South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Kebsh el Gebel
Ammotragus lervia
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Kirk's dik-dik
Madoqua kirkii
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Cat
Felis catus
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Ecoregions
Knysna-Amatole montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Highveld grasslands
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands · Afrotropic
Albany thickets
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub · Afrotropic
Kalahari xeric savanna
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Afrotropic
Southern Africa mangroves
Mangroves · Afrotropic
All Species in South Africa
&257;bu qarn
Gynandropsis gynandra
'aaqool
Alhagi maurorum
Al nimr
Panthera pardus
ābu rokba
Digitaria sanguinalis
ashkhar
Calotropis procera
barbir
Portulaca oleracea
Bardí
Cyperus papyrus
Begar al Ouach
Oryx dammah
borgoman
Ageratum conyzoides
burseem
Medicago sativa
Daisar
Avena fatua
datura
Datura innoxia
Defla
Nerium oleander
denieba
Echinochloa crus-galli
dhail al qut
Polypogon monspeliensis
El ballot el akhdar
Quercus ilex
'enab el-deeb
Solanum nigrum
ful sudane
Arachis hypogaea
gazun
Lolium perenne
Ghaab
Arundo donax
Habb El-'Aziz
Cyperus esculentus
hamd
Oxalis corniculata
hamool
Cuscuta campestris
Hamrat erras
Silene vulgaris
hashishat al-gabal
Erigeron bonariensis
Hasir
Cyperus rotundus
'inab al-deeb
Solanum villosum
Kebsh el Gebel
Ammotragus lervia
kees ar rai
Capsella bursa-pastoris
khardal
Brassica nigra
khardal
Sinapis arvensis
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
khillah
Ammi majus
khubeizah
Malva parviflora
laban el-homara
Euphorbia heterophylla
labeinah
Euphorbia hirta
lisan al-hamal
Plantago major
Masadate
Eclipta prostrata
meloukhia
Corchorus olitorius
mintina
Dysphania ambrosioides
moddeid
Paspalum distichum
morrar
Senecio vulgaris
morrar
Centaurea calcitrapa
na'eem
Achyranthes aspera
nafal
Melilotus indicus
nafal
Melilotus albus
nafal
Medicago polymorpha
nakhl
Phoenix dactylifera
qarras
Brassica tournefortii
qasab el-sokkar
Saccharum officinarum
rukab al-gamal
Chenopodium album
Safarjal
Cydonia oblonga
Sard
Carex divisa
Se'ed
Cyperus compressus
Seïf El Ma
Alisma plantago-aquatica
shamar
Foeniculum vulgare
shawk el-gamal
Silybum marianum
sheb al-leil
Mirabilis jalapa
shofan
Avena sativa
sitt el-hosn
Ipomoea cairica
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