South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
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
Inchplant
Tradescantia zebrina
Paradox acacia
Acacia paradoxa
Pearl wattle
Acacia podalyriifolia
Coastal wattle
Acacia cyclops
Lotus sweetjuice
Glinus lotoides
Day jessamine
Cestrum diurnum
crimson cestrum
Cestrum elegans
Nightshade
Solanum laxum
Slash pine
Pinus elliottii
Reeves' meadowsweet
Spiraea cantoniensis
Bellyache bush
Jatropha gossypiifolia
Christmas-flower
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Pascuita
Euphorbia leucocephala
American angelica-tree
Aralia spinosa
Asymmetrical Hook-lobed Dandelion
Taraxacum hamatiforme
Marklund's Dandelion
Taraxacum marklundii
red-maids
Calandrinia ciliata
elkhorn fern
Platycerium bifurcatum
Angleton bluestem
Dichanthium aristatum
Roebelin palm
Phoenix roebelenii
Keeled wormseed
Dysphania carinata
Fringed rosemallow
Hibiscus schizopetalus
Mazapan
Malvaviscus penduliflorus
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
Argentine senna
Senna corymbosa
Easter cassia
Senna pendula
Christmasbush
Senna bicapsularis
Beach spiderlily
Hymenocallis littoralis
Smokebush
Buddleja madagascariensis
common boobialla
Myoporum insulare
Ferny Azolla
Azolla pinnata
American Marsh Pennywort
Hydrocotyle americana
Jumping cholla
Cylindropuntia fulgida
Hedge Cactus
Cereus hildmannianus
Jointed Pricklypear
Opuntia aurantiaca
Cactus-apple
Opuntia engelmannii
Grassland Dandelion
Taraxacum dilatatum
Lavell hawthorn
Crataegus lavallei
ant-tree
Triplaris americana
Coatbuttons
Tridax procumbens
Swordfern
Macrothelypteris torresiana
hairy fiddleneck
Amsinckia calycina
Rough mexican clover
Richardia scabra
Wild Tantan
Desmanthus virgatus
Oldman's cap
Polycarpaea corymbosa
Bermuda pigroot
Sisyrinchium micranthum
Water spangles
Salvinia minima
cane cactus
Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica
Colonial Pine
Araucaria cunninghamii
Silverleaf Sunflower
Helianthus argophyllus
peppermint-bendo
Eucalyptus exserta
Blue Gum
Eucalyptus leucoxylon
Turpentine tree
Syncarpia glomulifera
Blue Sugarbush
Protea neriifolia
sweet hakea
Hakea drupacea
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