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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

Violet crabgrass

Digitaria violascens

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

Daisy

Erigeron sumatrensis

Not Evaluated

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago altissima

Not Evaluated

Washerwoman

Alternanthera caracasana

Not Evaluated

beach evening-primrose

Oenothera drummondii

Not Evaluated

small-flower evening-primrose

Oenothera indecora

Not Evaluated

willow hakea

Hakea salicifolia

Least Concern

Golden dewdrops

Duranta erecta

Least Concern

drooping bottlebrush

Callistemon viminalis

Not Evaluated

Gray ironbark

Eucalyptus paniculata

Near Threatened

Sydney bluegum

Eucalyptus saligna

Least Concern

Red ironbark

Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Least Concern

Sugargum

Eucalyptus cladocalyx

Vulnerable

Wax mallow

Malvaviscus arboreus

Not Evaluated

American evergreen

Syngonium podophyllum

Not Evaluated

Bengal trumpet

Thunbergia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Indian-laurel

Litsea glutinosa

Least Concern

Inchplant

Tradescantia zebrina

Not Evaluated

Paradox acacia

Acacia paradoxa

Least Concern

Pearl wattle

Acacia podalyriifolia

Least Concern

Coastal wattle

Acacia cyclops

Least Concern

garlicweed

Petiveria alliacea

Least Concern

silverleaf desmodium

Desmodium uncinatum

Not Evaluated

Hairy bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus subbiflorus

Not Evaluated

Orchid Tree

Bauhinia forficata

Least Concern

Siamese cassia

Senna siamea

Not Evaluated

Nodding Clover

Trifolium cernuum

Not Evaluated

Indian rosewood

Dalbergia sissoo

Least Concern

White passionflower

Passiflora subpeltata

Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Not Evaluated

Flame Nasturtium

Tropaeolum speciosum

Not Evaluated

red spiderling

Boerhavia diffusa

Least Concern

great bougainvillea

Bougainvillea spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Yellow trumpetbush

Tecoma stans

Least Concern

African-lily

Agapanthus praecox

Not Evaluated

Madagascar widow's-thrill

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

Not Evaluated

Velvet leaf

Kalanchoe beharensis

Not Evaluated

Devil's backbone

Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Not Evaluated

Dead Man'S Fingers

Codium fragile

Not Evaluated

Roseleaf raspberry

Rubus rosifolius

Not Evaluated

Reeves' meadowsweet

Spiraea cantoniensis

Least Concern

Bellyache bush

Jatropha gossypiifolia

Not Evaluated

Christmas-flower

Euphorbia pulcherrima

Not Evaluated

Pascuita

Euphorbia leucocephala

Least Concern

Chittagong wood

Chukrasia tabularis

Least Concern

American angelica-tree

Aralia spinosa

Not Evaluated

Asymmetrical Hook-lobed Dandelion

Taraxacum hamatiforme

Least Concern

Marklund's Dandelion

Taraxacum marklundii

Least Concern

sheathed cholla

Cylindropuntia tunicata

Least Concern

Conifer

Afrocarpus falcatus

Least Concern

Fat-spiked Yard-grass

Eleusine multiflora

Least Concern

Woollyjoint pricklypear

Opuntia tomentosa

Least Concern

Naked crabgrass

Digitaria nuda

Least Concern

Angleton bluestem

Dichanthium aristatum

Not Evaluated

Peruvian zinnia

Zinnia peruviana

Not Evaluated

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