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
inkberry
Cestrum laevigatum
Jacob's coat
Acalypha wilkesiana
fiddle-leaf philodendron
Philodendron bipennifolium
ten-commandments
Maranta leuconeura
Uruguayan needlegrass
Nassella neesiana
Indian sandbur
Cenchrus biflorus
Hedge bamboo
Bambusa multiplex
Rat-tail grass
Sporobolus africanus
Crown Daisy
Glebionis coronaria
pompomweed
Campuloclinium macrocephalum
Scaly Hawkbit
Hedypnois cretica
Chickenweed
Portulaca quadrifida
Macarthur palm
Ptychosperma macarthurii
Mueller's saltbush
Atriplex muelleri
Firespike
Odontonema tubaeforme
Mottled toothedthread
Odontonema cuspidatum
blue-ginger
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
Basketplant
Callisia fragrans
Indian-rhododendron
Melastoma malabathricum
Cedar wattle
Acacia elata
Camelthorn
Alhagi maurorum
banana water-lily
Nymphaea mexicana
grape ground-cherry
Physalis viscosa
Lavender scallops
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
Ngaio tree
Myoporum laetum
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
tea rose
Rosa odorata
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
Simpleleaf chastetree
Vitex trifolia
Duck
Aristolochia littoralis
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
Mexican blood-flower
Amphilophium buccinatorium
Dwarf cupflower
Nierembergia linariifolia
willow-leaf heimia
Heimia salicifolia
eastern cottonbush
Maireana brevifolia
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