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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

Bot River Protea

Protea compacta

Least Concern

rosemary grevillea

Grevillea rosmarinifolia

Least Concern

prickly paperbark

Melaleuca styphelioides

Least Concern

Kozi Cycad

Encephalartos ferox

Near Threatened

yellow-stringybark

Eucalyptus muelleriana

Least Concern

Fringed dodder

Cuscuta suaveolens

Not Evaluated

Japanese netvein hollyfern

Cyrtomium falcatum

Not Evaluated

Hoary Stock

Matthiola incana

Not Evaluated

mountain swamp gum

Eucalyptus camphora

Near Threatened

cross-leaf honey myrtle

Melaleuca decussata

Least Concern

Black Tea-tree

Melaleuca bracteata

Data Deficient

Common Coral Tree

Erythrina lysistemon

Least Concern

False Sisal

Agave decipiens

Vulnerable

Pinchot Juniper

Juniperus pinchotii

Least Concern

Wallangarra wattle

Acacia adunca

Least Concern

Brisbane Golden Wattle

Acacia fimbriata

Least Concern

Sticky Wattle

Acacia viscidula

Least Concern

Pompon Tree

Dais cotinifolia

Least Concern

Greathead's aloe

Aloe greatheadii

Least Concern

Ripgut Brome

Bromus rigidus

Not Evaluated

Panic veldtgrass

Ehrharta erecta

Not Evaluated

great blanket-flower

Gaillardia aristata

Not Evaluated

Snowbush

Breynia disticha

Not Evaluated

Fountain palm

Livistona chinensis

Not Evaluated

Karo

Pittosporum crassifolium

Not Evaluated

Baby sage

Salvia microphylla

Not Evaluated

Yellow ginger

Hedychium flavescens

Not Evaluated

dodder-laurel

Cassytha filiformis

Not Evaluated

Creeping croftonweed

Ageratina riparia

Not Evaluated

Big blue lilyturf

Liriope muscari

Not Evaluated

inkberry

Cestrum laevigatum

Not Evaluated

fiddle-leaf philodendron

Philodendron bipennifolium

Not Evaluated

Crown Daisy

Glebionis coronaria

Not Evaluated

pompomweed

Campuloclinium macrocephalum

Not Evaluated

Firespike

Odontonema tubaeforme

Not Evaluated

Cedar wattle

Acacia elata

Not Evaluated

Camelthorn

Alhagi maurorum

Not Evaluated

Moreton bay fig

Ficus macrophylla

Not Evaluated

Chinese trumpet-creeper

Campsis grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Sticky snakeroot

Ageratina adenophora

Not Evaluated

Annual trampweed

Facelis retusa

Not Evaluated

Little ironweed

Cyanthillium cinereum

Not Evaluated

California-geranium

Roldana petasitis

Not Evaluated

Simpleleaf chastetree

Vitex trifolia

Not Evaluated

Duck

Aristolochia littoralis

Not Evaluated

flamingo-flower

Anthurium andraeanum

Not Evaluated

Easter-lily-vine

Beaumontia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Ethiopian dogstooth grass

Cynodon aethiopicus

Not Evaluated

Silver hairgrass

Aira cupaniana

Not Evaluated

Caribbean Thoroughwort

Chromolaena corymbosa

Not Evaluated

Pitch canker

Fusarium circinatum

Not Evaluated

gum succory

Chondrilla juncea

Not Evaluated

Bacillus anthracis

Not Evaluated

Garden cornflower

Centaurea cyanus

Near Threatened

star-thistle

Centaurea calcitrapa

Extinct

Early Goldenrod

Solidago gigantea

Not Evaluated

Broad-Leaved Arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Not Evaluated

Bladder Ketmia

Hibiscus trionum

Not Evaluated

Gray Poplar

Populus canescens

Not Evaluated

Brittle Willow

Salix fragilis

Not Evaluated

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