South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
achillée mille-feuilles
Achillea millefolium
acore
Acorus calamus
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Agave d'Amérique
Agave americana
agrostis géant
Agrostis gigantea
Aloès Candélabre
Aloe arborescens
Antilope Cervicapre
Antilope cervicapra
Aoudad de Barbarie
Ammotragus lervia
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
Short Sharp-tail Bee
Coelioxys afra
Angoumois grain moth
Sitotroga cerealella
Potato tuber moth
Phthorimaea operculella
Carrot bur parsley
Caucalis platycarpos
Christplant
Euphorbia milii
Prostrate sandmat
Euphorbia prostrata
Pillpod sandmat
Euphorbia hirta
Eve's needle cactus
Austrocylindropuntia subulata
Thatch moss
Leptodontium gemmascens
shallot aphid
Myzus ascalonicus
branched murex
Chicoreus ramosus
Coral vine
Antigonon leptopus
Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye
Sphagneticola trilobata
coastal plain yellowtops
Flaveria bidentis
Golden crownbeard
Verbesina encelioides
Siamweed
Chromolaena odorata
Crapemyrtle
Lagerstroemia indica
Cigar flower
Cuphea ignea
Devil's horsewhip
Achyranthes aspera
Khakiweed
Alternanthera pungens
Strawberry guava
Psidium cattleianum
karri
Eucalyptus diversicolor
dooryard sowbug
Porcellio laevis
Weeping Paperbark
Melaleuca leucadendra
doubletoothed hydroid
Obelia bidentata
leather-coat
Waltheria indica
blacktip shipworm
Lyrodus pedicellatus
Longbodied cellar spider
Pholcus phalangioides
cellar spiders
Crossopriza lyoni
White garland-lily
Hedychium coronarium
Boatlily
Tradescantia spathacea
Red and black flat mite
Brevipalpus phoenicis
Portuguese black millipede
Ommatoiulus moreleti
Hopbush
Dodonaea viscosa
Rockweed
Pilea microphylla
Cedar of Goa
Cupressus lusitanica
Grey sea squirt
Ascidia sydneiensis
Indian Jointvetch
Aeschynomene indica
Barn Funnel Weaver
Tegenaria domestica
Butterfly tree
Bauhinia purpurea
Pride-of-barbados
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Fox tail agave
Agave attenuata
tall nightshade
Solanum chenopodioides
Cockroach berry
Solanum capsicoides
Sword Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
Ramgoat dashalong
Turnera ulmifolia
Onionweed
Asphodelus fistulosus
Chandelier plant
Kalanchoe delagoensis
Wax tree
Toxicodendron succedaneum
Common Pill Woodlouse
Armadillidium vulgare
Heartleaf madeiravine
Anredera cordifolia
slim-bristle sandbur
Cenchrus brownii
narrow Canary grass
Phalaris angusta
Antelope Grass
Echinochloa pyramidalis
Algerian Oat
Avena byzantina
Violet crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
Marine isopod
Paracerceis sculpta
African bermudagrass
Cynodon nlemfuensis
Finger millet
Eleusine coracana
Spiked bur grass
Tragus berteronianus
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