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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

Latin globemallow

Sphaeralcea bonariensis

Not Evaluated

Hairy abutilon

Abutilon grandifolium

Not Evaluated

moneytree

Pachira glabra

Not Evaluated

Tropical Mexican clover

Richardia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Chinese albizia

Albizia chinensis

Not Evaluated

Fishpoison

Tephrosia purpurea

Not Evaluated

Cast iron plant

Aspidistra elatior

Not Evaluated

Dutch eggplant

Solanum aculeatissimum

Not Evaluated

Brazilian begonia

Begonia hirtella

Not Evaluated

Brazilian whitlow

Paronychia brasiliana

Not Evaluated

bandana-of-the-Everglades

Canna flaccida

Not Evaluated

Peach

Prunus persica

Not Evaluated

Shoebutton

Ardisia elliptica

Not Evaluated

Bonpland's croton

Croton bonplandianus

Not Evaluated

Graham's manihot

Manihot grahamii

Not Evaluated

large round-leaf prickly-pear

Opuntia spinulifera

Not Evaluated

Mexican blood-flower

Amphilophium buccinatorium

Not Evaluated

Dwarf cupflower

Nierembergia linariifolia

Not Evaluated

willow-leaf heimia

Heimia salicifolia

Not Evaluated

eastern cottonbush

Maireana brevifolia

Not Evaluated

Bluebell creeper

Billardiera heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Easter-lily-vine

Beaumontia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Daisy

Helichrysum luteoalbum

Not Evaluated

island mallow

Malva assurgentiflora

Not Evaluated

Christmas-lily

Ornithogalum thyrsoides

Not Evaluated

Tasman flax-lily

Dianella tasmanica

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

Root rot

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Not Evaluated

Protozoan

Mirofolliculina limnoriae

Not Evaluated

Alexandrium minutum

Not Evaluated

Alexandrium tamarense

Not Evaluated

Dinophysis acuminata

Not Evaluated

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Vulnerable

Bacillus anthracis

Not Evaluated

Black Rhinoceros

Diceros bicornis

Critically Endangered

plains zebra

Equus quagga

Near Threatened

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

Least Concern

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

Vulnerable

Coelacanth

Latimeria chalumnae

Critically Endangered

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Not Evaluated

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Least Concern

fallow deer

Dama dama

Not Evaluated

sika deer

Cervus nippon

Not Evaluated

elk

Cervus elaphus

Vulnerable

Sea Vase

Ciona intestinalis

Least Concern

Indian Peafowl

Pavo cristatus

Not Evaluated

Purple Viper's-bugloss

Echium plantagineum

Not Evaluated

Abele

Populus alba

Not Evaluated

Black Cottonwood

Populus nigra

Not Evaluated

Common Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

Not Evaluated

Small-leaf spiderwort

Tradescantia fluminensis

Not Evaluated

Buckhorn plantain

Plantago coronopus

Least Concern

Black Plantain

Plantago lanceolata

Least Concern

Glandular Plantain

Plantago afra

Not Evaluated

Broad-Leaved Plantain

Plantago major

Least Concern

Roundleaf geranium

Geranium rotundifolium

Not Evaluated

Lawson's Cypress

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana

Not Evaluated

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