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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

Italian stone pine

Pinus pinea

Least Concern

Fourleaf manyseed

Polycarpon tetraphyllum

Not Evaluated

Wild parsnip

Pastinaca sativa

Least Concern

Chinese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

Hairy Bramble

Rubus phoenicolasius

Not Evaluated

Briar Rose

Rosa rubiginosa

Least Concern

Baby Rose

Rosa multiflora

Not Evaluated

American Ash

Fraxinus americana

Not Evaluated

Sugarcane

Saccharum officinarum

Not Evaluated

Dallisgrass

Paspalum dilatatum

Not Evaluated

Hare's-tail

Lagurus ovatus

Not Evaluated

Awned Canary-grass

Phalaris paradoxa

Not Evaluated

Wimmera ryegrass

Lolium rigidum

Not Evaluated

common rivergrass

Scolochloa festucacea

Near Threatened

Threespike goosegrass

Eleusine tristachya

Not Evaluated

slender thistle

Carduus tenuiflorus

Near Threatened

Annual Ragweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Not Evaluated

Carolina fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana

Not Evaluated

Hampshire Purslane

Ludwigia palustris

Not Evaluated

Chilean evening primrose

Oenothera stricta

Not Evaluated

Java plum

Syzygium cumini

Least Concern

Tasmanian bluegum

Eucalyptus globulus

Least Concern

white silk cottontree

Ceiba pentandra

Least Concern

Jew's-mallow

Corchorus olitorius

Not Evaluated

Mintweed

Salvia reflexa

Not Evaluated

Avocado

Persea americana

Not Evaluated

Beach sheoak

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Not Evaluated

Aloe Yucca

Yucca aloifolia

Data Deficient

Jimsonweed

Datura metel

Not Evaluated

American Black Nightshade

Solanum americanum

Least Concern

Silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Not Evaluated

Garden tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Not Evaluated

Husk-Tomato

Physalis philadelphica

Not Evaluated

European hackberry

Celtis australis

Not Evaluated

Floating Heart

Nymphoides peltata

Endangered

Tower rockcress

Turritis glabra

Least Concern

Cashew

Anacardium occidentale

Not Evaluated

Mango

Mangifera indica

Data Deficient

Spreading hedgeparsley

Torilis arvensis

Near Threatened

False Strawberry

Potentilla indica

Not Evaluated

Franchet's Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster franchetii

Not Evaluated

Barbados nut

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

European Green Alder

Alnus alnobetula

Not Evaluated

Queen sago

Cycas circinalis

Endangered

Curlytop Knotweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Least Concern

Broad-Leaved Pondweed

Potamogeton nodosus

Near Threatened

Ripgut brome

Bromus diandrus

Near Threatened

fern-grass

Catapodium rigidum

Endangered

Early Hair Grass

Aira praecox

Least Concern

Pennsylvania everlasting

Gamochaeta pensylvanica

Not Evaluated

traveler's-palm

Ravenala madagascariensis

Least Concern

Jaggery palm

Caryota urens

Least Concern

Burmese fishtail palm

Caryota mitis

Least Concern

Canary Island Date Palm

Phoenix canariensis

Least Concern

Australian Spinach

Chenopodiastrum murale

Critically Endangered

Least Evening-Primrose

Oenothera parviflora

Not Evaluated

rose evening-primrose

Oenothera rosea

Not Evaluated

Macadamia

Macadamia integrifolia

Vulnerable

Bastard Alkanet

Buglossoides arvensis

Critically Endangered

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