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
small matweed
Guilleminea densa
Lindley's saltbush
Atriplex lindleyi
Oliver's touch-me-not
Impatiens sodenii
Nettleleaf velvetberry
Stachytarpheta urticifolia
Brazilian vervain
Verbena brasiliensis
narrow-leaf paperbark
Melaleuca alternifolia
Latin globemallow
Sphaeralcea bonariensis
Hairy abutilon
Abutilon grandifolium
moneytree
Pachira glabra
Tropical Mexican clover
Richardia brasiliensis
Peach
Prunus persica
Shoebutton
Ardisia elliptica
Bonpland's croton
Croton bonplandianus
Graham's manihot
Manihot grahamii
large round-leaf prickly-pear
Opuntia spinulifera
Mexican blood-flower
Amphilophium buccinatorium
Brazilian cat's ear
Hypochaeris chillensis
Gulf leaf-flower
Phyllanthus fraternus
Australian violet
Viola hederacea
Dwarf cupflower
Nierembergia linariifolia
Easter-lily-vine
Beaumontia grandiflora
Daisy
Helichrysum luteoalbum
island mallow
Malva assurgentiflora
Christmas-lily
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Tasman flax-lily
Dianella tasmanica
Pitch canker
Fusarium circinatum
Root rot
Phytophthora cinnamomi
Protozoan
Mirofolliculina limnoriae
Alexandrium minutum
Alexandrium tamarense
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Dinophysis acuminata
Black Rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
plains zebra
Equus quagga
Nile Crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Ocean Sunfish
Mola mola
Coelacanth
Latimeria chalumnae
algoa cone
Conus algoensis
elongate cone
Conus mozambicus
chocolateband snail
Eobania vermiculata
Mediterranean vine mealybug
Planococcus ficus
Tropical tobacco moth
Setomorpha rutella
Common Sheep Sorrel
Rumex acetosella
Puncturevine
Tribulus terrestris
Big-Leaved Periwinkle
Vinca major
Common Periwinkle
Vinca minor
Small-Flowered Ticklegrass
Deschampsia cespitosa
Reed canarygrass
Phalaris arundinacea
Annual canarygrass
Phalaris canariensis
Dwarf Setaria
Setaria italica
Annual ryegrass
Lolium multiflorum
Animated oat
Avena sterilis
Common oat
Avena sativa
Teff
Eragrostis tef
Job's tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
Bermudagrass
Cynodon dactylon
Spiny Cocklebur
Xanthium spinosum
Burweed
Xanthium strumarium
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