List of invasive species in Africa
Main article: List of invasive species
Plants
Giant salvinia covers the surface of a pond
- Acacia species (Australian wattles)[1]
- Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy)
- Caesalpinia decapetala (Mauritius thorn)[1]
- Cereus jamacaru (Queen of the Night cactus)[1]
- Chromolaena odorata (Triffid weed)[1]
- Eichhornia crassipes[1] (Water hyacinth)[2]
- Eucalyptus spp. (Eucalyptus or gum trees)[1]
- Hakea spp.[1]
- Lantana camara[1]
- Melia azedarach (Persian lilac, chinaberry)[3]
- Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot's feather)[1]
- Opuntia spp. (Prickly pear)[1]
- Pereskia aculeata[1]
- Pinus spp. (Pine)[4]
- Prosopis spp. (Mesquite)[1]
- Ricinus communis (Castor oil plant)[5]
- Rubus spp. (Bramble)[6][7][8][9]
- Salvinia molesta (Kariba weed, giant salvinia)[1]
- Solanum mauritianum (Bugweed)[1]
Crustaceans
- Giant crayfish
- Procambarus fallax f. virginalis (Marmorkrebs)[10]
Mammals
- Wild boar
- Wild goat
- European rabbit
- Fallow deer
- Rusa deer
- Sika deer
- Himalayan tahr
- Eastern gray squirrel (eradicated)
- Feral cat
- Feral dog
- Feral horse
- Feral donkey
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Invasive plant species. Plant Protection Research Institute. South Africa Agricultural Research Council. Last updated 2008-05-29. Retrieved on 2008-11-28.
- ↑ Hussein, Walaa (September 7, 2016). "How this invasive flower is taking over the Nile". Al-Monitor. CAIRO.
- ↑ Element Stewardship Abstract for Melia azedarach. Nature Conservancy Wildland Invasive Species Program, 2000. Retrieved on 2008-12-01.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Legislation on weeds and invasive plants in South Africa. Agricultural Research Council. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
- ↑ Rubus discolor alien range. Global Invasive Species Database. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
- ↑ Rubus moluccanus' alien range. Global Invasive Species Database. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
- ↑ Rubus niveus alien range. Global Invasive Species Database. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
- ↑ Rubus rosifolius alien range. Global Invasive Species Database. Retrieved on 2009-04-09.
- ↑ Julia P. G. Jones, Jeanne R. Rasamy, Andrew Harvey, Alicia Toon, Birgit Oidtmann, Michele H. Randrianarison, Noromalala Raminosoa & Olga R. Ravoahangimalala (2008). "The perfect invader: a parthenogenic crayfish poses a new threat to Madagascar's freshwater biodiversity". Biological Invasions. 11 (6): 1475–1482. doi:10.1007/s10530-008-9334-y.
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