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
Softseed wild petunia
Ruellia simplex
Brazilian red-cloak
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys
Creeping inchplant
Callisia repens
Gold-Foot Fern
Phlebodium aureum
Knife acacia
Acacia cultriformis
Argentine senna
Senna corymbosa
Easter cassia
Senna pendula
Christmasbush
Senna bicapsularis
Brazilian firetree
Schizolobium parahyba
pinto peanut
Arachis pintoi
Black mimosa
Mimosa pigra
red inkplant
Phytolacca icosandra
velvet mesquite
Prosopis velutina
Honey Mesquite
Prosopis glandulosa
Water-Lily
Nymphaea marliacea
Wild passionfruit
Passiflora suberosa
mescal agave
Agave angustifolia
Jamaican forget-me-not
Browallia americana
Tropical soda apple
Solanum viarum
Chinese hackberry
Celtis sinensis
Beach spiderlily
Hymenocallis littoralis
Smokebush
Buddleja madagascariensis
common boobialla
Myoporum insulare
Ferny Azolla
Azolla pinnata
redbird flower
Euphorbia tithymaloides
Graceful sandmat
Euphorbia hypericifolia
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
Queensland fire-wheel-tree
Stenocarpus sinuatus
rock hakea
Hakea gibbosa
Bushy yate
Eucalyptus lehmannii
Queensland poplar
Homalanthus populifolius
bilberry cactus
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Arrasa con todo
Gomphrena serrata
Pride of madeira
Echium candicans
Egyptian fenugreek
Trigonella glabra
Coatbuttons
Tridax procumbens
Seashore vervain
Verbena litoralis
Spiny fiddlewood
Citharexylum spinosum
Threelobe false mallow
Malvastrum coromandelianum
Swordfern
Macrothelypteris torresiana
hairy fiddleneck
Amsinckia calycina
Rough mexican clover
Richardia scabra
Wild Tantan
Desmanthus virgatus
Pacara earpod tree
Enterolobium contortisiliquum
Nightshade
Solanum chrysotrichum
Oldman's cap
Polycarpaea corymbosa
Bermuda pigroot
Sisyrinchium micranthum
Water spangles
Salvinia minima
cane cactus
Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica
blue lupine
Lupinus pilosus
Vegetable fern
Diplazium esculentum
Lady of the Night Cactus
Cereus hexagonus
Water Oak
Quercus nigra
Colonial Pine
Araucaria cunninghamii
Silverleaf Sunflower
Helianthus argophyllus
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