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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

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

Root rot

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Not Evaluated

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Vulnerable

Protozoan

Mirofolliculina limnoriae

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

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

light bulb sesquirt

Clavelina lepadiformis

Least Concern

Chukar / Chukar Partridge

Alectoris chukar

Not Evaluated

Seaside Koniga

Lobularia maritima

Not Evaluated

Least Pepperwort

Lepidium virginicum

Not Evaluated

Greater swinecress

Lepidium coronopus

Vulnerable

Shepherd's purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Not Evaluated

Narrow-Leaf Bittercress

Cardamine impatiens

Least Concern

Bending Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Bittercress

Cardamine hirsuta

Least Concern

Bladder Campion

Silene vulgaris

Least Concern

Red Campion

Silene dioica

Least Concern

Bird'S-Eye Pearlwort

Sagina procumbens

Least Concern

sea pearlwort

Sagina maritima

Least Concern

greater sea-spurrey

Spergularia media

Least Concern

Purple Sand-Spurrey

Spergularia rubra

Least Concern

Aleppo pine

Pinus halepensis

Least Concern

Ailanthus

Ailanthus altissima

Not Evaluated

Common St. John'S Wort

Hypericum perforatum

Least Concern

Carrot-Fern

Conium maculatum

Not Evaluated

Chinese Parsley

Coriandrum sativum

Not Evaluated

Common Pear

Pyrus communis

Data Deficient

Bullace Plum

Prunus domestica

Least Concern

Common Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna

Least Concern

Barbary fig

Opuntia ficus-indica

Not Evaluated

Lesser pond sedge

Carex acutiformis

Vulnerable

Oleander

Nerium oleander

Not Evaluated

Bulbous canarygrass

Phalaris aquatica

Not Evaluated

Littleseed canarygrass

Phalaris minor

Not Evaluated

Bristly dogstail grass

Cynosurus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Big quakinggrass

Briza maxima

Not Evaluated

Little quakinggrass

Briza minor

Not Evaluated

Santa maria feverfew

Parthenium hysterophorus

Not Evaluated

False daisy

Eclipta prostrata

Not Evaluated

Balsampear

Momordica charantia

Extinct

Wild clary

Salvia verbenaca

Not Evaluated

Eastern Juniper

Juniperus virginiana

Not Evaluated

Tape grass

Vallisneria spiralis

Least Concern

Small Nightshade

Solanum triflorum

Not Evaluated

Kangaroo-apple

Solanum laciniatum

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem cherry

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Not Evaluated

Parrotfeather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Not Evaluated

wintergreen barberry

Berberis julianae

Not Evaluated

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