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List of invasive species in Africa

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Invasive species found in Africa include:

Plants

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  • Acacia species (Australian wattles)[http://www.arc.agric.za/home.asp?pid=2892 Invasive plant species] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220132929/http://www.arc.agric.za/home.asp?pid=2892 |date=2008-12-20 }}. Plant Protection Research Institute. South Africa Agricultural Research Council. Last updated 2008-05-29. Retrieved on 2008-11-28.
  • Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy)
  • Caesalpinia decapetala (Mauritius thorn)
  • Cereus jamacaru (Queen of the Night cactus)
  • Chromolaena odorata (Triffid weed)
  • Eichhornia crassipes (Water hyacinth){{cite news |last=Hussein |first=Walaa |date=September 7, 2016 |title=How this invasive flower is taking over the Nile |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/09/egypt-nile-water-flower-hyacinth-invasive-species.html |newspaper=Al-Monitor |location=CAIRO }}
  • Eucalyptus spp. (Eucalyptus or gum trees)
  • Hakea spp.
  • Lantana camara
  • Melia azedarach (Persian lilac, chinaberry)[http://www.invasive.org/weedcd/pdfs/tncweeds/meliaze.pdf Element Stewardship Abstract for Melia azedarach]. Nature Conservancy Wildland Invasive Species Program, 2000. Retrieved on 2008-12-01.
  • Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot's feather)
  • Opuntia spp. (Prickly pear)
  • Pereskia aculeata
  • Pinus spp. (Pine)[http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/ac846e/ac846e09.htm Pinus patula in South Africa]. Nyoka, B.I. Biosecurity in Forestry: A Case Study on the Status of Invasive Forest Tree Species in Southern Africa. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003. Retrieved on 2008-11-28.
  • Prosopis spp. (Mesquite)
  • Ricinus communis (Castor oil plant)[http://www.arc.agric.za/home.asp?pid=1031 Legislation on weeds and invasive plants in South Africa] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928104627/http://www.arc.agric.za/home.asp?pid=1031 |date=2011-09-28 }}. Agricultural Research Council. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
  • Rubus spp. (Bramble)[http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=994&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Rubus discolor alien range]. Global Invasive Species Database. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.[http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=476&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Rubus moluccanus alien range]. Global Invasive Species Database. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.[http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=1232&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Rubus niveus alien range]. Global Invasive Species Database. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.[http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=500&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Rubus rosifolius alien range]. Global Invasive Species Database. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
  • Salvinia molesta (Kariba weed, giant salvinia)
  • Solanum mauritianum (Bugweed)

Tunicates

  • Ciona intestinalis (sea vase) [http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=1127&fr=1&sts=sss&lang=EN Ciona intestinalis (tunicate).] Global Invasive Species Database. ISSG.

Annelids

  • Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Australian tubeworm)
  • Boccardia proboscidea (shell worm) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/712-shell-worm-boccardia-proboscidea]

Molluscs

  • Aplexa marmorata (marbled tadpole snail) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/559-slender-bladder-snail-aplexa-marmorata]
  • Bradybaena similaris (Asian trampsnail){{cite book |last=Herbert |first=David G |date=2010 |title=The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa|url=https://www.sanbi.org/sites/default/files/documents/documents/bioseries15introterrestmollusca.pdf |location=Pretoria |publisher=South African National Biodiversity Institute |isbn=978-1-919976-56-3}}
  • Cochlicella barbara (potbellied helicellid)
  • Cornu aspersum (garden snail)
  • Deroceras invadens (tramp slug)
  • Deroceras laeve (marsh slug)
  • Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/23113]
  • Limax flavus (yellow slug)
  • Milax gagates (greenhouse slug)
  • Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel)[http://www.issg.org/database/species/search.asp?sts=sss&st=sss&fr=1&sn=&rn=south+africa&hci=-1&ei=154&lang=EN&x=11&y=11 South Africa: Molluscs.] Global Invasive Species Database. ISSG.
  • Pinctada radiata (Gulf pearl oyster) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/108219]
  • Pseudosuccinea columella (mimic lymnaea) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/565-reticulate-pond-snail-lymnaea-columella]
  • Semimytilus algosus (Pacific mussel) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/913-pacific-mussel-semimytilus-algosus]
  • Tarebia granifera (quilted melania) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/567-quilted-malania-tarebia-granifera]
  • Theba pisana (white garden snail)
  • Zonitoides arboreus (quick gloss)

Crustaceans

  • Carcinus maenas (European shore crab)
  • Cherax quadricarinatus (redclaw crayfish)
  • Limnoria quadripunctata (gribble) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109147]
  • Percnon gibbesi (Sally Lightfoot crab)
  • Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/67878]
  • Procambarus virginalis (Marbled crayfish){{cite journal |author1=Julia P. G. Jones |author2=Jeanne R. Rasamy |author3=Andrew Harvey |author4=Alicia Toon |author5=Birgit Oidtmann |author6=Michele H. Randrianarison |author7=Noromalala Raminosoa |author8=Olga R. Ravoahangimalala |year=2008 |title=The perfect invader: a parthenogenic crayfish poses a new threat to Madagascar’s freshwater biodiversity |journal=Biological Invasions |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=1475–1482 |doi=10.1007/s10530-008-9334-y}}

Arachnids

  • Phalangium opilio{{Cite web |title=Species Phalangium opilio |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/33857 |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=bugguide.net |language=en}}

Insects

  • Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/558-asian-tiger-mosquito-aedes-albopictus]
  • Aleurodicus dispersus (spiralling whitefly)
  • Aleurothrixus floccosus (woolly whitefly) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/4538]
  • Aleurotrachelus atratus (palm-infesting whitefly) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/112108]
  • Anopheles stephensi [https://www.news-medical.net/news/20231012/Invasive-mosquito-species-may-be-spreading-new-form-of-malaria-in-East-Africa.aspx]
  • Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/783-crazy-ant-anoplolepis-gracilipes]
  • Aphis spiraecola (green citrus aphid) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/6221]
  • Aulacaspis yasumatsui (cycad aulacaspis scale) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/18756]
  • Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly)
  • Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17685]
  • Bactrocera invadens (Asian fruit fly)
  • Bactrocera zonata (peach fruit fly) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/17694]
  • Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly)
  • Cactoblastis cactorum (cactus moth) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/10680]
  • Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/12367]
  • Ceratitis rosa (Natal fruit fly) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/12378]
  • Chionaspis pinifoliae (pine needle scale insect) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/40120]
  • Cinara cupressi (cypress aphid) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/802-cypress-aphid-cinara-cupressi]
  • Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite)
  • Cosmopolites sordidus (banana root borer) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/805-banana-root-borer-cosmopolites-sordidus]
  • Cryptotermes brevis (West Indian drywood termite)
  • Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16747]
  • Diuraphis noxia (Russian wheat aphid) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/9887]
  • Eulachnus rileyi (pine needle aphid) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/23148]
  • Euwallacea fornicatus (tea shot hole borer) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57163]
  • Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/24426]
  • Harmonia axyridis (Asian lady beetle) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/564-harlequin-lady-beetle-harmonia-axyridis]
  • Hylastes ater (black pine bark beetle)
  • Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/27364]
  • Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/28432]
  • Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)
  • Liriomyza trifolii (American serpentine leafminer)[http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/30965]
  • Maconellicoccus hirsutus (hibiscus mealybug)
  • Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine engraver) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/37954]
  • Phenacoccus manihoti (cassava mealybug) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/40173]
  • Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109097]
  • Pineus pini (pine woolly aphid) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/41326]
  • Polistes dominula (European paper wasp [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/42750]
  • Prostephanus truncatus (larger grain borer)
  • Pseudococcus calceolariae (Citrophilus mealybug) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/893-citrophilus-mealybug-pseudococcus-calceoriae]
  • Sirex noctilio (Sirex woodwasp)
  • Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm)
  • Technomyrmex albipes (white-footed ant)
  • Thaumastocoris peregrinus (bronze bug) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/109741]
  • Trialeurodes ricini (castor bean whitefly) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/54659]
  • Trichomyrmex destructor (destructive trailing ant) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/34581]
  • Vespula germanica (European wasp)
  • Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant)
  • Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57038]
  • Xyleborus perforans (island pinhole borer) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57169]
  • Xylosandrus compactus (black twig borer) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/57234]

Fish

  • Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/808-grass-carp-ctenopharyngodon-idella]
  • Cyprinus carpio (common carp) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/446-common-carp-cyprinus-carpio][https://www.environment.gov.za/sites/default/files/gazetted_notices/nemba10of2004_alienandinvasive_specieslists2016.pdf]
  • Gambusia affinis (western mosquitofish) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/831-mosquitofish-gambusia-affinis]
  • Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish) [http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/82089]
  • Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/593-silver-carp-hypophthalmichthys-molitrix]
  • Lates niloticus (Nile perch)
  • Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/369-bluegill-sunfish-lepomis-macrochirus]
  • Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/450-smallmouth-bass-micropterus-dolomieu]
  • Micropterus floridanus (Florida bass) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/748-florida-bass-micropterus-floridanus]
  • Micropterus punctulatus (spotted bass) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/749-spotted-bass-micropterus-punctulatus]
  • Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/750-largemouth-bass-micropterus-salmoides]
  • Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/754-nile-tilapia-oreochromis-niloticus]
  • Perca fluviatilis (European perch) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/689-perch-perca-fluviatis]
  • Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (vermiculated sailfin catfish) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/696-vermiculated-sailfin-catfish-pterygoplichthys-disjunctivus]
  • Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/700-atlantic-salmon-salmo-salar]
  • Tinca tinca (tench) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/919-tench-tinca-tinca]

Amphibians

  • Amietophrynus gutturalis (guttural toad) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/731-guttaral-toad-amietophrynus-gutturalis]

Reptiles

  • Emys orbicularis (European pond turtle) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/816-european-pond-turtle-emys-orbicularis]
  • Gehyra mutilata (stump-tailed gecko) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/744-stump-tailed-gecko-gehyra-mutilata]
  • Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)[http://www.issg.org/database/species/search.asp?sts=sss&st=sss&fr=1&sn=&rn=south+africa&hci=-1&ei=164&lang=EN&x=4&y=18 South Africa: Reptiles.] Global Invasive Species Database. ISSG.
  • Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/746-mourning-gecko-lepidodactylus-lugubris]
  • Tarentola mauritanica (Moorish wall gecko) [http://www.invasives.org.za/component/k2/item/703-moorish-wall-gecko-tarentola-mauritanica]
  • Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans (red-eared slider)

Birds

Mammals

References

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