Republic of South Africa Endemic Animal and Plant Families Checklist

Republic of South Africa

Checklist of Endemic Animal and Plant Families

This list of animal and plant families found exclusively in the Republic of South Africa is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020) for mammals, del Hoyo & Collar (2014 & 2016) for birds, the Reptile Database (2018) for reptiles, AmphibiaWeb (2018) for amphibians, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2023) for fishes, and Mabberley (2017) for vascular plants. Invertebrates are based on Zhang (2013), Zhang (2011), and Roskov et al. (2014) depending on the group. Families described after these sources are indicated by the year of description. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Bruniaceae 6 gen. 81 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Geissolomataceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Grubbiaceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Lanariaceae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Roridulaceae 1 gen. 2 spp. (Vascular Plants )

Kazimierzidae 1 gen. 21 spp. (Annelida Oligochaeta) 2016

Euphysalozerconidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Acari)

Dendrochaetidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Acari)

Lophonotacaridae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Acari)

Pentapalpidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Arachnida Acari)

Hekelidae 1 gen. 1 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)

Mesamphisopidae 1 gen. 10 spp. (Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca)