bio.wikisort.org - Plant

This is a list of invasive species in South Africa, including invasive species of plants, animals, and other organisms in South Africa.

A list of invasive species has been published under the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act of 2004.[1][2]

Microorganisms

Microorganisms considered to be invasive species include:[3]

Scientific name	Common name(s)	Home Territory	Environmental impact
beak and feather disease virus	BFDV	Australia	Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease (PBFD) is a viral disease that affects many birds including parrots. It attacks the feathers and beaks and causes infections that attack the immune system of its host.
Vibrio cholerae	cholera bacteria	unknown	The cholera bacterium is a bacterium that causes cholera. This species of bacteria lives in contaminated natural reservoirs (such as lakes, rivers and wells). It infects the intestines of people who drink water contaminated with human feces. It causes recurrent and aggressive diarrhea. But disappeared after three days. The ways to protect yourself are to drink uncontaminated water, wash your hands frequently and use chemical toilets or bury feces if no toilet is available; do not defecate in water and cook food thoroughly.

Algae

Invasive species of algae include:[4]

• Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides – dead man's fingers
• Hypnea musciformis – hypnea
• Kappaphycus spp. – agar-agars

Plants

Invasive species of plants include:[5][6]

Tunicates

Invasive species of tunicates include:

Scientific name	Common name(s)	Home Territory	Environmental impact
Ciona intestinalis	sea vase	unknown	The marine vase, enters in competition between other species in benthic environment. It takes the place of other native invertebrate species and causes a reduction in animal diversity in the environment in which it is newly installed, because of its high capacity to reproduce.

Annelids

Invsive species of annelids include:[9]

• Ficopomatus enigmaticus – Australian tubeworm
• Boccardia proboscidea – shell worm

Molluscs

Invasive species of molluscs include:[5][6]

• Aplexa marmorata – marbled tadpole snail
• Bradybaena similaris – Asian trampsnail
• Cochlicella barbara – potbellied helicellid
• Deroceras invadens – tramp slug
• Deroceras laeve – marsh slug
• Cornu aspersum – garden snail
• Limax flavus – yellow slug
• Milax gagates – greenhouse slug
• Mytilus galloprovincialis – Mediterranean mussel[10]
• Pseudosuccinea columella – mimic lymnaea
• Semimytilus algosus – Pacific mussel
• Tarebia granifera – quilted melania
• Theba pisana – white garden snail
• Zonitoides arboreus – quick gloss

Crustaceans

Invasive species of crustaceans include:[5]

• Carcinus maenas – European shore crab
• Cherax quadricarinatus – redclaw crayfish
• Procambarus clarkii – red swamp crayfish[6]

Insects

Invasive species of insects include:[5][11]

• Aedes albopictus – Asian tiger mosquito
• Anoplolepis gracilipes – yellow crazy ant
• Aphis spiraecola – green citrus aphid
• Aulacaspis yasumatsui – cycad aulacaspis scale
• Bactrocera invadens – Asian fruit fly
• Bemisia tabaci – silverleaf whitefly
• Cactoblastis cactorum – cactus moth
• Cinara cupressi – cypress aphid
• Coptotermes formosanus – Formosan subterranean termite
• Cosmopolites sordidus – banana root borer
• Cryptotermes brevis – West Indian drywood termite
• Ctenarytaina eucalypti – blue gum psyllid
• Eulachnus rileyi – pine needle aphid
• Frankliniella occidentalis – western flower thrips
• Harmonia axyridis – Asian lady beetle
• Hylastes ater – black pine bark beetle
• Hylurgus ligniperda – red-haired pine bark beetle
• Icerya purchasi – cottony cushion scale
• Linepithema humile – Argentine ant
• Orthotomicus erosus – Mediterranean pine engraver
• Phenacoccus manihoti – cassava mealybug
• Pineus pini – pine woolly aphid
• Polistes dominula – European paper wasp
• Pseudococcus calceolariae – Citrophilus mealybug
• Sirex noctilio – Sirex woodwasp
• Technomyrmex albipes – white-footed ant
• Thaumastocoris peregrinus – bronze bug
• Vespula germanica – European wasp
• Xyleborinus saxesenii – fruit-tree pinhole borer
• Xylosandrus compactus – black twig borer

Fish

Invasive species of fish include:[5][12]

• Ctenopharyngodon idella – grass carp
• Cyprinus carpio – common carp
• Gambusia affinis – western mosquitofish
• Hypophthalmichthys molitrix – silver carp
• Lepomis macrochirus – bluegill
• Micropterus dolomieu – smallmouth bass
• Micropterus punctulatus – spotted bass
• Micropterus salmoides – largemouth bass
• Micropterus salmoides floridanus – Florida bass
• Oreochromis niloticus – Nile tilapia (and hybrids)
• Perca fluviatilis – European perch
• Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus – vermiculated sailfin catfish
• Salmo salar – Atlantic salmon
• Tinca tinca – tench

Amphibians

Invasive species of amphibians include:

• Amietophrynus gutturalis – guttural toad

Reptiles

Invasive species of reptiles include:[5]

• Emys orbicularis – European pond turtle
• Gehyra mutilata – stump-tailed gecko
• Hemidactylus frenatus – common house gecko[13]
• Lepidodactylus lugubris – mourning gecko
• Tarentola mauritanica – Moorish wall gecko
• Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans – red-eared slider[13]

Birds

Invasive species of birds include:[5][14]

• Acridotheres tristis – common myna
• Anas platyrhynchos – mallard (and hybrids)
• Columba livia – rock dove
• Corvus splendens – house crow
• Fringilla coelebs – common chaffinch
• Sturus vulgaris – European starling

Mammals

Invasive species of mammals include:[5][15]

• Felis silvestris – cat
• Hemitragus jemlahicus – Himalayan tahr
• Mus musculus – house mouse
• Rattus rattus – black rat
• Sus scrofa – feral pig

See also

• Lists of invasive species

References

External links

• Invasives.org.za: Invasive Species South Africa website

---