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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

Total Species
1521
Threatened
18
CR + EN + VU
Population
59.308.690
Area
1.221.037 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 5
Vulnerable 11
Near Threatened 16
Least Concern 195
Data Deficient 8
Not Evaluated 375
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 3

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1113
Animalia 400
Chromista 6
Fungi 1
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in South Africa

Summer Groundling

Scrobipalpa obsoletella

Least Concern

Silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

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

Yellow potato cyst nematode

Globodera rostochiensis

Not Evaluated

Grey worm

Aporrectodea caliginosa

Not Evaluated

Pink soilworm

Aporrectodea rosea

Not Evaluated

Dysderid Spider

Dysdera crocata

Not Evaluated

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Tomato russet mite

Aculops lycopersici

Not Evaluated

Ringlegged earwig

Euborellia annulipes

Not Evaluated

European Green Alder

Alnus alnobetula

Not Evaluated

Soft brown scale

Coccus hesperidum

Not Evaluated

Orange-tipped sea squirt

Corella eumyota

Not Evaluated

Morning-glory leafminer moth

Bedellia somnulentella

Not Evaluated

Spreading alkali grass

Puccinellia distans

Least Concern

Early Hair Grass

Aira praecox

Least Concern

Pennsylvania everlasting

Gamochaeta pensylvanica

Not Evaluated

Beach Sunflower

Helianthus debilis

Not Evaluated

Egyptian Bollworm

Earias insulana

Not Evaluated

Citrus flower moth

Prays citri

Not Evaluated

tamarix leafhopper

Opsius stactogalus

Not Evaluated

Potato rot nematode

Ditylenchus destructor

Not Evaluated

Least Evening-Primrose

Oenothera parviflora

Not Evaluated

rose evening-primrose

Oenothera rosea

Not Evaluated

European Red Mite

Panonychus ulmi

Not Evaluated

Bastard Alkanet

Buglossoides arvensis

Critically Endangered

impala

Aepyceros melampus

Least Concern

Fine-leaved Fumitory

Fumaria parviflora

Extinct

Holly oak

Quercus ilex

Not Evaluated

Radford's Flame Shoulder

Ochropleura leucogaster

Not Evaluated

common blow flie

Calliphora vicina

Least Concern

Moth

Monopis monachella

Near Threatened

little-robin

Geranium purpureum

Not Evaluated

long-neck field slug

Deroceras panormitanum

Least Concern

Tortricid moth

Crocidosema plebejana

Not Evaluated

Spitting Spider

Scytodes thoracica

Least Concern

African Carnation Tortrix

Epichoristodes acerbella

Not Evaluated

Pacific oyster

Magallana gigas

Not Evaluated

Common Sensitive-Plant

Mimosa pudica

Least Concern

Fetid passionflower

Passiflora foetida

Least Concern

Turkey berry

Solanum torvum

Not Evaluated

Leafy-fruited Nightshade

Solanum sarrachoides

Not Evaluated

Woodwasp

Sirex noctilio

Vulnerable

Olive-tree Pearl

Palpita vitrealis

Not Evaluated

Threecorner leek

Allium triquetrum

Not Evaluated

Wand mullein

Verbascum virgatum

Not Evaluated

Sweet-amber

Hypericum androsaemum

Not Evaluated

Asian Wild Raspberry

Rubus ellipticus

Least Concern

Leafy spurge

Euphorbia esula

Least Concern

cobweb spiders

Steatoda grossa

Least Concern

Nutgrass

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

Nepal Knotweed

Persicaria nepalensis

Not Evaluated

Bulrush Veneer

Calamotropha paludella

Near Threatened

Brown Bryozoan

Bugula neritina

Not Evaluated

Borrer's Saltmarsh-Grass

Puccinellia fasciculata

Endangered

horse

Equus caballus

Not Evaluated

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

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