South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Chang-po
Acorus calamus
Seoyangtobpul
Achillea millefolium
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
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
four-wing evening-primrose
Oenothera tetraptera
Kahili flower
Grevillea banksii
sweet-sage
Lantana trifolia
Changeable velvetberry
Stachytarpheta mutabilis
Cayenne porterweed
Stachytarpheta cayennensis
Australian teatree
Leptospermum laevigatum
New Zealand Christmastree
Metrosideros excelsa
magenta lilly-pilly
Syzygium paniculatum
Redflower gum
Corymbia ficifolia
Gympie Messmate
Eucalyptus cloeziana
Grand eucalyptus
Eucalyptus grandis
Tuart
Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Southern mahogany
Eucalyptus botryoides
Forest redgum
Eucalyptus tereticornis
Argyle apple
Eucalyptus cinerea
Australian tallowwood
Eucalyptus microcorys
Morning-glory
Ipomoea carnea
Rose glorybower
Clerodendrum bungei
Tree poppy
Bocconia frutescens
Softseed wild petunia
Ruellia simplex
Brazilian red-cloak
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Creeping inchplant
Callisia repens
Brazilian firetree
Schizolobium parahyba
pinto peanut
Arachis pintoi
Black mimosa
Mimosa pigra
red inkplant
Phytolacca icosandra
velvet mesquite
Prosopis velutina
Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa
Water-Lily
Nymphaea marliacea
Wild passionfruit
Passiflora suberosa
mescal agave
Agave angustifolia
Jamaican forget-me-not
Browallia americana
Tropical soda apple
Solanum viarum
Chinese hackberry
Celtis sinensis
Beach spiderlily
Hymenocallis littoralis
Smokebush
Buddleja madagascariensis
common boobialla
Myoporum insulare
Ferny Azolla
Azolla pinnata
Yellow unicorn-plant
Ibicella lutea
American Marsh Pennywort
Hydrocotyle americana
Jumping cholla
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Hedge Cactus
Cereus hildmannianus
Jointed Pricklypear
Opuntia aurantiaca
Cactus-apple
Opuntia engelmannii
Pacific island flat sedge
Cyperus cyperoides
Grassland Dandelion
Taraxacum dilatatum
Queensland poplar
Homalanthus populifolius
bilberry cactus
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Chinese wingnut
Pterocarya stenoptera
trident maple
Acer buergerianum
birdflower
Crotalaria agatiflora
Arrasa con todo
Gomphrena serrata
Pride of madeira
Echium candicans
Egyptian fenugreek
Trigonella glabra
Seashore vervain
Verbena litoralis
Spiny fiddlewood
Citharexylum spinosum
Threelobe false mallow
Malvastrum coromandelianum
Swordfern
Macrothelypteris torresiana
hairy fiddleneck
Amsinckia calycina
Rough mexican clover
Richardia scabra
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