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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

Total Species
1521
Threatened
26
CR + EN + VU
Population
59 308 690
Area
1 221 037 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 6
Vulnerable 18
Near Threatened 20
Least Concern 242
Data Deficient 13
Not Evaluated 434
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 5

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1113
Animalia 400
Chromista 6
Bacteria 1
Fungi 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in South Africa

Pissenlit disséminé

Taraxacum disseminatum

Least Concern

plantain à larges feuilles

Plantago major

Least Concern

plantain aristé

Plantago aristata

Not Evaluated

plantain corne de cerf

Plantago coronopus

Least Concern

plantain deau commun

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Least Concern

Plantain de Virginie

Plantago virginica

Not Evaluated

plantain lancéolé

Plantago lanceolata

Least Concern

Plusie aurifère

Thysanoplusia orichalcea

Not Evaluated

Poirier

Pyrus communis

Data Deficient

poivre de Chine

Houttuynia cordata

Not Evaluated

poivre rouge

Capsicum frutescens

Not Evaluated

polycarpe à quatre feuilles

Polycarpon tetraphyllum

Not Evaluated

Polypogon de Montpellier

Polypogon monspeliensis

Not Evaluated

Polypogon Vert

Polypogon viridis

Not Evaluated

pontédérie à feuilles en cœur

Pontederia cordata

Not Evaluated

Porcelle enracinée

Hypochaeris radicata

Not Evaluated

Porcelle glabre

Hypochaeris glabra

Critically Endangered

potamot à feuilles flottantes

Potamogeton nodosus

Near Threatened

Pou de St-Jose

Diaspidiotus perniciosus

Not Evaluated

pou rouge de Californie

Aonidiella aurantii

Not Evaluated

pourpier

Portulaca oleracea

Not Evaluated

Prêle d'hiver

Equisetum hyemale

Near Threatened

puce d'algues

Orchestia gammarellus

Data Deficient

puceron bicolore des céréales

Rhopalosiphum padi

Not Evaluated

puceron de la pomme de terre

Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Not Evaluated

puceron du melon

Aphis gossypii

Not Evaluated

puceron lanigère du pommier

Eriosoma lanigerum

Not Evaluated

puceron vert du pècher

Myzus persicae

Not Evaluated

Puku

Kobus vardonii

Near Threatened

Pyrèthre de Dalmatie

Tanacetum cinerariifolium

Not Evaluated

queue de lièvre

Lagurus ovatus

Not Evaluated

radis

Raphanus sativus

Not Evaluated

Ragondin

Myocastor coypus

Not Evaluated

Raisin d'Amérique

Phytolacca americana

Not Evaluated

rapistre

Rapistrum rugosum

Not Evaluated

rat noir

Rattus rattus

Extinct

ratoncule

Myosurus minimus

Vulnerable

Rat surmulot

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

ravenale

Ravenala madagascariensis

Least Concern

ravenelle

Raphanus raphanistrum

Least Concern

ray-grass commun

Lolium perenne

Not Evaluated

ray-grass ditalie

Lolium multiflorum

Not Evaluated

Réglisse

Glycyrrhiza glabra

Least Concern

renouée capitée

Persicaria capitata

Not Evaluated

renouée de Bohème

Reynoutria bohemica

Not Evaluated

renouée des oiseaux

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

renouée du Népal

Persicaria nepalensis

Not Evaluated

réséda

Reseda lutea

Least Concern

Rhinocéros noir

Diceros bicornis

Critically Endangered

Ricin

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

Robinier faux-acacia

Robinia pseudoacacia

Not Evaluated

ronce à flagelles

Rubus flagellaris

Not Evaluated

ronce commune

Rubus fruticosus

Not Evaluated

roquette

Eruca vesicaria

Not Evaluated

rose à odeur de thé

Rosa odorata

Not Evaluated

roseau fausse-fétuque

Scolochloa festucacea

Near Threatened

rose de Chine

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Not Evaluated

roselle

Hibiscus sabdariffa

Not Evaluated

rosier multiflore

Rosa multiflora

Not Evaluated

rosier rouillé

Rosa rubiginosa

Least Concern

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