South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
jarak
Ricinus communis
Pien
Araucaria cunninghamii
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
aoudad
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
banana water-lily
Nymphaea mexicana
grape ground-cherry
Physalis viscosa
Lavender scallops
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
Ngaio tree
Myoporum laetum
Harpoon weed
Asparagopsis armata
American Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
Moreton bay fig
Ficus macrophylla
Sacred bamboo
Nandina domestica
American Bramble
Rubus cuneifolius
glaucous cotoneaster
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus
Tussock paspalum
Paspalum quadrifarium
candycorn-plant
Cuphea micropetala
Chinese trumpet-creeper
Campsis grandiflora
gaping panic grass
Steinchisma hians
Broadleaved bristlegrass
Setaria palmifolia
Bigleaf bristlegrass
Setaria megaphylla
Bentgrass
Lachnagrostis filiformis
gomphrena-weed
Gomphrena celosioides
small matweed
Guilleminea densa
Lindley's saltbush
Atriplex lindleyi
Oliver's touch-me-not
Impatiens sodenii
Nettleleaf velvetberry
Stachytarpheta urticifolia
Brazilian vervain
Verbena brasiliensis
narrow-leaf paperbark
Melaleuca alternifolia
Latin globemallow
Sphaeralcea bonariensis
Hairy abutilon
Abutilon grandifolium
moneytree
Pachira glabra
Tropical Mexican clover
Richardia brasiliensis
Chinese albizia
Albizia chinensis
Fishpoison
Tephrosia purpurea
Cast iron plant
Aspidistra elatior
Dutch eggplant
Solanum aculeatissimum
Brazilian begonia
Begonia hirtella
Brazilian whitlow
Paronychia brasiliana
bandana-of-the-Everglades
Canna flaccida
Peach
Prunus persica
Shoebutton
Ardisia elliptica
Bonpland's croton
Croton bonplandianus
Graham's manihot
Manihot grahamii
large round-leaf prickly-pear
Opuntia spinulifera
flamingo-flower
Anthurium andraeanum
Brazilian cat's ear
Hypochaeris chillensis
Gulf leaf-flower
Phyllanthus fraternus
Australian violet
Viola hederacea
Dwarf cupflower
Nierembergia linariifolia
Easter-lily-vine
Beaumontia grandiflora
Purple-Bracted Dandelion
Taraxacum brachyglossum
Geraldton wax
Chamelaucium uncinatum
Pearl flower
Heterocentron subtriplinervium
Christmas-lily
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Tasman flax-lily
Dianella tasmanica
Ethiopian dogstooth grass
Cynodon aethiopicus
Silver hairgrass
Aira cupaniana
Caribbean Thoroughwort
Chromolaena corymbosa
Phytophthora kernoviae
Alexandrium minutum
Alexandrium tamarense
Dinophysis acuminata
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Bacillus anthracis
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