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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

Total Species
1521
Threatened
65
CR + EN + VU
Population
59 308 690
Area
1 221 037 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 30
Near Threatened 45
Least Concern 466
Data Deficient 20
Not Evaluated 875
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 10

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1113
Animalia 400
Chromista 6
Fungi 1
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in South Africa

Small Nightshade

Solanum triflorum

Not Evaluated

Kangaroo-apple

Solanum laciniatum

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem cherry

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Not Evaluated

Eastern Mousetail

Myosurus minimus

Vulnerable

American Hackberry

Celtis occidentalis

Least Concern

London rocket

Sisymbrium irio

Not Evaluated

Annual pearlwort

Sagina apetala

Least Concern

proliferous pink

Petrorhagia prolifera

Near Threatened

Italian stone pine

Pinus pinea

Least Concern

Fourleaf manyseed

Polycarpon tetraphyllum

Not Evaluated

Peruvian peppertree

Schinus molle

Least Concern

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

Garden Pink-sorrel

Oxalis latifolia

Least Concern

Guava

Psidium guajava

Not Evaluated

Jew's-mallow

Corchorus olitorius

Not Evaluated

Beach sheoak

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

European heliotrope

Heliotropium europaeum

Not Evaluated

bald cypress

Taxodium distichum

Not Evaluated

dawn redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Not Evaluated

Silver wattle

Acacia dealbata

Least Concern

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

Tower rockcress

Turritis glabra

Least Concern

Common Chickweed

Cerastium fontanum

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

Ghostweed

Euphorbia marginata

Not Evaluated

Tungoil tree

Vernicia fordii

Least Concern

Indian spinach

Basella alba

Not Evaluated

Curlytop Knotweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Least Concern

Broad-Leaved Pondweed

Potamogeton nodosus

Near Threatened

Japanese privet

Ligustrum japonicum

Not Evaluated

Bloodflower

Asclepias curassavica

Least Concern

Spreading alkali grass

Puccinellia distans

Least Concern

Ripgut brome

Bromus diandrus

Near Threatened

fern-grass

Catapodium rigidum

Endangered

Early Hair Grass

Aira praecox

Least Concern

Pennsylvania everlasting

Gamochaeta pensylvanica

Not Evaluated

Australian Spinach

Chenopodiastrum murale

Critically Endangered

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