South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Yang Shi Cao
Achillea millefolium
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
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
Carolina crane's-bill
Geranium carolinianum
River sheoak
Casuarina cunninghamiana
Five-stamen tamarisk
Tamarix chinensis
Rattlebox
Sesbania punicea
Indian Jointvetch
Aeschynomene indica
Purple bushbean
Macroptilium atropurpureum
Japanese Arrowroot
Pueraria montana
Montpellier Broom
Genista monspessulana
Hyacinthbean
Lablab purpureus
Java-bean
Senna obtusifolia
African senna
Senna didymobotrya
Sword Fern
Nephrolepis exaltata
Paperflower
Bougainvillea glabra
Ramgoat dashalong
Turnera ulmifolia
Wax tree
Toxicodendron succedaneum
creeping agrimony
Agrimonia repens
Silverleaf cotoneaster
Cotoneaster pannosus
Mu oil tree
Vernicia montana
Violet crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
Daisy
Erigeron sumatrensis
Canada Goldenrod
Solidago altissima
willow hakea
Hakea salicifolia
Golden dewdrops
Duranta erecta
drooping bottlebrush
Callistemon viminalis
Gray ironbark
Eucalyptus paniculata
Sydney bluegum
Eucalyptus saligna
Red ironbark
Eucalyptus sideroxylon
Sugargum
Eucalyptus cladocalyx
Wax mallow
Malvaviscus arboreus
American evergreen
Syngonium podophyllum
Bengal trumpet
Thunbergia grandiflora
Indian-laurel
Litsea glutinosa
Inchplant
Tradescantia zebrina
garlicweed
Petiveria alliacea
silverleaf desmodium
Desmodium uncinatum
Orchid Tree
Bauhinia forficata
Siamese cassia
Senna siamea
Nodding Clover
Trifolium cernuum
Narrow swordfern
Nephrolepis cordifolia
Flame Nasturtium
Tropaeolum speciosum
Slash pine
Pinus elliottii
Reeves' meadowsweet
Spiraea cantoniensis
Bellyache bush
Jatropha gossypiifolia
Christmas-flower
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Pascuita
Euphorbia leucocephala
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
Creeping Prickly-Pear
Opuntia humifusa
Poorland flatsedge
Cyperus compressus
American Boxwood
Cornus florida
Fat-spiked Yard-grass
Eleusine multiflora
Woollyjoint pricklypear
Opuntia tomentosa
Naked crabgrass
Digitaria nuda
Peruvian zinnia
Zinnia peruviana
Paraguayan starbur
Acanthospermum australe
Golden-fruited Dandelion
Taraxacum disseminatum
Roebelin palm
Phoenix roebelenii
Keeled wormseed
Dysphania carinata
Fringed rosemallow
Hibiscus schizopetalus
Mazapan
Malvaviscus penduliflorus
Dixie silverback fern
Pityrogramma calomelanos
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