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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

Total Species
1521
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
59,308,690
Area
1,221,037 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1113
Animalia 400
Chromista 6
Bacteria 1
Fungi 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in South Africa

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

Streambank bulrush

Schoenoplectus triqueter

Critically Endangered

striped hawk-moth

Hyles livornica

Not Evaluated

Subterranean clover

Trifolium subterraneum

Near Threatened

Suffocated clover

Trifolium suffocatum

Not Evaluated

Sugarcane

Saccharum officinarum

Not Evaluated

Sugargum

Eucalyptus cladocalyx

Vulnerable

Summer Groundling

Scrobipalpa obsoletella

Least Concern

Sunn hemp

Crotalaria juncea

Not Evaluated

Surinam cherry

Eugenia uniflora

Not Evaluated

Swampmahogany

Eucalyptus robusta

Near Threatened

Sweet-amber

Hypericum androsaemum

Not Evaluated

sweet grass

Panicum schinzii

Not Evaluated

sweet hakea

Hakea drupacea

Least Concern

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci

Not Evaluated

sweet-sage

Lantana trifolia

Least Concern

Swordfern

Macrothelypteris torresiana

Not Evaluated

Sword Fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

Least Concern

Sydney bluegum

Eucalyptus saligna

Least Concern

Sydney golden wattle

Acacia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Tall albizia

Albizia procera

Least Concern

tall nightshade

Solanum chenopodioides

Not Evaluated

Tamarillo

Solanum betaceum

Not Evaluated

Tamarind

Tamarindus indica

Not Evaluated

tamarix leafhopper

Opsius stactogalus

Not Evaluated

Tape grass

Vallisneria spiralis

Least Concern

Tasman flax-lily

Dianella tasmanica

Not Evaluated

Tasmanian bluegum

Eucalyptus globulus

Least Concern

Tattered Medick

Medicago laciniata

Not Evaluated

tea rose

Rosa odorata

Not Evaluated

Teff

Eragrostis tef

Not Evaluated

ten-commandments

Maranta leuconeura

Not Evaluated

Thatch moss

Leptodontium gemmascens

Vulnerable

thecacera

Thecacera pennigera

Not Evaluated

Threeband gardenslug

Ambigolimax valentianus

Not Evaluated

Threecorner leek

Allium triquetrum

Not Evaluated

Threelobe false mallow

Malvastrum coromandelianum

Not Evaluated

Threespike goosegrass

Eleusine tristachya

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Thrips palmi

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis

Not Evaluated

Thrips

Thrips tabaci

Not Evaluated

Tiny vetch

Vicia hirsuta

Least Concern

tiputree

Tipuana tipu

Least Concern

Tomato russet mite

Aculops lycopersici

Not Evaluated

Tortricid moth

Crocidosema plebejana

Not Evaluated

Tower rockcress

Turritis glabra

Least Concern

traveler's-palm

Ravenala madagascariensis

Least Concern

tree mallow

Malva arborea

Not Evaluated

Tree marigold

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

Tree Pincushion

Leucospermum conocarpodendron

Near Threatened

Tree poppy

Bocconia frutescens

Not Evaluated

trident maple

Acer buergerianum

Least Concern

Tropical Mexican clover

Richardia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Tropical soda apple

Solanum viarum

Least Concern

Tropical tobacco moth

Setomorpha rutella

Not Evaluated

Tropical white morning-glory

Ipomoea alba

Least Concern

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

Tuart

Eucalyptus gomphocephala

Vulnerable

Tube-building worm

Hydroides elegans

Not Evaluated

Tube dwelling amphipod

Jassa marmorata

Not Evaluated

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