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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

Tropical soda apple

Solanum viarum

Least Concern

Chinese hackberry

Celtis sinensis

Least Concern

erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta

Not Evaluated

moreton-bay-pine

Araucaria bidwillii

Least Concern

doctorbush

Plumbago zeylanica

Not Evaluated

Yellow unicorn-plant

Ibicella lutea

Not Evaluated

redbird flower

Euphorbia tithymaloides

Not Evaluated

Pacific island flat sedge

Cyperus cyperoides

Least Concern

song-of-India

Dracaena reflexa

Least Concern

Grassland Dandelion

Taraxacum dilatatum

Least Concern

Queensland fire-wheel-tree

Stenocarpus sinuatus

Least Concern

rock hakea

Hakea gibbosa

Least Concern

Bushy yate

Eucalyptus lehmannii

Least Concern

Chinese wingnut

Pterocarya stenoptera

Least Concern

trident maple

Acer buergerianum

Least Concern

birdflower

Crotalaria agatiflora

Not Evaluated

Pride of madeira

Echium candicans

Data Deficient

Lavell hawthorn

Crataegus lavallei

Not Evaluated

ant-tree

Triplaris americana

Not Evaluated

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

Swordfern

Macrothelypteris torresiana

Not Evaluated

hairy fiddleneck

Amsinckia calycina

Not Evaluated

Rough mexican clover

Richardia scabra

Not Evaluated

South American skullcap

Scutellaria racemosa

Least Concern

Pacara earpod tree

Enterolobium contortisiliquum

Least Concern

Casia amarilla

Senna spectabilis

Least Concern

Arsenic bush

Senna septemtrionalis

Not Evaluated

Glandular senna

Senna multiglandulosa

Least Concern

woolly senna

Senna hirsuta

Least Concern

Nightshade

Solanum chrysotrichum

Least Concern

Oldman's cap

Polycarpaea corymbosa

Extinct

Bermuda pigroot

Sisyrinchium micranthum

Least Concern

Water spangles

Salvinia minima

Not Evaluated

cane cactus

Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica

Near Threatened

Giant Ash

Eucalyptus regnans

Least Concern

Water Oak

Quercus nigra

Least Concern

Colonial Pine

Araucaria cunninghamii

Least Concern

Moon cactus

Harrisia martinii

Least Concern

Curly Palm

Howea belmoreana

Vulnerable

coast banksia

Banksia integrifolia

Least Concern

Turpentine tree

Syncarpia glomulifera

Least Concern

paper cactus

Tephrocactus articulatus

Least Concern

Lindenleaf sage

Salvia tiliifolia

Least Concern

Grey-leaf Sugarbsh

Protea laurifolia

Least Concern

red pincushion-protea

Leucospermum cordifolium

Near Threatened

Cheeseweed

Malva multiflora

Not Evaluated

midnight-lady

Harrisia pomanensis

Least Concern

Waterbush

Myoporum montanum

Least Concern

showy banksia

Banksia speciosa

Vulnerable

Bot River Protea

Protea compacta

Least Concern

rosemary grevillea

Grevillea rosmarinifolia

Least Concern

prickly paperbark

Melaleuca styphelioides

Least Concern

Cashew

Searsia lancea

Least Concern

India-hawthorn

Rhaphiolepis indica

Least Concern

Kozi Cycad

Encephalartos ferox

Near Threatened

yellow-stringybark

Eucalyptus muelleriana

Least Concern

Foetid-leaf Sugarbush

Protea susannae

Near Threatened

Burchell's Sugarbush

Protea burchellii

Vulnerable

Rocket Pincushion

Leucospermum reflexum

Near Threatened

Native Frangipani

Hymenosporum flavum

Least Concern

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