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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

Lilac chastetree

Vitex agnus-castus

Not Evaluated

Fern Palm

Cycas revoluta

Not Evaluated

Saltcedar

Tamarix ramosissima

Not Evaluated

Woolly Clover

Trifolium tomentosum

Not Evaluated

Suffocated clover

Trifolium suffocatum

Not Evaluated

Upright chickweed

Moenchia erecta

Critically Endangered

Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Not Evaluated

Carrot bur parsley

Caucalis platycarpos

Not Evaluated

Prostrate sandmat

Euphorbia prostrata

Not Evaluated

Thatch moss

Leptodontium gemmascens

Vulnerable

Curved sicklegrass

Parapholis incurva

Not Evaluated

Tree marigold

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

Oriental false hawksbeard

Youngia japonica

Not Evaluated

Dagger flower

Mantisalca salmantica

Not Evaluated

Golden crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides

Not Evaluated

piccabeen bangalow palm

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

Not Evaluated

Queen palm

Syagrus romanzoffiana

Not Evaluated

Yellow butterfly palm

Dypsis lutescens

Not Evaluated

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

karri

Eucalyptus diversicolor

Least Concern

golden hunter's-robe

Epipremnum aureum

Not Evaluated

American Chestnut

Castanea dentata

Critically Endangered

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

Boatlily

Tradescantia spathacea

Not Evaluated

purpleheart

Tradescantia pallida

Not Evaluated

Jio

Commelina benghalensis

Least Concern

Carolina crane's-bill

Geranium carolinianum

Not Evaluated

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Least Concern

Five-stamen tamarisk

Tamarix chinensis

Not Evaluated

Cootamundra wattle

Acacia baileyana

Not Evaluated

Green wattle

Acacia decurrens

Least Concern

Perennial soybean

Neonotonia wightii

Least Concern

Adam's Leedle

Yucca gloriosa

Not Evaluated

Fox tail agave

Agave attenuata

Least Concern

Long-Flower Tobacco

Nicotiana longiflora

Not Evaluated

tall nightshade

Solanum chenopodioides

Not Evaluated

Sword Fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

Least Concern

Paperflower

Bougainvillea glabra

Not Evaluated

Ramgoat dashalong

Turnera ulmifolia

Least Concern

Wax tree

Toxicodendron succedaneum

Least Concern

creeping agrimony

Agrimonia repens

Not Evaluated

Silverleaf cotoneaster

Cotoneaster pannosus

Not Evaluated

queen-of-the-night

Cereus jamacaru

Least Concern

Mu oil tree

Vernicia montana

Least Concern

narrow Canary grass

Phalaris angusta

Not Evaluated

Algerian Oat

Avena byzantina

Not Evaluated

Awnless Brome

Bromus inermis

Least Concern

African bermudagrass

Cynodon nlemfuensis

Extinct

Finger millet

Eleusine coracana

Not Evaluated

Spiked bur grass

Tragus berteronianus

Not Evaluated

Spoonleaf purple everlasting

Gamochaeta purpurea

Not Evaluated

Sydney bluegum

Eucalyptus saligna

Least Concern

Red ironbark

Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Least Concern

Sugargum

Eucalyptus cladocalyx

Vulnerable

American evergreen

Syngonium podophyllum

Not Evaluated

Bengal trumpet

Thunbergia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Indian-laurel

Litsea glutinosa

Least Concern

Inchplant

Tradescantia zebrina

Not Evaluated

Hairy bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus subbiflorus

Not Evaluated

Nodding Clover

Trifolium cernuum

Not Evaluated

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