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
Broad-leaf arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
Kurrajong
Brachychiton populneus
Karo
Pittosporum crassifolium
Baby sage
Salvia microphylla
Yellow ginger
Hedychium flavescens
dodder-laurel
Cassytha filiformis
Slender false garlic
Nothoscordum gracile
honeyplant
Hoya carnosa
mountain buchu
Agathosma betulina
Pink jasmine
Jasminum polyanthum
Nit grass
Gastridium phleoides
Creeping croftonweed
Ageratina riparia
cape-jasmine
Gardenia jasminoides
Chinese hatplant
Holmskioldia sanguinea
white-flower Mexican-poppy
Argemone ochroleuca
Himalayan ginger
Hedychium gardnerianum
red ginger-lily
Hedychium coccineum
Shrimpplant
Justicia brandegeeana
Clasping heliotrope
Heliotropium amplexicaule
Japanese wisteria
Wisteria floribunda
Louisiana canna
Canna glauca
Cape province pygmyweed
Crassula multicava
fiddle-leaf philodendron
Philodendron bipennifolium
ten-commandments
Maranta leuconeura
Uruguayan needlegrass
Nassella neesiana
Indian sandbur
Cenchrus biflorus
Hedge bamboo
Bambusa multiplex
Crown Daisy
Glebionis coronaria
pompomweed
Campuloclinium macrocephalum
Scaly Hawkbit
Hedypnois cretica
Chickenweed
Portulaca quadrifida
Macarthur palm
Ptychosperma macarthurii
Mueller's saltbush
Atriplex muelleri
Firespike
Odontonema tubaeforme
Mottled toothedthread
Odontonema cuspidatum
Cedar wattle
Acacia elata
Camelthorn
Alhagi maurorum
banana water-lily
Nymphaea mexicana
grape ground-cherry
Physalis viscosa
Lavender scallops
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
Ngaio tree
Myoporum laetum
Harpoon weed
Asparagopsis armata
American Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
Moreton bay fig
Ficus macrophylla
Sacred bamboo
Nandina domestica
American Bramble
Rubus cuneifolius
glaucous cotoneaster
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus
Tussock paspalum
Paspalum quadrifarium
candycorn-plant
Cuphea micropetala
tea rose
Rosa odorata
Sticky snakeroot
Ageratina adenophora
Annual trampweed
Facelis retusa
Little ironweed
Cyanthillium cinereum
California-geranium
Roldana petasitis
gomphrena-weed
Gomphrena celosioides
small matweed
Guilleminea densa
Lindley's saltbush
Atriplex lindleyi
Oliver's touch-me-not
Impatiens sodenii
Nettleleaf velvetberry
Stachytarpheta urticifolia
Brazilian vervain
Verbena brasiliensis
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