South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Acker-Schmalwand
Arabidopsis thaliana
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Gemeine Schafgarbe
Achillea millefolium
Grauhörnchen
Sciurus carolinensis
Hasenschwanzgras
Lagurus ovatus
Hirschziegenantilope
Antilope cervicapra
hundert-jährige Agave
Agave americana
Kalmus
Acorus calamus
Ecoregions
Knysna-Amatole montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Highveld grasslands
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands · Afrotropic
Albany thickets
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub · Afrotropic
Kalahari xeric savanna
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Afrotropic
Southern Africa mangroves
Mangroves · Afrotropic
All Species in South Africa
Pitch canker
Fusarium circinatum
Phytophthora kernoviae
Lantana
Lantana camara
Glossy privet
Ligustrum lucidum
Clustered clover
Trifolium glomeratum
Blackwood
Acacia melanoxylon
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica
Sessile joyweed
Alternanthera sessilis
Tropical tobacco moth
Setomorpha rutella
Savigny's brittle star
Ophiactis savignyi
Gammarid
Monocorophium acherusicum
Indian Stick Insect
Carausius morosus
Japanese privet
Ligustrum japonicum
Angled Gem
Anomis sabulifera
Japanese fishlouse
Argulus japonicus
Ascidian
Symplegma brakenhielmi
Pennsylvania everlasting
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
Divided Tunicate
Styela canopus
Tropical whiteweed
Ageratum conyzoides
Marine isopod
Paracerceis sculpta
Grey sea squirt
Ascidia sydneiensis
Red and black flat mite
Brevipalpus phoenicis
Mediterranean vine mealybug
Planococcus ficus
Levant blackneck moth
Tathorhynchus exsiccata
Pink stem borer
Sesamia nonagrioides
Asian blue tick
Rhipicephalus microplus
thecacera
Thecacera pennigera
Pleated tunicate
Styela plicata
Holly oak
Quercus ilex
Pondoland Cannibal Snail
Natalina beyrichi
elongate cone
Conus mozambicus
algoa cone
Conus algoensis
Frigid Cone
Conus frigidus
smooth heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Blood-spotted abalone
Haliotis spadicea
Abalone
Haliotis queketti
Canaliculate abalone
Haliotis parva
Sydney golden wattle
Acacia longifolia
roan antelope
Hippotragus equinus
Père David's Deer
Elaphurus davidianus
Aposematic Reed Frog
Hyperolius marmoratus
Nyala
Tragelaphus angasii
Earthworm
Amynthas rodericensis
Mite
Notoedres cati
Oriental House Rat
Rattus tanezumi
New Zealand flax
Phormium tenax
Staph beetle
Phacophallus pallidipennis
Asian Wild Raspberry
Rubus ellipticus
Staph beetle
Acrotona parvula
Heartworm
Dirofilaria immitis
Camelthorn
Alhagi maurorum
Harpoon weed
Asparagopsis armata
American Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
gaping panic grass
Steinchisma hians
Broadleaved bristlegrass
Setaria palmifolia
Bigleaf bristlegrass
Setaria megaphylla
Bentgrass
Lachnagrostis filiformis
gomphrena-weed
Gomphrena celosioides
small matweed
Guilleminea densa
Lindley's saltbush
Atriplex lindleyi
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