South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Kebsh el Gebel
Ammotragus lervia
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
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
Arborescent pricklypear
Opuntia leucotricha
Erect Pricklypear
Opuntia stricta
Washerwoman
Alternanthera caracasana
beach evening-primrose
Oenothera drummondii
small-flower evening-primrose
Oenothera indecora
scoparia-weed
Scoparia dulcis
Paradox acacia
Acacia paradoxa
Pearl wattle
Acacia podalyriifolia
Coastal wattle
Acacia cyclops
Lotus sweetjuice
Glinus lotoides
Day jessamine
Cestrum diurnum
crimson cestrum
Cestrum elegans
Nightshade
Solanum laxum
African-lily
Agapanthus praecox
Madagascar widow's-thrill
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Velvet leaf
Kalanchoe beharensis
Devil's backbone
Kalanchoe daigremontiana
Dead Man'S Fingers
Codium fragile
Chittagong wood
Chukrasia tabularis
red-maids
Calandrinia ciliata
elkhorn fern
Platycerium bifurcatum
Naked crabgrass
Digitaria nuda
Roebelin palm
Phoenix roebelenii
Keeled wormseed
Dysphania carinata
Fringed rosemallow
Hibiscus schizopetalus
Mazapan
Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Morning-glory
Ipomoea carnea
Rose glorybower
Clerodendrum bungei
Tree poppy
Bocconia frutescens
Softseed wild petunia
Ruellia simplex
Brazilian red-cloak
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Creeping inchplant
Callisia repens
erect spiderling
Boerhavia erecta
moreton-bay-pine
Araucaria bidwillii
doctorbush
Plumbago zeylanica
Beach spiderlily
Hymenocallis littoralis
Smokebush
Buddleja madagascariensis
common boobialla
Myoporum insulare
Ferny Azolla
Azolla pinnata
redbird flower
Euphorbia tithymaloides
Graceful sandmat
Euphorbia hypericifolia
song-of-India
Dracaena reflexa
Queensland fire-wheel-tree
Stenocarpus sinuatus
rock hakea
Hakea gibbosa
Bushy yate
Eucalyptus lehmannii
Swordfern
Macrothelypteris torresiana
hairy fiddleneck
Amsinckia calycina
Rough mexican clover
Richardia scabra
Nightshade
Solanum chrysotrichum
blue lupine
Lupinus pilosus
Vegetable fern
Diplazium esculentum
Lady of the Night Cactus
Cereus hexagonus
Colonial Pine
Araucaria cunninghamii
Turpentine tree
Syncarpia glomulifera
Blue Sugarbush
Protea neriifolia
sweet hakea
Hakea drupacea
Honey Box
Eucalyptus melliodora
bastard-box
Eucalyptus microtheca
red honey myrtle
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Cajeput tree
Melaleuca linariifolia
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