South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
acíbar
Aloe arborescens
acibara
Agave americana
agróstide blanca
Agrostis gigantea
Arrui
Ammotragus lervia
cagamuja
Ricinus communis
calamís
Acorus calamus
Cervicapra
Antilope cervicapra
milefólio
Achillea millefolium
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
Japanese climbing fern
Lygodium japonicum
coast redwood
Sequoia sempervirens
Waterthyme
Hydrilla verticillata
Sesbania Pea
Sesbania bispinosa
Sickle Medick
Medicago falcata
Bulrush Cosmet
Limnaecia phragmitella
German Wasp
Vespula germanica
radiated snail
Discus rotundatus
Delicate Fern Moss
Thuidium delicatulum
brandling
Eisenia fetida
green peach aphid
Myzus persicae
Graceful false flax
Camelina rumelica
Wavyleaf sea lavender
Limonium sinuatum
beach-flea
Orchestia gammarellus
agate snail
Cecilioides acicula
Compound sea squirt
Diplosoma listerianum
Silverfish
Ctenolepisma longicaudatum
Plum Woodlouse
Porcellionides pruinosus
European Paper Wasp
Polistes dominula
Chinese elm
Ulmus parvifolia
Separated sedge
Carex divisa
German cockroach
Blattella germanica
chrysalis snail
Lauria cylindracea
bulb nematode
Ditylenchus dipsaci
Stiff Brome
Brachypodium distachyon
Clavel De Muerto
Tithonia rotundifolia
Common St. Paul's wort
Sigesbeckia orientalis
Blowball
Taraxacum officinale
Butterweed
Erigeron canadensis
Argentine fleabane
Erigeron bonariensis
Field burrweed
Soliva sessilis
Chameleon
Houttuynia cordata
Mexican fan palm
Washingtonia robusta
Cockscomb
Celosia argentea
Prickly Russian Thistle
Salsola tragus
Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose
Oenothera laciniata
Needle Bush
Hakea sericea
Silkoak
Grevillea robusta
Grannyvine
Ipomoea tricolor
Japanese morning-glory
Ipomoea nil
hoary plantain
Plantago virginica
Bracted Plantain
Plantago aristata
Fern Palm
Cycas revoluta
Mouse spider
Scotophaeus blackwalli
Saltcedar
Tamarix ramosissima
Golden wattle
Acacia pycnantha
common striped woodlouse
Philoscia muscorum
Cigarette beetle
Lasioderma serricorne
Woolly Clover
Trifolium tomentosum
Suffocated clover
Trifolium suffocatum
fig sponge
Suberites ficus
Upright chickweed
Moenchia erecta
brooding snake star
Amphipholis squamata
Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Case-making clothes moth
Tinea pellionella
Carrot bur parsley
Caucalis platycarpos
Gold-banded etiella moth
Etiella zinckenella
Prostrate sandmat
Euphorbia prostrata
Greater Wax Moth
Galleria mellonella
Mediterranean flour moth
Ephestia kuehniella
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