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
Blood-spotted abalone
Haliotis spadicea
algoa cone
Conus algoensis
elongate cone
Conus mozambicus
Pondoland Cannibal Snail
Natalina beyrichi
Florida dog winkle
Stramonita haemastoma
Levant blackneck moth
Tathorhynchus exsiccata
chocolateband snail
Eobania vermiculata
doubletoothed hydroid
Obelia bidentata
blacktip shipworm
Lyrodus pedicellatus
cellar spiders
Crossopriza lyoni
Red and black flat mite
Brevipalpus phoenicis
Portuguese black millipede
Ommatoiulus moreleti
Grey sea squirt
Ascidia sydneiensis
Marine isopod
Paracerceis sculpta
Mauge's slug
Testacella maugei
Divided Tunicate
Styela canopus
Indian Stick Insect
Carausius morosus
Gammarid
Monocorophium acherusicum
Savigny's brittle star
Ophiactis savignyi
Tropical tobacco moth
Setomorpha rutella
Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria japonica
Tall albizia
Albizia procera
Lantana
Lantana camara
Blackspot hornpoppy
Glaucium corniculatum
Pride-of-India
Koelreuteria paniculata
London rocket
Sisymbrium irio
Narrow Clover
Trifolium angustifolium
Curlytop Knotweed
Persicaria lapathifolia
Australian redcedar
Toona ciliata
Fine-leaved Fumitory
Fumaria parviflora
New Zealand flax
Phormium tenax
Threecorner leek
Allium triquetrum
Crimson fountaingrass
Cenchrus setaceus
magentaspreen
Chenopodium giganteum
New Zealand tea tree
Leptospermum scoparium
tree mallow
Malva arborea
Mile a minute vine
Ipomoea cairica
Waterthyme
Hydrilla verticillata
Cathedral bells
Kalanchoe pinnata
Kariba weed
Salvinia molesta
Golden trumpet
Allamanda cathartica
Stiff Brome
Brachypodium distachyon
Rose natal grass
Melinis repens
Purple pampas grass
Cortaderia jubata
Argentine fleabane
Erigeron bonariensis
Cockscomb
Celosia argentea
Silkoak
Grevillea robusta
Delta maidenhair fern
Adiantum raddianum
Australian cheesewood
Pittosporum undulatum
Fern Palm
Cycas revoluta
Rougeplant
Rivina humilis
tiputree
Tipuana tipu
Woolly Clover
Trifolium tomentosum
Suffocated clover
Trifolium suffocatum
good-luck-plant
Cordyline fruticosa
Carrot bur parsley
Caucalis platycarpos
Pillpod sandmat
Euphorbia hirta
Eve's needle cactus
Austrocylindropuntia subulata
Coral vine
Antigonon leptopus
Tree marigold
Tithonia diversifolia
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