A listing of sensitive species maintained by SANBI

Sensitive species are those that are vulnerable or potentially vulnerable to collecting, over-exploitation, commercial and/or medicinal use. 


SANBI will not release locality information for these species.  This information can only be provided subject to approval from a committee consisting of experts on the relevant taxa. Applications for access can be submitted here.


The National Sensitive Species List constantly changes as new data becomes available. If a species does not appear on this list it may still be under evaluation. Alternatively, if there is a species that needs to be added please contact us for assistance. 

Lists of sensitive species are published upon completion of the full assessment, see previous lists here.


Name Type Is sensitive Sort descending Changed
Cheiridopsis pearsonii Plants Yes 2022-09-12 View
Cyrtanthus suaveolens Plants Yes 2022-09-14 View
Euphorbia fortuita Plants Yes 2022-09-19 View
Euphorbia perangusta Plants Yes 2022-09-19 View
Gasteria croucheri Plants Yes 2022-08-08 View
Haemanthus lanceifolius Plants Yes 2022-09-19 View
Mitrophyllum roseum Plants Yes 2022-10-31 View
Nerine ridleyi Plants Yes 2022-09-19 View
Oxalis lasiorrhiza Plants Yes 2022-08-09 View
Portulacaria pygmaea Plants Yes 2022-09-08 View