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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

Ghostweed

Euphorbia marginata

Not Evaluated

Giant Ash

Eucalyptus regnans

Least Concern

giant crab spiders

Heteropoda venatoria

Not Evaluated

giant earwig, tawny earwig

Labidura riparia

Not Evaluated

giant eland

Tragelaphus derbianus

Vulnerable

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Least Concern

Giant reed

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

Giant taro

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Not Evaluated

Glabrous Catsear

Hypochaeris glabra

Critically Endangered

Glandular Plantain

Plantago afra

Not Evaluated

Glandular senna

Senna multiglandulosa

Least Concern

glaucous cotoneaster

Cotoneaster glaucophyllus

Not Evaluated

Glaucous-Leaf Tobacco

Nicotiana glauca

Not Evaluated

glossy pillar snail

Cochlicopa lubrica

Data Deficient

Glossy privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Not Evaluated

goat willow

Salix caprea

Least Concern

Gold-banded etiella moth

Etiella zinckenella

Not Evaluated

Golden Archangel

Lamium galeobdolon

Least Concern

Golden crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Not Evaluated

Golden dewdrops

Duranta erecta

Least Concern

Golden Dog's-tail

Lamarckia aurea

Not Evaluated

Golden-fruited Dandelion

Taraxacum disseminatum

Least Concern

golden hunter's-robe

Epipremnum aureum

Not Evaluated

Golden Star Tunicate

Botryllus schlosseri

Least Concern

Golden trumpet

Allamanda cathartica

Least Concern

Golden twin-spot

Chrysodeixis chalcites

Not Evaluated

Golden wattle

Acacia pycnantha

Least Concern

Golden-Yellow Cone

Conus flavidus

Least Concern

Gold-Foot Fern

Phlebodium aureum

Least Concern

gomphrena-weed

Gomphrena celosioides

Not Evaluated

good-luck palm

Chamaedorea elegans

Not Evaluated

good-luck-plant

Cordyline fruticosa

Least Concern

Gout stalk

Jatropha podagrica

Not Evaluated

Graceful false flax

Camelina rumelica

Not Evaluated

Graceful sandmat

Euphorbia hypericifolia

Least Concern

Graham's manihot

Manihot grahamii

Not Evaluated

Grand eucalyptus

Eucalyptus grandis

Least Concern

Grannyvine

Ipomoea tricolor

Not Evaluated

grape ground-cherry

Physalis viscosa

Not Evaluated

Grass

Cannabis sativa

Not Evaluated

Grassland Dandelion

Taraxacum dilatatum

Least Concern

Gray Field Slug

Deroceras reticulatum

Least Concern

Gray ironbark

Eucalyptus paniculata

Near Threatened

Gray Poplar

Populus canescens

Not Evaluated

great blanket-flower

Gaillardia aristata

Not Evaluated

great bougainvillea

Bougainvillea spectabilis

Not Evaluated

greater kudu

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Least Concern

greater sea-spurrey

Spergularia media

Least Concern

Greater swinecress

Lepidium coronopus

Vulnerable

Greater Wax Moth

Galleria mellonella

Least Concern

Greathead's aloe

Aloe greatheadii

Least Concern

Green Amaranth

Amaranthus hybridus

Not Evaluated

Greenhouse slug

Milax gagates

Data Deficient

Greenhouse white fly

Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Not Evaluated

green peach aphid

Myzus persicae

Not Evaluated

Green wattle

Acacia decurrens

Least Concern

Grey Goosefoot

Chenopodium opulifolium

Not Evaluated

grey honey myrtle

Melaleuca incana

Least Concern

Grey-leaf Sugarbsh

Protea laurifolia

Least Concern

Grey sea squirt

Ascidia sydneiensis

Not Evaluated

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