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South Africa

Africa · Southern Africa

Total Species
1521
Threatened
66
CR + EN + VU
Population
59 308 690
Area
1 221 037 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 31
Near Threatened 47
Least Concern 479
Data Deficient 20
Not Evaluated 883
Extinct in the Wild 2
Extinct 10

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1113
Animalia 400
Chromista 6
Fungi 1
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in South Africa

Big quakinggrass

Briza maxima

Not Evaluated

Little quakinggrass

Briza minor

Not Evaluated

Cuman Ragweed

Ambrosia psilostachya

Not Evaluated

Yellow Star-thistle

Centaurea solstitialis

Not Evaluated

Balsampear

Momordica charantia

Extinct

Blackspot hornpoppy

Glaucium corniculatum

Not Evaluated

Pickerel-Weed

Pontederia cordata

Not Evaluated

Small Nightshade

Solanum triflorum

Not Evaluated

Kangaroo-apple

Solanum laciniatum

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem cherry

Solanum pseudocapsicum

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

Annual Ragweed

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Not Evaluated

Carolina fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana

Not Evaluated

Jew's-mallow

Corchorus olitorius

Not Evaluated

Mintweed

Salvia reflexa

Not Evaluated

Avocado

Persea americana

Not Evaluated

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Not Evaluated

American Black Nightshade

Solanum americanum

Least Concern

Silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Not Evaluated

Garden tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Not Evaluated

Barbados nut

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

Curlytop Knotweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Least Concern

Broad-Leaved Pondweed

Potamogeton nodosus

Near Threatened

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

Malabar plum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

Caesarweed

Urena lobata

Least Concern

Althea

Hibiscus syriacus

Not Evaluated

Black Eyed Susan

Thunbergia alata

Not Evaluated

Turkey berry

Solanum torvum

Not Evaluated

Leafy-fruited Nightshade

Solanum sarrachoides

Not Evaluated

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

Threecorner leek

Allium triquetrum

Not Evaluated

pagoda-tree

Plumeria rubra

Not Evaluated

Natal plum

Carissa macrocarpa

Least Concern

Borrer's Saltmarsh-Grass

Puccinellia fasciculata

Endangered

Couchgrass

Elymus repens

Least Concern

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

Firewheel

Gaillardia pulchella

Not Evaluated

Custard Apple

Annona reticulata

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Mountain ebony

Bauhinia variegata

Not Evaluated

bird-chilli

Capsicum frutescens

Not Evaluated

Tamarillo

Solanum betaceum

Not Evaluated

Canary Islands Pine

Pinus canariensis

Least Concern

candelabra aloe

Aloe arborescens

Least Concern

Papaya

Carica papaya

Data Deficient

Golden trumpet

Allamanda cathartica

Least Concern

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Stiff Brome

Brachypodium distachyon

Not Evaluated

Rose natal grass

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Dixie rosemallow

Hibiscus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Giant taro

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Not Evaluated

Chinese Hound'S Tongue

Cynoglossum amabile

Not Evaluated

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