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
red honey myrtle
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Cajeput tree
Melaleuca linariifolia
Christmas cactus
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Grey-leaf Sugarbsh
Protea laurifolia
red pincushion-protea
Leucospermum cordifolium
Cheeseweed
Malva multiflora
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Blue Dawn Flower
Ipomoea indica
Coleus
Coleus scutellarioides
Sawtooth oak
Quercus acutissima
Red passionflower
Passiflora manicata
Foetid-leaf Sugarbush
Protea susannae
Burchell's Sugarbush
Protea burchellii
Rocket Pincushion
Leucospermum reflexum
Native Frangipani
Hymenosporum flavum
black wattle
Acacia implexa
Palm beachbells
Kalanchoe gastonis-bonnieri
False aralia
Plerandra elegantissima
red Easter-lily cactus
Echinopsis oxygona
Fringed dodder
Cuscuta suaveolens
Japanese netvein hollyfern
Cyrtomium falcatum
Hoary Stock
Matthiola incana
Pinchot Juniper
Juniperus pinchotii
Wallangarra wattle
Acacia adunca
Brisbane Golden Wattle
Acacia fimbriata
Sticky Wattle
Acacia viscidula
Pompon Tree
Dais cotinifolia
Greathead's aloe
Aloe greatheadii
Bahiagrass
Paspalum notatum
Dwarf Marigold
Schkuhria pinnata
Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Lemon beebrush
Aloysia citrodora
good-luck palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Balloon cotton bush
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Serrated tussock grass
Nassella trichotoma
Coast Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
sweet grass
Panicum schinzii
queen's crape-myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Bluegreen saltbush
Atriplex nummularia
Creeping mirrorplant
Coprosma repens
Louisiana canna
Canna glauca
Cape province pygmyweed
Crassula multicava
ten-commandments
Maranta leuconeura
Uruguayan needlegrass
Nassella neesiana
Indian sandbur
Cenchrus biflorus
Hedge bamboo
Bambusa multiplex
Waterpoppy
Hydrocleys nymphoides
Purpletop vervain
Verbena incompta
common bee-brush
Aloysia gratissima
Centipede tongavine
Epipremnum pinnatum
Formosa lily
Lilium formosanum
Australian brake
Pteris tremula
Fiveangled dodder
Cuscuta pentagona
banana water-lily
Nymphaea mexicana
grape ground-cherry
Physalis viscosa
tea rose
Rosa odorata
gaping panic grass
Steinchisma hians
Broadleaved bristlegrass
Setaria palmifolia
Bigleaf bristlegrass
Setaria megaphylla
Bentgrass
Lachnagrostis filiformis
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