List of invasive species in Africa
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Invasive species found in Africa include:
- 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]
Tunicates
- Ciona intestinalis (sea vase) [10]
Annelids
- Ficopomatus enigmaticus (Australian tubeworm)
- Boccardia proboscidea (shell worm)
Molluscs
- Aplexa marmorata (marbled tadpole snail)
- Bradybaena similaris (Asian trampsnail)[11]
- Cochlicella barbara (potbellied helicellid)[11]
- Cornu aspersum (garden snail)
- Deroceras invadens (tramp slug)
- Deroceras laeve (marsh slug)[11]
- Euglandina rosea (rosy wolfsnail)
- Limax flavus (yellow slug)[11]
- Milax gagates (greenhouse slug)[11]
- Mytilus galloprovincialis (Mediterranean mussel)[12]
- Pinctada radiata (Gulf pearl oyster)
- Pseudosuccinea columella (mimic lymnaea)
- Semimytilus algosus (Pacific mussel)
- Tarebia granifera (quilted melania)
- Theba pisana (white garden snail)
- Zonitoides arboreus (quick gloss)[11]
Crustaceans
- Carcinus maenas (European shore crab)
- Cherax quadricarinatus (redclaw crayfish)
- Limnoria quadripunctata (gribble)
- Percnon gibbesi (Sally Lightfoot crab)
- Procambarus clarkii (red swamp crawfish)
- Procambarus virginalis (Marbled crayfish)[13]
Arachnids
Insects
- Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito)
- Aleurodicus dispersus (spiralling whitefly)
- Aleurothrixus floccosus (woolly whitefly)
- Aleurotrachelus atratus (palm-infesting whitefly)
- Anopheles stephensi
- Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant)
- Aphis spiraecola (green citrus aphid)
- Aulacaspis yasumatsui (cycad aulacaspis scale)
- Bactrocera cucurbitae (melon fly)
- Bactrocera dorsalis (Oriental fruit fly)
- Bactrocera invadens (Asian fruit fly)
- Bactrocera zonata (peach fruit fly)
- Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf whitefly)
- Cactoblastis cactorum (cactus moth)
- Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)
- Ceratitis rosa (Natal fruit fly)
- Chionaspis pinifoliae (pine needle scale insect)
- Cinara cupressi (cypress aphid)
- Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite)
- Cosmopolites sordidus (banana root borer)
- Cryptotermes brevis (West Indian drywood termite)
- Ctenarytaina eucalypti (blue gum psyllid)
- Diuraphis noxia (Russian wheat aphid)
- Eulachnus rileyi (pine needle aphid)
- Euwallacea fornicatus (tea shot hole borer)
- Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips)
- Harmonia axyridis (Asian lady beetle)
- Hylastes ater (black pine bark beetle)
- Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle)
- Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale)
- Linepithema humile (Argentine ant)
- Liriomyza trifolii (American serpentine leafminer)
- Maconellicoccus hirsutus (hibiscus mealybug)
- Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterranean pine engraver)
- Phenacoccus manihoti (cassava mealybug)
- Phenacoccus solenopsis (cotton mealybug)
- Pineus pini (pine woolly aphid)
- Polistes dominula (European paper wasp
- Prostephanus truncatus (larger grain borer)
- Pseudococcus calceolariae (Citrophilus mealybug)
- Sirex noctilio (Sirex woodwasp)
- Spodoptera frugiperda (fall armyworm)
- Technomyrmex albipes (white-footed ant)
- Thaumastocoris peregrinus (bronze bug)
- Trialeurodes ricini (castor bean whitefly)
- Trichomyrmex destructor (destructive trailing ant)
- Vespula germanica (European wasp)
- Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant)
- Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer)
- Xyleborus perforans (island pinhole borer)
- Xylosandrus compactus (black twig borer)
Fish
- Ctenopharyngodon idella (grass carp)
- Cyprinus carpio (common carp)
- Gambusia affinis (western mosquitofish)
- Gambusia holbrooki (eastern mosquitofish)
- Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp)
- Lates niloticus (Nile perch)
- Lepomis macrochirus (bluegill)
- Micropterus dolomieu (smallmouth bass)
- Micropterus floridanus (Florida bass)
- Micropterus punctulatus (spotted bass)
- Micropterus salmoides (largemouth bass)
- Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia)
- Perca fluviatilis (European perch)
- Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus (vermiculated sailfin catfish)
- Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon)
- Tinca tinca (tench)
Amphibians
- Amietophrynus gutturalis (guttural toad)
Reptiles
- Emys orbicularis (European pond turtle)
- Gehyra mutilata (stump-tailed gecko)
- Hemidactylus frenatus (common house gecko)[15]
- Lepidodactylus lugubris (mourning gecko)
- Tarentola mauritanica (Moorish wall gecko)
- Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans (red-eared slider)[15]