List of Alien Species in South Africa 2025

Checklist
Последняя версия опубликовано South African National Biodiversity Institute сент. 12, 2025 South African National Biodiversity Institute
Дата публикации:
12 сентября 2025 г.
Лицензия:
CC-BY 4.0

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Описание

The species list of alien taxa in South Africa was developed as part of triennial national status reports on biological invasions. It therefore includes: taxa that are, have been, or were proposed to be regulated; alien taxa that are or have been present in South Africa (including those only ever recorded in quarantine facilities); taxa that are native to a part of South Africa that have formed native-alien populations in another part of the country; and taxa which have been recorded at some point as alien or for which the risk of invasion has been evaluated. The list also includes information on the invasion status of the taxa, their pathways, distributions, impacts, and management, with metadata provided for all 38 variables, including confidence and data sources for 23 of them. Based on information up to the end of December 2022, the checklist includes over 6000 taxa, of which over 3500 are alien taxa confirmed as present outside of captivity or cultivation. However, several key data sources still need to be verified and integrated into the list (particularly taxa in captivity or cultivation). Thus, this list should not yet be regarded as a complete baseline of the knowledge of alien taxa present in South Africa. The checklist is presented in a manner that is tidy and FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) and will be maintained, expanded, and updated, with the aim for the list to become comprehensive and dynamic. By so doing, the checklist will allow the number and status of alien taxa to be tracked over time, informing management planning and regulatory decisions.

Записи данных

Данные этого checklist ресурса были опубликованы в виде Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), который является стандартным форматом для обмена данными о биоразнообразии в виде набора из одной или нескольких таблиц. Основная таблица данных содержит 1 092 записей.

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Taxon (core)
1092
Distribution 
2219

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Версии

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Как оформить ссылку

Исследователи должны дать ссылку на эту работу следующим образом:

SANBI and CIB. 2023, ‘Metadata for the list of alien species in South Africa’, In: Zengeya, T.A. & Wilson, J.R. (eds), The status of biological invasions and their management in South Africa in 2022, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch and DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch. http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8217211

Права

Исследователи должны соблюдать следующие права:

Публикующей организацией и владельцем прав на данную работу является South African National Biodiversity Institute. Эта работа находится под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0).

Регистрация в GBIF

Этот ресурс был зарегистрирован в GBIF, ему был присвоен следующий UUID: 78ee0f56-267b-49e1-8afc-19f03cf81276.  South African National Biodiversity Institute отвечает за публикацию этого ресурса, и зарегистрирован в GBIF как издатель данных при оподдержке South African Biodiversity Information Facility.

Ключевые слова

Alien species; biological invasions; invasive species; invasives; non-native species; species lists

Контакты

Tsungai Zengeya
  • Metadata Provider
  • Author
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Principal Scientist
SANBI
Kirstenbosch
7735 Cape Town
Western Cape
ZA
Promise Mtileni
  • Author
  • Originator
Post-doctoral fellow
SANBI
Kirstenbosch
7735 Cape Town
Western Cape
ZA
Katelyn Faulkner
  • Author
  • Originator
Senior Scientist
SANBI
Kirstenbosch
7735 Cape Town
Western Cape
ZA
John Wilson
  • Author
Principal scientist
SANBI
Kirstenbosch
7735 Cape Town
Western Cape
ZA
John Wilson
  • Author
Principal Scientist
SANBI
Kirstenbosch
7735 Cape Town
Wetern Cape
ZA

Географический охват

South Africa and inshore islands.

Ограничивающие координаты Юг Запад [-90, -180], Север Восток [90, 180]

Таксономический охват

The list covers taxa from six kingdoms: Animalia, Bacteria, Chromista, Fungi, Plants and Protozoa, ,

Species Oreochromis niloticus

Временной охват

Период жизни Sources published or available up to 31 December 2022, with sources dating from 1906

Данные проекта

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is mandated by regulations under the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (Act 10 of 2004) to monitor and report on the status of biological invasions and their management in South Africa every three years. To date, three reports have been produced, in 2017, 2020 and 2023 (see http://iasreport.sanbi.org.za), and a fourth is in preparation. These reports required a consolidated national list of alien species in South Africa. Information on alien species present in a country, their status (establishment, distribution, impacts), and how they entered and move around the country is crucial for their effective management. Such information underpins regulations, allocation of management resources, and evaluations of current and future threats.

Название The status report of biological invasions and their management in South Africa
Финансирование South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) and B-Cubed project (Biodiversity Building Blocks for policy) which is funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme (ID No 101059592).
Описание района исследования South Africa and inshore islands
Описание плана выполнения исследований See notes on project description

Исполнители проекта:

Tsungai Zengeya
  • Author
Promise Mtileni
  • Author
Katelyn Faulkner
  • Author
John Wilson
  • Author

Методы сбора

Data were extracted from various sources and merged based on standardised taxonomy. The processes followed are documented and described in Zengeya et al. 2025

Охват исследования The species list of alien taxa in South Africa was developed as part of triennial national status reports on biological invasions. The study extent is Mainland South Africa and inshore islands. The period of study includes data sources published between 1906 and 31 December 2022
Контроль качества The data were systematically curated with metadata that provide details of what information is contained in each column, and what the different levels in each column mean. The process to check taxonomic information was automated. The nomenclature of non-plant taxa was checked against the Global Biodiversity Information Facility taxonomic backbone. For plant taxa, the nomenclature was first checked against the Plants of Southern Africa database and the Plants of the World Online database. The International Plant Name Index, Nemaplex and the Word Register of Marine Species was also used to check data.

Описание этапа методики:

  1. See workflows in Zengeya et al. 2025

Библиографические ссылки

  1. Wilson, J.R.U. & Kumschick, S., 2024, 'The regulation of alien species in South Africa', South African Journal of Science, 120. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2024/17002
  2. Zengeya TA, Faulkner KT, Mtileni MP, Fernandez Winzer L, Kumschick S, McCulloch-Jones EJ, Miza-Tshangana SA, Robinson TB, Sifuba A, Engelbrecht W, van Wilgen BW, Wilson JRU (2025) A checklist of alien taxa for South Africa. bioRxiv 2025.05.22.655507. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.22.655507
  3. Nelufule T, Robertson MP, Wilson JRU, Faulkner KT (2022) Native-alien populations—An apparent oxymoron that requires specific conservation attention. NeoBiota 74: 57–74. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.74.81671

Дополнительные метаданные

SANBI home page: https://iasreport.sanbi.org.za Specielist metadata: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8217211 Species list: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14937470

Альтернативные идентификаторы https://ipt.sanbi.org.za/resource?r=alienplantssa2025