South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Pasyuk
Rattus norvegicus
Tysâčelistnik Obyknovennyj
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
Asymmetrical Hook-lobed Dandelion
Taraxacum hamatiforme
Marklund's Dandelion
Taraxacum marklundii
Fat-spiked Yard-grass
Eleusine multiflora
Palay rubbervine
Cryptostegia grandiflora
Elephant grass
Cenchrus purpureus
Kikuyugrass
Cenchrus clandestinus
Peruvian zinnia
Zinnia peruviana
Paraguayan starbur
Acanthospermum australe
Golden-fruited Dandelion
Taraxacum disseminatum
Peruvian primrose-willow
Ludwigia peruviana
Longflower evening primrose
Oenothera affinis
four-wing evening-primrose
Oenothera tetraptera
Kahili flower
Grevillea banksii
sweet-sage
Lantana trifolia
Changeable velvetberry
Stachytarpheta mutabilis
Cayenne porterweed
Stachytarpheta cayennensis
Dixie silverback fern
Pityrogramma calomelanos
Argentine senna
Senna corymbosa
Easter cassia
Senna pendula
Christmasbush
Senna bicapsularis
erect spiderling
Boerhavia erecta
moreton-bay-pine
Araucaria bidwillii
doctorbush
Plumbago zeylanica
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
song-of-India
Dracaena reflexa
Chinese wingnut
Pterocarya stenoptera
trident maple
Acer buergerianum
birdflower
Crotalaria agatiflora
Arrasa con todo
Gomphrena serrata
Pride of madeira
Echium candicans
Coatbuttons
Tridax procumbens
Swordfern
Macrothelypteris torresiana
hairy fiddleneck
Amsinckia calycina
Rough mexican clover
Richardia scabra
Casia amarilla
Senna spectabilis
Arsenic bush
Senna septemtrionalis
Glandular senna
Senna multiglandulosa
woolly senna
Senna hirsuta
Oldman's cap
Polycarpaea corymbosa
Bermuda pigroot
Sisyrinchium micranthum
Water spangles
Salvinia minima
cane cactus
Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Curly Palm
Howea belmoreana
coast banksia
Banksia integrifolia
Rescuegrass
Bromus catharticus
paper cactus
Tephrocactus articulatus
Christmas cactus
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Grey-leaf Sugarbsh
Protea laurifolia
red pincushion-protea
Leucospermum cordifolium
Cheeseweed
Malva multiflora
Waterbush
Myoporum montanum
Roostertree
Calotropis procera
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Blue Dawn Flower
Ipomoea indica
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