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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

Cigar flower

Cuphea ignea

Not Evaluated

piccabeen bangalow palm

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

Not Evaluated

Queen palm

Syagrus romanzoffiana

Not Evaluated

Yellow butterfly palm

Dypsis lutescens

Not Evaluated

Devil's horsewhip

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

Khakiweed

Alternanthera pungens

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean flour moth

Ephestia kuehniella

Least Concern

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

karri

Eucalyptus diversicolor

Least Concern

European pine shoot moth

Rhyacionia buoliana

Least Concern

Weeping Paperbark

Melaleuca leucadendra

Data Deficient

Cobweb Spiders

Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Least Concern

Adonis' Ladybird

Hippodamia variegata

Endangered

leather-coat

Waltheria indica

Not Evaluated

golden hunter's-robe

Epipremnum aureum

Not Evaluated

Himalayan tahr

Hemitragus jemlahicus

Near Threatened

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

Boatlily

Tradescantia spathacea

Not Evaluated

purpleheart

Tradescantia pallida

Not Evaluated

Jio

Commelina benghalensis

Least Concern

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

Hopbush

Dodonaea viscosa

Not Evaluated

Rockweed

Pilea microphylla

Not Evaluated

Cedar of Goa

Cupressus lusitanica

Least Concern

Monterey cypress

Cupressus macrocarpa

Vulnerable

Little house fly

Fannia canicularis

Not Evaluated

Angoumois grain moth

Sitotroga cerealella

Not Evaluated

Butterfly tree

Bauhinia purpurea

Least Concern

Potato tuber moth

Phthorimaea operculella

Not Evaluated

African senna

Senna didymobotrya

Least Concern

shallot aphid

Myzus ascalonicus

Not Evaluated

Fox tail agave

Agave attenuata

Least Concern

tall nightshade

Solanum chenopodioides

Not Evaluated

Cockroach berry

Solanum capsicoides

Not Evaluated

Sword Fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

Least Concern

Ramgoat dashalong

Turnera ulmifolia

Least Concern

Scotch attorney

Clusia rosea

Not Evaluated

Clubbed begonia

Begonia cucullata

Not Evaluated

Loblolly pine

Pinus taeda

Least Concern

Chir pine

Pinus roxburghii

Least Concern

Onionweed

Asphodelus fistulosus

Not Evaluated

Chandelier plant

Kalanchoe delagoensis

Not Evaluated

candelabrum cactus

Cylindropuntia imbricata

Least Concern

queen-of-the-night

Cereus jamacaru

Least Concern

Arborescent pricklypear

Opuntia leucotricha

Least Concern

Heartleaf madeiravine

Anredera cordifolia

Not Evaluated

dooryard sowbug

Porcellio laevis

Least Concern

slim-bristle sandbur

Cenchrus brownii

Not Evaluated

narrow Canary grass

Phalaris angusta

Not Evaluated

Antelope Grass

Echinochloa pyramidalis

Least Concern

Algerian Oat

Avena byzantina

Not Evaluated

Violet crabgrass

Digitaria violascens

Not Evaluated

African bermudagrass

Cynodon nlemfuensis

Extinct

Finger millet

Eleusine coracana

Not Evaluated

Spiked bur grass

Tragus berteronianus

Not Evaluated

Longbodied cellar spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Least Concern

beach evening-primrose

Oenothera drummondii

Not Evaluated

small-flower evening-primrose

Oenothera indecora

Not Evaluated

Sydney bluegum

Eucalyptus saligna

Least Concern

Red ironbark

Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Least Concern

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