South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Acker-Schmalwand
Arabidopsis thaliana
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Gemeine Schafgarbe
Achillea millefolium
Grauhörnchen
Sciurus carolinensis
Hasenschwanzgras
Lagurus ovatus
Hirschziegenantilope
Antilope cervicapra
hundert-jährige Agave
Agave americana
Kalmus
Acorus calamus
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
Mottled toothedthread
Odontonema cuspidatum
Cedar wattle
Acacia elata
Camelthorn
Alhagi maurorum
banana water-lily
Nymphaea mexicana
grape ground-cherry
Physalis viscosa
Lavender scallops
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
Ngaio tree
Myoporum laetum
Nile Crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Sacred bamboo
Nandina domestica
American Bramble
Rubus cuneifolius
glaucous cotoneaster
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus
Tussock paspalum
Paspalum quadrifarium
candycorn-plant
Cuphea micropetala
gaping panic grass
Steinchisma hians
Broadleaved bristlegrass
Setaria palmifolia
Bigleaf bristlegrass
Setaria megaphylla
Bentgrass
Lachnagrostis filiformis
Hairy abutilon
Abutilon grandifolium
moneytree
Pachira glabra
Tropical Mexican clover
Richardia brasiliensis
Simpleleaf chastetree
Vitex trifolia
Duck
Aristolochia littoralis
Chinese albizia
Albizia chinensis
Fishpoison
Tephrosia purpurea
Dutch eggplant
Solanum aculeatissimum
Brazilian begonia
Begonia hirtella
Brazilian whitlow
Paronychia brasiliana
bandana-of-the-Everglades
Canna flaccida
Brazilian cat's ear
Hypochaeris chillensis
Gulf leaf-flower
Phyllanthus fraternus
Australian violet
Viola hederacea
Dwarf cupflower
Nierembergia linariifolia
willow-leaf heimia
Heimia salicifolia
eastern cottonbush
Maireana brevifolia
Bluebell creeper
Billardiera heterophylla
Purple-Bracted Dandelion
Taraxacum brachyglossum
Geraldton wax
Chamelaucium uncinatum
Pearl flower
Heterocentron subtriplinervium
island mallow
Malva assurgentiflora
Christmas-lily
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Tasman flax-lily
Dianella tasmanica
Bacillus anthracis
Tropical tobacco moth
Setomorpha rutella
Angled Gem
Anomis sabulifera
Japanese fishlouse
Argulus japonicus
Ascidian
Symplegma brakenhielmi
Divided Tunicate
Styela canopus
Marine isopod
Paracerceis sculpta
Grey sea squirt
Ascidia sydneiensis
Red and black flat mite
Brevipalpus phoenicis
Levant blackneck moth
Tathorhynchus exsiccata
Pink stem borer
Sesamia nonagrioides
Asian blue tick
Rhipicephalus microplus
Pondoland Cannibal Snail
Natalina beyrichi
elongate cone
Conus mozambicus
algoa cone
Conus algoensis
Frigid Cone
Conus frigidus
Blood-spotted abalone
Haliotis spadicea
Abalone
Haliotis queketti
Canaliculate abalone
Haliotis parva
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