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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

American Chestnut

Castanea dentata

Critically Endangered

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

Boatlily

Tradescantia spathacea

Not Evaluated

Carolina crane's-bill

Geranium carolinianum

Not Evaluated

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Least Concern

Five-stamen tamarisk

Tamarix chinensis

Not Evaluated

Hopbush

Dodonaea viscosa

Not Evaluated

Rockweed

Pilea microphylla

Not Evaluated

Cedar of Goa

Cupressus lusitanica

Least Concern

Monterey cypress

Cupressus macrocarpa

Vulnerable

Cootamundra wattle

Acacia baileyana

Not Evaluated

Green wattle

Acacia decurrens

Least Concern

Perennial soybean

Neonotonia wightii

Least Concern

Butterfly tree

Bauhinia purpurea

Least Concern

Hyacinthbean

Lablab purpureus

Not Evaluated

Java-bean

Senna obtusifolia

Least Concern

African senna

Senna didymobotrya

Least Concern

Emperor's candlesticks

Senna alata

Not Evaluated

Adam's Leedle

Yucca gloriosa

Not Evaluated

Fox tail agave

Agave attenuata

Least Concern

Long-Flower Tobacco

Nicotiana longiflora

Not Evaluated

tall nightshade

Solanum chenopodioides

Not Evaluated

Cockroach berry

Solanum capsicoides

Not Evaluated

Sword Fern

Nephrolepis exaltata

Least Concern

Paperflower

Bougainvillea glabra

Not Evaluated

Ramgoat dashalong

Turnera ulmifolia

Least Concern

Scotch attorney

Clusia rosea

Not Evaluated

Clubbed begonia

Begonia cucullata

Not Evaluated

Loblolly pine

Pinus taeda

Least Concern

Chir pine

Pinus roxburghii

Least Concern

Wax tree

Toxicodendron succedaneum

Least Concern

creeping agrimony

Agrimonia repens

Not Evaluated

Silverleaf cotoneaster

Cotoneaster pannosus

Not Evaluated

Heartleaf madeiravine

Anredera cordifolia

Not Evaluated

Mu oil tree

Vernicia montana

Least Concern

slim-bristle sandbur

Cenchrus brownii

Not Evaluated

narrow Canary grass

Phalaris angusta

Not Evaluated

Antelope Grass

Echinochloa pyramidalis

Least Concern

Algerian Oat

Avena byzantina

Not Evaluated

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

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

Algerian Oak

Quercus canariensis

Data Deficient

Bitter ginger

Zingiber zerumbet

Data Deficient

Shellplant

Alpinia zerumbet

Data Deficient

Polkadot-plant

Hypoestes phyllostachya

Not Evaluated

Bengal trumpet

Thunbergia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

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