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
Brazilian nightshade
Solanum seaforthianum
Earleaf nightshade
Solanum mauritianum
good-luck palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Balloon cotton bush
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Serrated tussock grass
Nassella trichotoma
Coast Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
sweet grass
Panicum schinzii
Karo
Pittosporum crassifolium
Baby sage
Salvia microphylla
Yellow ginger
Hedychium flavescens
dodder-laurel
Cassytha filiformis
Pink jasmine
Jasminum polyanthum
Nit grass
Gastridium phleoides
Big blue lilyturf
Liriope muscari
inkberry
Cestrum laevigatum
Crown Daisy
Glebionis coronaria
pompomweed
Campuloclinium macrocephalum
Scaly Hawkbit
Hedypnois cretica
Chickenweed
Portulaca quadrifida
Macarthur palm
Ptychosperma macarthurii
Mueller's saltbush
Atriplex muelleri
blue-ginger
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
Basketplant
Callisia fragrans
Indian-rhododendron
Melastoma malabathricum
Harpoon weed
Asparagopsis armata
American Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
Sacred bamboo
Nandina domestica
American Bramble
Rubus cuneifolius
glaucous cotoneaster
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus
Tussock paspalum
Paspalum quadrifarium
candycorn-plant
Cuphea micropetala
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
flamingo-flower
Anthurium andraeanum
Ethiopian dogstooth grass
Cynodon aethiopicus
Silver hairgrass
Aira cupaniana
Caribbean Thoroughwort
Chromolaena corymbosa
Curled Dock
Rumex crispus
Bacillus anthracis
Prostrate knotweed
Polygonum aviculare
Perennial ryegrass
Lolium perenne
light bulb sesquirt
Clavelina lepadiformis
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
Sea Vase
Ciona intestinalis
Coelacanth
Latimeria chalumnae
plains zebra
Equus quagga
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
elk
Cervus elaphus
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
Large Cabbage White
Pieris brassicae
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