South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Ardilla Gris Oriental
Sciurus carolinensis
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
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
Pleated tunicate
Styela plicata
Plume albizia
Paraserianthes lophantha
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna eytoni
Plum-headed Parakeet
Psittacula cyanocephala
Plum Woodlouse
Porcellionides pruinosus
Pokeweed
Phytolacca dioica
Polkadot-plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Pomegranate
Punica granatum
pompomweed
Campuloclinium macrocephalum
Pompon Tree
Dais cotinifolia
Pondoland Cannibal Snail
Natalina beyrichi
Poorland flatsedge
Cyperus compressus
Portuguese black millipede
Ommatoiulus moreleti
potato aphid
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Potato rot nematode
Ditylenchus destructor
Potato tuber moth
Phthorimaea operculella
Potbellied helicellid
Cochlicella barbara
prickly-leaf paperbark
Melaleuca nodosa
Prickly lettuce
Lactuca serriola
prickly paperbark
Melaleuca styphelioides
Prickly Russian Thistle
Salsola tragus
Pride-of-barbados
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Pride-of-India
Koelreuteria paniculata
Pride of madeira
Echium candicans
Privet mite
Brevipalpus obovatus
proliferous pink
Petrorhagia prolifera
Prostrate knotweed
Polygonum aviculare
Prostrate sandmat
Euphorbia prostrata
Protozoan
Mirofolliculina limnoriae
puku
Kobus vardonii
Puncturevine
Tribulus terrestris
Punktree
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Purple-Bracted Dandelion
Taraxacum brachyglossum
Purple bushbean
Macroptilium atropurpureum
Purple granadilla
Passiflora edulis
purpleheart
Tradescantia pallida
Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Purple pampas grass
Cortaderia jubata
Purple Sand-Spurrey
Spergularia rubra
Purpletop vervain
Verbena incompta
Purple Vetch
Vicia benghalensis
Purple Viper's-bugloss
Echium plantagineum
queen-of-the-night
Cereus jamacaru
Queen palm
Syagrus romanzoffiana
Queen sago
Cycas circinalis
queen's crape-myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Queensland fire-wheel-tree
Stenocarpus sinuatus
Queensland poplar
Homalanthus populifolius
Radford's Flame Shoulder
Ochropleura leucogaster
radiated snail
Discus rotundatus
Ramgoat dashalong
Turnera ulmifolia
rat cone
Conus rattus
Rat-tail grass
Sporobolus africanus
Rattlebox
Sesbania punicea
Red and black flat mite
Brevipalpus phoenicis
Red beadtree
Adenanthera pavonina
redbird flower
Euphorbia tithymaloides
Red Buffalo-bur
Solanum sisymbriifolium
Red Campion
Silene dioica
Redclaw
Cherax quadricarinatus
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