatened
65
CR + EN + VU
Population
59,308,690
Area
1,221,037 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 30
Near Threatened 45
Least Concern 466
Data Deficient 20
Not Evaluated 875
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 10

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1113
Animalia 400
Chromista 6
Fungi 1
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in South Africa

crystal snail

Vitrea crystallina

Least Concern

Cucumber moth

Diaphania indica

Not Evaluated

Cultivated Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Not Evaluated

Cultivated licorice

Glycyrrhiza glabra

Least Concern

Cultivated radish

Raphanus sativus

Not Evaluated

Cultivated tobacco

Nicotiana tabacum

Not Evaluated

Cuman Ragweed

Ambrosia psilostachya

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

Curly Palm

Howea belmoreana

Vulnerable

Curlytop Knotweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Least Concern

Currant Borer

Synanthedon tipuliformis

Least Concern

Curved sicklegrass

Parapholis incurva

Not Evaluated

Custard Apple

Annona reticulata

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose

Oenothera laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cutleaf geranium

Geranium dissectum

Endangered

Cutleaf groundcherry

Physalis angulata

Least Concern

Cut-Leaf Mignonette

Reseda lutea

Least Concern

Cut-Leaf-Philodendron

Monstera deliciosa

Not Evaluated

Cutworm

Callopistria maillardi

Not Evaluated

Dagger flower

Mantisalca salmantica

Not Evaluated

Daisy

Erigeron sumatrensis

Not Evaluated

Daisy

Helichrysum luteoalbum

Not Evaluated

Dallisgrass

Paspalum dilatatum

Not Evaluated

Dalmatia Pyrethrum

Tanacetum cinerariifolium

Not Evaluated

Dark Mottled Willow

Spodoptera cilium

Not Evaluated

Darnel ryegrass

Lolium temulentum

Critically Endangered

Date palm

Phoenix dactylifera

Not Evaluated

dawn redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Not Evaluated

Day jessamine

Cestrum diurnum

Least Concern

Dead Man'S Fingers

Codium fragile

Not Evaluated

Death's-head Hawk Moth

Acherontia atropos

Not Evaluated

Delicate Fern Moss

Thuidium delicatulum

Not Evaluated

Delta maidenhair fern

Adiantum raddianum

Not Evaluated

Deodar

Cedrus deodara

Least Concern

Deodar Weevil

Pissodes nemorensis

Not Evaluated

Devil's backbone

Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Not Evaluated

Devil's horsewhip

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

Dirty Sea-Squirt

Ascidiella aspersa

Least Concern

disc web spiders

Oecobius navus

Least Concern

Divided Tunicate

Styela canopus

Not Evaluated

Dixie rosemallow

Hibiscus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Dixie silverback fern

Pityrogramma calomelanos

Not Evaluated

doctorbush

Plumbago zeylanica

Not Evaluated

dodder-laurel

Cassytha filiformis

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

dooryard sowbug

Porcellio laevis

Least Concern

doubletoothed hydroid

Obelia bidentata

Not Evaluated

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Draparnaud's Glass Snail

Oxychilus draparnaudi

Not Evaluated

drooping bottlebrush

Callistemon viminalis

Not Evaluated

Duck

Aristolochia littoralis

Not Evaluated

Dudley'S Rush

Juncus tenuis

Least Concern

dull glass snail

Aegopinella nitidula

Least Concern

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Durham slug

Arion flagellus

Least Concern

Dutch eggplant

Solanum aculeatissimum

Not Evaluated

Dwarf cupflower

Nierembergia linariifolia

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Marigold

Schkuhria pinnata

Not Evaluated

Dwarf nettle

Urtica urens

Vulnerable

dwarf rush

Juncus capitatus

Critically Endangered

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