South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
ajuga
Ajuga reptans
aloé-candelabro
Aloe arborescens
aloé-dos-cem-anos
Agave americana
arabidópsis
Arabidopsis thaliana
bafureira
Ricinus communis
Milefólio
Achillea millefolium
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
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
Pleated tunicate
Styela plicata
thecacera
Thecacera pennigera
Pink stem borer
Sesamia nonagrioides
Levant blackneck moth
Tathorhynchus exsiccata
chocolateband snail
Eobania vermiculata
cantaloupe
Rapana rapiformis
Short Sharp-tail Bee
Coelioxys afra
branched murex
Chicoreus ramosus
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
Ascidian
Symplegma brakenhielmi
Japanese fishlouse
Argulus japonicus
Angled Gem
Anomis sabulifera
Milk snail
Otala punctata
Indian Stick Insect
Carausius morosus
Gammarid
Monocorophium acherusicum
Savigny's brittle star
Ophiactis savignyi
Tropical tobacco moth
Setomorpha rutella
Prostrate knotweed
Polygonum aviculare
Large Sweet Vernalgrass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Bristle Pigeon Grass
Setaria verticillata
Annual rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon monspeliensis
Lesser Love-Grass
Eragrostis minor
Meadow brome
Bromus commutatus
Bronco Grass
Bromus tectorum
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
Water foxtail
Alopecurus geniculatus
Creeping meadow foxtail
Alopecurus arundinaceus
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
Smooth hawksbeard
Crepis capillaris
Boar Thistle
Cirsium arvense
Glabrous Catsear
Hypochaeris glabra
Hawkweed Oxtongue
Picris hieracioides
Old-man-in-the-spring
Senecio vulgaris
gum succory
Chondrilla juncea
star-thistle
Centaurea calcitrapa
Early Goldenrod
Solidago gigantea
Yellow salsify
Tragopogon dubius
Stinking chamomile
Anthemis cotula
Ox-tongue
Helminthotheca echioides
Common sowthistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Ageratum
Ageratum houstonianum
Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria
Cut-Leaf Mignonette
Reseda lutea
Indehiscent Pigweed
Amaranthus standleyanus
European water plantain
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Broad-Leaved Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Herb of the cross
Verbena officinalis
Bladder Ketmia
Hibiscus trionum
Changing Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis discolor
Garden Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis sylvatica
Common Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis arvensis
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