List of Apiaceae of South Africa

List of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae recorded from South Africa

Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants (anthophytes) in the order Apiales. Apiaceae is named after the type genus Apium and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,700 species in 434 genera[1] It includes a significant number of phototoxic species, and a smaller number of highly poisonous species.

23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened.[2] Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests.[3]

The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)), Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)), Bryophyta (mosses (685)), Cycadophyta (cycads (42)), Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)), Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).[4]

65 genera are represented in the literature. Listed taxa include species, subspecies, varieties, and forms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa as synonyms, in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing.[4] Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time.

Aethusa

Genus Aethusa:[4]

Afroligusticum

Genus Afroligusticum:[4]

  • Afroligusticum thodei (T.H.Arnold) P.J.D.Winter, indig
  • Afroligusticum wilmsianum (H.Wolff) P.J.D.Winter, endemic

Afrosciadium

Genus Afrosciadium:[4]

Agrocharis

Genus Agrocharis:[4]

  • Agrocharis melanantha Hochst. indigenous

Alepidea

Genus Alepidea:[4]

  • Alepidea acutidens Weim. indigenous
    • Alepidea acutidens Weim. var. acutidens, endemic
    • Alepidea acutidens Weim. var. dispar Weim. endemic
  • Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. indigenous
    • Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. var. amatymbica endemic
    • Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. var. aquatica (Kuntze) Weim. endemic
    • Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. var. cordata Sond. accepted as Alepidea cordifolia B.-E.van Wyk
    • Alepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. var. microbracteata Weim. endemic
  • Alepidea angustifolia Schltr. & H.Wolff, accepted as Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.
  • Alepidea attenuata Weim. indigenous
  • Alepidea basinuda Pott, indigenous
    • Alepidea basinuda Pott var. basinuda, indigenous
    • Alepidea basinuda Pott var. subnuda Weim. endemic
  • Alepidea capensis (P.J.Bergius) R.A.Dyer, indigenous
    • Alepidea capensis (P.J.Bergius) R.A.Dyer var. capensis, endemic
    • Alepidea capensis (P.J.Bergius) R.A.Dyer var. tenella (Schltr. & H.Wolff) Weim. endemic
  • Alepidea cirsiifolia Schltr. & H.Wolff, endemic
  • Alepidea comosa Dummer, accepted as Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.
  • Alepidea cordifolia B.-E.van Wyk, indigenous
  • Alepidea delicatula Weim. endemic
  • Alepidea duplidens Weim. endemic
  • Alepidea galpinii Dummer, indigenous
  • Alepidea gracilis Dummer, accepted as Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.
  • Alepidea insculpta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Alepidea jenkinsii Pott, accepted as Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.
  • Alepidea longeciliata Schinz ex Dummer, endemic
  • Alepidea longifolia E.Mey. ex Dummer subsp. lancifolia Weim. accepted as Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.
    • Alepidea longifolia E.Mey. ex Dummer subsp. swynertonii (Dummer) Weim. accepted as Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.
    • Alepidea longifolia E.Mey. ex Dummer var. angusta Dummer accepted as Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.
    • Alepidea longifolia E.Mey. ex Dummer var. longifolia accepted as Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.
  • Alepidea macowani Dummer, endemic
  • Alepidea multisecta B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Alepidea natalensis J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans, indigenous
  • Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich. indigenous
  • Alepidea pilifera Weim. indigenous
  • Alepidea pusilla Weim. indigenous
  • Alepidea reticulata Weim. indigenous
  • Alepidea serrata Eckl. & Zeyh. indigenous
    • Alepidea serrata Eckl. & Zeyh. var. cathcartensis (Kuntze) Weim. endemic
    • Alepidea serrata Eckl. & Zeyh. var. serrata endemic
  • Alepidea setifera N.E.Br. indigenous
  • Alepidea stellata Weim. indigenous
  • Alepidea thodei Dummer, indigenous
  • Alepidea woodii Oliv. indigenous
  • Alepidea wyliei Dummer, accepted as Alepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.

Ammi

Genus Ammi:[4]

  • Ammi majus L. not indigenous
    • Ammi majus L. var. glaucifolium (L.) Godr. not indigenous, invasive

Anginon

Genus Anginon:[4]

  • Anginon difforme (L.) B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Anginon fruticosum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Anginon intermedium I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Anginon jaarsveldii B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Anginon paniculatum (Thunb.) B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Anginon pumilum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Anginon rugosum (Thunb.) Raf. endemic
  • Anginon swellendamensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Anginon tenuior I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Anginon ternatum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Anginon uitenhagense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.L.Burtt, accepted as Anginon rugosum (Thunb.) Raf.
  • Anginon verticillatum (Sond.) B.L.Burtt, indigenous

Annesorhiza

Genus Annesorhiza:[4]

  • Annesorhiza altiscapa Schltr. endemic
  • Annesorhiza articulata Magee, endemic
  • Annesorhiza asparagoides B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Annesorhiza bracteosa Magee, endemic
  • Annesorhiza burttii B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Annesorhiza calcicola Magee & J.C.Manning, endemic
  • Annesorhiza elata Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Annesorhiza grandiflora (Thunb.) M.Hiroe
  • Annesorhiza elsiae Vessio, Tilney & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Annesorhiza fibrosa B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Annesorhiza filicaulis Eckl. & Zeyh. endemic
  • Annesorhiza flagellifolia Burtt Davy, endemic
  • Annesorhiza grandiflora (Thunb.) M.Hiroe, endemic
  • Annesorhiza hirsuta Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Annesorhiza grandiflora (Thunb.) M.Hiroe
  • Annesorhiza lateriflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Annesorhiza laticostata Magee, endemic
  • Annesorhiza latifolia Adamson, endemic
  • Annesorhiza macrocarpa Eckl. & Zeyh. endemic
  • Annesorhiza marlothii H.Wolff, accepted as Annesorhiza lateriflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-E.van Wyk
  • Annesorhiza nuda (Aiton) B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Annesorhiza radiata Magee, endemic
  • Annesorhiza refracta Magee, endemic
  • Annesorhiza schlechteri H.Wolff, endemic
  • Annesorhiza thunbergii B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Annesorhiza triternata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Vessio, Tilney & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Annesorhiza villosa (Thunb.) Sond. accepted as Annesorhiza grandiflora (Thunb.) M.Hiroe
  • Annesorhiza wilmsii H.Wolff, indigenous

Anthriscus

Genus Anthriscus:[4]

Apium

Genus Apium:[4]

Arctopus

Genus Arctopus:[4]

  • Arctopus dregei Sond. endemic
  • Arctopus echinatus L. endemic
  • Arctopus monacanthus Carmich. ex Sond. endemic

Berula

Genus Berula:[4]

  • Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville subsp. thunbergii (DC.) B.L.Burtt, accepted as Berula thunbergii (DC.) H.Wolff, indigenous
  • Berula repanda (Hiern) Spalik & S.R.Downie, indigenous
  • Berula thunbergii (DC.) H.Wolff, indigenous

Bupleurum

Genus Bupleurum:[4]

  • Bupleurum capitatum (L.f.) Thunb. accepted as Hermas capitata L.f.
  • Bupleurum ciliatum (L.f.) Thunb. accepted as Hermas ciliata L.f.
  • Bupleurum giganteum (L.f.) Thunb. accepted as Hermas gigantea L.f.
  • Bupleurum mundii Cham. & Schltdl. indigenous
  • Bupleurum quinquedentatum (L.f.) Thunb. accepted as Hermas quinquedentata L.f.
  • Bupleurum rotundifolium L. not indigenous
  • Bupleurum villosum L. accepted as Hermas villosa (L.) Thunb.

Buprestis

Genus Buprestis:[4]

  • Buprestis gigantea (L.f.) Spreng. accepted as Hermas gigantea L.f.

Capnophyllum

Genus Capnophyllum:[4]

  • Capnophyllum africanum (L.) Gaertn. endemic
    • Capnophyllum africanum (L.) Gaertn. var. leiocarpon Sond. accepted as Capnophyllum leiocarpon (Sond.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
  • Capnophyllum leiocarpon (Sond.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic
  • Capnophyllum lutzeyeri Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, indigenous
  • Capnophyllum macrocarpum Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, indigenous

Carum

Genus Carum:[4]

Caucalis

Genus Caucalis:[4]

Celeri

Genus Celeri:[4]

Centella

Genus Centella:[4]

  • Centella affinis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson, indigenous
    • Centella affinis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson var. affinis, endemic
    • Centella affinis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson var. oblonga Adamson, endemic
  • Centella annua M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. indigenous
  • Centella brachycarpa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Centella caespitosa Adamson, endemic
  • Centella calcaria M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, indigenous
  • Centella calliodus (Cham. & Schltdl.) Drude, indigenous
  • Centella capensis (L.) Domin, endemic
    • Centella capensis (L.) Domin var. micrantha Adamson, accepted asCentella annua M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Centella cochlearia (Domin) Adamson, indigenous
  • Centella comptonii Adamson, indigenous
  • Centella coriacea Nannf. endemic
  • Centella cryptocarpa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, indigenous
  • Centella debilis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Drude, endemic
  • Centella dentata Adamson, endemic
  • Centella didymocarpa Adamson, endemic
  • Centella difformis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson, endemic
  • Centella dolichocarpa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Centella dregeana (Sond.) Domin, accepted as Centella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var. dregeana (Sond.) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Centella eriantha (Rich.) Drude, indigenous
    • Centella eriantha (Rich.) Drude var. eriantha, endemic
    • Centella eriantha (Rich.) Drude var. orientalis Adamson, endemic
    • Centella eriantha (Rich.) Drude var. rotundifolia Adamson, endemic
  • Centella flexuosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Drude, endemic
  • Centella fourcadei Adamson, endemic
  • Centella fusca (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson, endemic
  • Centella glabrata L. indigenous
    • Centella glabrata L. var. bracteata Adamson, endemic
    • Centella glabrata L. var. glabrata, endemic
    • Centella glabrata L. var. natalensis Adamson, indigenous
  • Centella glauca M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Centella graminifolia Adamson, indigenous
  • Centella gymnocarpa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Centella hermanniifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Domin, accepted as Centella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin
    • Centella hermanniifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Domin var. littoralis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Domin, accepted as Centella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var. litoralis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Centella laevis Adamson, endemic
  • Centella lanata Compton, endemic
  • Centella lasiophylla Adamson, endemic
  • Centella linifolia (L.f.) Drude, indigenous
    • Centella linifolia (L.f.) Drude var. depressa Adamson, endemic
    • Centella linifolia (L.f.) Drude var. linifolia, endemic
  • Centella longifolia (Adamson) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Centella macrocarpa (Rich.) Adamson, indigenous
    • Centella macrocarpa (Rich.) Adamson var. macrocarpa, endemic
    • Centella macrocarpa (Rich.) Adamson var. saxatilis Adamson, endemic
  • Centella macrodus (Spreng.) B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Centella montana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Domin, endemic
    • Centella montana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Domin var. longifolia Adamson, accepted as Centella longifolia (Adamson) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Centella pilosa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Centella pottebergensis Adamson, endemic
  • Centella recticarpa Adamson, endemic
  • Centella restioides Adamson, endemic
  • Centella rupestris (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson, endemic
  • Centella scabra Adamson, endemic
  • Centella sessilis Adamson, endemic
  • Centella stenophylla Adamson, endemic
  • Centella stipitata Adamson, endemic
  • Centella ternata M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Centella thesioides M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Centella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin, indigenous
    • Centella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var. dregeana (Sond.) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
    • Centella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var. hermanniifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Eyk, endemic
    • Centella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var. litoralis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
    • Centella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var. tridentata, endemic
  • Centella triloba (Thunb.) Drude, endemic
  • Centella umbellata M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Centella villosa L. indigenous
    • Centella villosa L. var. latifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson, endemic
    • Centella villosa L. var. villosa, endemic
  • Centella virgata (L.f.) Drude, indigenous
    • Centella virgata (L.f.) Drude var. congesta Adamson, endemic
    • Centella virgata (L.f.) Drude var. gracilescens Domin, endemic
    • Centella virgata (L.f.) Drude var. virgata, endemic

Chamarea

Genus Chamarea:[4]

  • Chamarea capensis (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. endemic
  • Chamarea esterhuyseniae B.L.Burtt. endemic
  • Chamarea gracillima (H.Wolff) B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Chamarea longipedicellata B.L.Burtt, indigenous
  • Chamarea snijmaniae B.L.Burtt, endemic

Choritaenia

Genus Choritaenia:[4]

Conium

Genus Conium:[4]

  • Conium chaerophylloides (Thunb.) Sond. indigenous
  • Conium fontanum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, indigenous
    • Conium fontanum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt var. alticola Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, indigenous
    • Conium fontanum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt var. fontanum, indigenous
    • Conium fontanum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt var. silvaticum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Conium hilliburttorum Magee & Clark, endemic
  • Conium maculatum L. not indigenous
  • Conium sp. 4 accepted as Conium hilliburttorum, Magee & Clark
  • Conium sphaerocarpum Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, endemic

Coriandrum

Genus Coriandrum:[4]

Cyclospermum

Genus Cyclospermum:[4]

Cynorhiza

Genus Cynorhiza:[4]

  • Cynorhiza bolusii Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, indigenous
  • Cynorhiza meifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemic
  • Cynorhiza montana Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Cynorhiza typica Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Cynorhiza olifantiana Koso-Pol. accepted as Cynorhiza typica Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Cynorhiza sulcata Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Cynorhiza typica Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Cynorhiza typica Eckl. & Zeyh. endemic

Dasispermum

Genus Dasispermum:[4]

  • Dasispermum capense (Lam.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Dasispermum grandicarpum Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, indigenous
  • Dasispermum hispidum (Thunb.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Dasispermum humile (Meisn.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Dasispermum perennans Magee & B.-E.van Wyk. indigenous
  • Dasispermum suffruticosum (P.J.Bergius) B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Dasispermum tenue (Sond.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic

Daucus

Genus Daucus:[4]

Deverra

Genus Deverra:[4]

  • Deverra burchellii (DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh. indigenous
  • Deverra denudata (Viv.) Pfisterer & Podlech, indigenous
    • Deverra denudata (Viv.) Pfisterer & Podlech subsp. aphylla (Cham. & Schltdl.) Pfisterer & Podlech, indigenous

Diplolophium

Genus Diplolophium:[4]

  • Diplolophium buchananii (Benth. ex Oliv.) C.Norman subsp. swynnertonii (Baker f.) Cannon, accepted as Diplolophium swynnertonii (Baker f.) C.Norman, indigenous
  • Diplolophium swynnertonii (Baker f.) C.Norman, indigenous

Dracosciadium

Genus Dracosciadium:[4]

  • Dracosciadium italae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, endemic
  • Dracosciadium saniculifolium Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, endemic

Ezosciadium

Genus Ezosciadium:[4]

Ferula

Genus Ferula:[4]

  • Ferula stricta Spreng. accepted as Nanobubon strictum (Spreng.) Magee

Foeniculum

Genus Foeniculum:[4]

Glia

Genus Glia:[4]

  • Glia decidua B.-E.van Wyk, indigenous
  • Glia pilulosa B.-E.van Wyk, indigenous
  • Glia prolifera (Burm.f.) B.L.Burtt, endemic

Helodium

Genus Helodium:[4]

  • Helodium inundatum (L.) Dumort. accepted as Helosciadium inundatum (L.) W.D.J.Koch

Helosciadium

Genus Helosciadium:[4]

  • Helosciadium graveolens (L.) Rojas, accepted as Apium graveolens L.
  • Helosciadium inundatum (L.) W.D.J.Koch, not indigenous
  • Helosciadium leptophyllum (Pers.) DC. accepted as Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P.Wilson

Hermas

Genus Hermas:[4]

  • Hermas capitata L.f. endemic
    • Hermas capitata L.f. var. minima (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. accepted as Hermas capitata L.f.
  • Hermas ciliata L.f. endemic
  • Hermas depauperata L. accepted as Hermas villosa (L.) Thunb.
  • Hermas gigantea L.f. endemic
  • Hermas intermedia C.Norman, endemic
  • Hermas lanata (Hill) Magee, indigenous
  • Hermas minima Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Hermas capitata L.f.
  • Hermas pillansii C.Norman, accepted as Hermas lanata (Hill) Magee, endemic
  • Hermas proterantha B.J.de Villiers, indigenous
  • Hermas quercifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. indigenous
  • Hermas quinquedentata L.f. endemic
  • Hermas uitenhagensis Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Hermas ciliata L.f. indigenous
  • Hermas villosa (L.) Thunb. indigenous
    • Hermas villosa (L.) Thunb. var. depauperata DC. accepted as Hermas villosa (L.) Thunb.

Heteromorpha

Genus Heteromorpha:[4]

  • Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl. indigenous
    • Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl. var. abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) H.Wolff, indigenous
    • Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl. var. arborescens endemic
    • Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl. var. collina (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. endemic
    • Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl. var. frutescens P.J.D.Winter, indigenous
  • Heteromorpha involucrata Conrath, indigenous
  • Heteromorpha pubescens Burtt Davy, endemic
  • Heteromorpha stenophylla Welw. ex Schinz var. transvaalensis (Schltr. & H.Wolff) P.J.D.Winter, indigenous
  • Heteromorpha transvaalensis Schltr. & H.Wolff, accepted as Heteromorpha stenophylla Welw. ex Schinz var. transvaalensis (Schltr. & H.Wolff) P.J.D.Winter
  • Heteromorpha trifoliata (H.L.Wendl.) Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Heteromorpha arborescens (Spreng.) Cham. & Schltdl. var. abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) H.Wolff

Ifdregea

Genus Ifdregea:[4]

  • Ifdregea collina (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Steud. accepted as Notobubon collinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, indigenous

Itasina

Genus Itasina:[4]

Lefebvrea

Genus Lefebvrea:[4]

  • Lefebvrea grantii (Hiern) S.Droop, indigenous

Lichtensteinia

Genus Lichtensteinia:[4]

  • Lichtensteinia crassijuga E.Mey. ex Sond. indigenous
  • Lichtensteinia globosa B.-E.van Wyk & Tilney, endemic
  • Lichtensteinia interrupta (Thunb.) Sond. endemic
  • Lichtensteinia kolbeana Bolus, accepted as Lichtensteinia interrupta, (Thunb.) Sond.
  • Lichtensteinia lacera Cham. & Schltdl. endemic
  • Lichtensteinia latifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. endemic
  • Lichtensteinia obscura (Spreng.) Koso-Pol. endemic
  • Lichtensteinia trifida Cham. & Schltdl. indigenous
    • Lichtensteinia trifida Cham. & Schltdl. var. palmata (DC.) Sond. endemic
    • Lichtensteinia trifida Cham. & Schltdl. var. pinnatifida Sond. endemic
    • Lichtensteinia trifida Cham. & Schltdl. var. trifida, endemic

Meum

Genus Meum:[4]

  • Meum inundatum (L.) Spreng. accepted as Helosciadium inundatum (L.) W.D.J.Koch

Nanobubon

Genus Nanobubon:[4]

  • Nanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) Magee, endemic
  • Nanobubon hypogaeum Magee, endemic
  • Nanobubon strictum (Spreng.) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, indigenous
  • Notobubon collinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon ferulaceum (Thunb.) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon galbaniopse (H.Wolff) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon galbanum (L.) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon gummiferum (L.) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon laevigatum (Aiton) Magee, indigenous
  • Notobubon montanum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon pearsonii (Adamson) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon pungens (Sond.) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon sonderi (M.Hiroe) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon striatum (Thunb.) Magee, endemic
  • Notobubon tenuifolium (Thunb.) Magee, endemic

Oreoselinum

Genus Oreoselinum:[4]

  • Oreoselinum capense Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Notobubon capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee

Pastinaca

Genus Pastinaca:[4]

Perfoliata

Genus Perfoliata:[4]

  • Perfoliata capitata (L.f.) Kuntze, Hermas capitata L.f.
  • Perfoliata ciliata (L.f.) Kuntze, accepted as Hermas ciliata L.f.
  • Perfoliata gigantea (L.f.) Kuntze, accepted as Hermas gigantea L.f.
  • Perfoliata quinquedentata (L.f.) Kuntze, accepted as Hermas quinquedentata L.f.
  • Perfoliata villosa (L.) Kuntze, accepted as Hermas villosa (L.) Thunb.

Petroselinum

Genus Petroselinum:[4]

Peucedanum

Genus Peucedanum:[4]

  • Peucedanum caffrum (Meisn.) E.Phillips, accepted as Afrosciadium caffrum (Meisn.) P.J.D.Winter, indigenous
  • Peucedanum camdebooense B.L.Burtt, accepted as Notobubon laevigatum (Aiton) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum capense (Thunb.) Sond. var. capense, accepted as Notobubon laevigatum (Aiton) Magee, indigenous
    • Peucedanum capense (Thunb.) Sond. var. lanceolatum Sond. accepted as Notobubon laevigatum (Aiton) Magee, indigenous
  • Peucedanum capillaceum Thunb. accepted as Nanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) Magee
    • Peucedanum capillaceum Thunb. var. rigidum Sond. accepted as Nanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum collinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. accepted as Notobubon collinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, indigenous
  • Peucedanum dregeanum D.Dietr. accepted as Notobubon montanum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum ecklonis Walp. accepted as Nanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) Magee
  • Peucedanum ferulaceum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. var. ferulaceum, accepted as Notobubon ferulaceum (Thunb.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum ferulaceum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. var. stadense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. accepted as Notobubon ferulaceum (Thunb.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum galbaniopse H.Wolff, accepted as Notobubon galbaniopse (H.Wolff) Magee
  • Peucedanum gummiferum (L.) Wijnands, accepted as Notobubon gummiferum (L.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum hypoleucum (Meisn.) Drude, accepted as Notobubon tenuifolium (Thunb.) Magee
  • Peucedanum kamiesbergense B.L.Burtt, accepted as Notobubon capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum lateriflorum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. accepted as Annesorhiza lateriflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-E.van Wyk
  • Peucedanum magalismontanum Sond. accepted as Afrosciadium magalismontanum (Sond.) P.J.D.Winter, indigenous
  • Peucedanum millefolium Sond. accepted as Cynorhiza meifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum multiradiatum Drude, accepted as Notobubon capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee
  • Peucedanum natalense (Sond.) Engl. accepted as Afrosciadium natalense (Sond.) P.J.D.Winter, endemic
  • Peucedanum olifantianum (Koso-Pol.) M.Hiroe, accepted as Cynorhiza typica Eckl. & Zeyh. indigenous
  • Peucedanum pearsonii Adamson accepted as Notobubon pearsonii (Adamson) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum platycarpum E.Mey. ex Sond. accepted as Afrosciadium platycarpum (Sond.) P.J.D.Winter, endemic
  • Peucedanum polyactinum B.L.Burtt, accepted as Notobubon capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee
  • Peucedanum pungens E.Mey. ex Sond. accepted as Notobubon pungens (Sond.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum rigidum Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Nanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) Magee
  • Peucedanum sieberianum Sond. accepted as Nanobubon strictum (Spreng.) Magee
  • Peucedanum sonderi (M.Hiroe) B.L.Burtt, accepted as Notobubon sonderi (M.Hiroe) Magee
  • Peucedanum striatum (Thunb.) Sond. accepted as Notobubon striatum (Thunb.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum strictum (Spreng.) B.L.Burtt, accepted as Nanobubon strictum (Spreng.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum sulcatum Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Sond. accepted as Cynorhiza typica Eckl. & Zeyh. endemic
  • Peucedanum tenuifolium Thunb. accepted as Notobubon tenuifolium (Thunb.) Magee, endemic
  • Peucedanum thodei T.H.Arnold, accepted as Afroligusticum thodei (T.H.Arnold) P.J.D.Winter, indigenous
  • Peucedanum triternatum Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted as Annesorhiza triternata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Vessio, Tilney & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Peucedanum typicum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.L.Burtt, accepted as Cynorhiza typica Eckl. & Zeyh. endemic
  • Peucedanum upingtoniae (Schinz) Drude, accepted as Lefebvrea grantii (Hiern) S.Droop, indigenous
  • Peucedanum wilmsianum H.Wolff, accepted as Afroligusticum wilmsianum (H.Wolff) P.J.D.Winter, endemic
  • Peucedanum zeyheri Steud. accepted as Nanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) Magee

Pimpinella

Genus Pimpinella:[4]

  • Pimpinella caffra (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. indigenous
  • Pimpinella hydrophila H.Wolff, endemic
  • Pimpinella krookii H.Wolff, endemic
  • Pimpinella leptophylla Pers. accepted as Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P.Wilson
  • Pimpinella reenensis Rech.f. accepted as Pimpinella stadensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr.
  • Pimpinella schlechteri H.Wolff, endemic
  • Pimpinella stadensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. indigenous
  • Pimpinella transvaalensis H.Wolff, indigenous

Polemannia

Genus Polemannia:[4]

  • Polemannia grossulariifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. endemic
  • Polemannia montana Schltr. & H.Wolff, indigenous
  • Polemannia simplicior Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, indigenous

Polemanniopsis

Genus Polemanniopsis:[4]

  • Polemanniopsis marlothii (H.Wolff) B.L.Burtt, endemic

Ptychotis

Genus Ptychotis:[4]

  • Ptychotis carvifolia Sond. accepted as Carum carvifolium Benth. & Hook.f.

Sanicula

Genus Sanicula:[4]

  • Sanicula elata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don, indigenous

Scaraboides

Genus Scaraboides:[4]

Seseli

Genus Seseli:[4]

  • Seseli graveolens (L.) Scop. accepted as Apium graveolens L.
  • Seseli striatum Thunb. accepted as Notobubon striatum (Thunb.) Magee, indigenous

Sison

Genus Sison:[4]

  • Sison inundatum L. accepted as Helosciadium inundatum (L.) W.D.J.Koch

Sium

Genus Sium:[4]

  • Sium apium Roth, accepted as Apium graveolens L.
  • Sium graveolens (L.) Vest, accepted as Apium graveolens L.
  • Sium inundatum (L.) Lam. accepted as Helosciadium inundatum (L.) W.D.J.Koch
  • Sium repandum Hiern, accepted as Berula repanda (Hiern) Spalik & S.R.Downie, indigenous
  • Sium thunbergii DC. accepted as Berula thunbergii (DC.) H.Wolff

Sonderina

Genus Sonderina:[4]

  • Sonderina caruifolia (Sond.) H.Wolff, accepted as Dasispermum hispidum (Thunb.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Sonderina hispida (Thunb.) H.Wolff, accepted as Dasispermum hispidum (Thunb.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Sonderina humilis (Meisn.) H.Wolff accepted as Dasispermum humile (Meisn.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic
  • Sonderina streyi Merxm. accepted as Anginon streyi (Merxm.) I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk
  • Sonderina tenuis (Sond.) H.Wolff, accepted as Dasispermum tenue (Sond.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic

Steganotaenia

Genus Steganotaenia:[4]

Stenosemis

Genus Stenosemis:[4]

  • Stenosemis angustifolia E.Mey. ex Sond. endemic
  • Stenosemis caffra (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. endemic

Stoibrax

Genus Stoibrax:[4]

  • Stoibrax capense (Lam.) B.L.Burtt, accepted as Dasispermum capense (Lam.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk, endemic

Torilis

Genus Torilis:[4]

Turgenia

Genus Turgenia:[4]

  • Turgenia latifolia (L.) Hoffm. not indigenous, invasive

References

  1. ^ Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008.
  2. ^ Butler, Rhett A. (1 July 2019). "Total number of plant species by country". Mongabay. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Vegetation of South Africa". PlantZAfrica.com. SA National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn "species_checklist_20180710.csv". South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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  • Thukela Valley Bushveld
  • Tsende Mopaneveld
  • Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld
  • Tzaneen Sour Bushveld
  • Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland
  • VhaVenda Miombo
  • Waterberg Mountain Bushveld
  • Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld
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  • Western Sandy Bushveld
  • Zeerust Thornveld
  • Zululand Coastal Thornveld
  • Zululand Lowveld
Grassland
  • Aliwal North Dry Grassland
  • Amathole Mistbelt Grassland
  • Amathole Montane Grassland
  • Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland
  • Barberton Montane Grassland
  • Basotho Montane Shrubland
  • Bedford Dry Grassland
  • Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland
  • Bloemfontein Dry Grassland
  • Bloemfontein Karroid Shrubland
  • Carletonville Dolomite Grassland
  • Central Free State Grassland
  • Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland
  • Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland
  • Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos
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  • Eastern Free State Clay Grassland
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  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Frankfort Highveld Grassland
  • Income Sandy Grassland
  • Ithala Quartzite Sourveld
  • KaNgwane Montane Grassland
  • Karoo Escarpment Grassland
  • Klerksdorp Thornveld
  • KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld
  • Leolo Summit Sourveld
  • Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland
  • Low Escarpment Moist Grassland
  • Lydenburg Montane Grassland
  • Lydenburg Thornveld
  • Mabela Sandy Grassland
  • Midlands Mistbelt Grassland
  • Mooi River Highland Grassland
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  • Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland
  • Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos
  • Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland
  • Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld
  • Northern Free State Shrubland
  • Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland
  • Northern KwaZulu-Natal Shrubland
  • Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland
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  • Queenstown Thornveld
  • Rand Highveld Grassland
  • Sekhukhune Montane Grassland
  • Senqu Montane Shrubland
  • Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland
  • Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland
  • Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld
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  • Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland
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  • Strydpoort Summit Sourveld
  • Tarkastad Montane Shrubland
  • Tsakane Clay Grassland
  • Tsomo Grassland
  • uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland
  • Vaal Reefs Dolomite Sinkhole Woodland
  • Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland
  • Vredefort Dome Granite Grassland
  • Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland
  • Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld
  • Western Free State Clay Grassland
  • Western Highveld Sandy Grassland
  • Western Lesotho Basalt Shrubland
  • Winburg Grassy Shrubland
  • Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland
  • Woodbush Granite Grassland
  • Xhariep Karroid Grassland
  • Zastron Moist Grassland
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  • Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos
  • Matjiesfontein Shale Fynbos
  • Montagu Shale Fynbos
  • Namaqualand Sand Fynbos
  • North Hex Sandstone Fynbos
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  • North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos
  • North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation
  • Olifants Sandstone Fynbos
  • Overberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • Peninsula Granite Fynbos
  • Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
  • Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • Potberg Ferricrete Fynbos
  • Potberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • Robertson Granite Fynbos
  • South Hex Sandstone Fynbos
  • South Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos
  • South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos
  • South Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos
  • South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • Southern Cape Dune Fynbos
  • Stinkfonteinberge Quartzite Fynbos
  • Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos
  • Suurberg Shale Fynbos
  • Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos
  • Swartberg Shale Fynbos
  • Swartland Alluvium Fynbos
  • Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos
  • Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos
  • Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos
  • Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos
  • Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation
  • Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos
Renosterveld
  • Baviaanskloof Shale Renosterveld
  • Breede Alluvium Renosterveld
  • Breede Shale Renosterveld
  • Central Mountain Shale Renosterveld
  • Central Ruêns Shale Renosterveld
  • Ceres Shale Renosterveld
  • Eastern Ruêns Shale Renosterveld
  • Hantam Plateau Dolerite Renosterveld
  • Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld
  • Kango Limestone Renosterveld
  • Langkloof Shale Renosterveld
  • Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld
  • Montagu Shale Renosterveld
  • Mossel Bay Shale Renosterveld
  • Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld
  • Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld
  • Nieuwoudtville-Roggeveld Dolerite Renosterveld
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
  • Robertson Granite Renosterveld
  • Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld
  • Ruêns Silcrete Renosterveld
  • Swartberg Shale Renosterveld
  • Swartland Alluvium Renosterveld
  • Swartland Granite Renosterveld
  • Swartland Shale Renosterveld
  • Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld
  • Uniondale Shale Renosterveld
  • Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld
  • Western Ruêns Shale Renosterveld
Succulent
Karoo
  • Aggeneys Gravel Vygieveld
  • Agter-Sederberg Shrubland
  • Anenous Plateau Shrubland
  • Bushmanland Inselberg Shrubland
  • Central Knersvlakte Vygieveld
  • Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland
  • Citrusdal Vygieveld
  • Die Plate Succulent Shrubland
  • Doringrivier Quartzite Karoo
  • Eastern Little Karoo
  • Eenriet Plains Succulent Shrubland
  • Goariep Mountain Succulent Shrubland
  • Hantam Karoo
  • Kamiesberg Mountains Shrubland
  • Klawer Sandy Shrubland
  • Knersvlakte Dolomite Vygieveld
  • Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld
  • Knersvlakte Shale Vygieveld
  • Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo
  • Kosiesberg Succulent Shrubland
  • Lekkersing Succulent Shrubland
  • Little Karoo Quartz Vygieveld
  • Namaqualand Arid Grassland
  • Namaqualand Blomveld
  • Namaqualand Coastal Duneveld
  • Namaqualand Heuweltjie Strandveld
  • Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld
  • Namaqualand Inland Duneveld
  • Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland
  • Namaqualand Shale Shrubland
  • Namaqualand Spinescent Grassland
  • Namaqualand Strandveld
  • Northern Knersvlakte Vygieveld
  • Northern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld
  • Northern Richtersveld Yellow Duneveld
  • Oograbies Plains Sandy Grassland
  • Piketberg Quartz Succulent Shrubland
  • Platbakkies Succulent Shrubland
  • Prince Albert Succulent Karoo
  • Richtersveld Coastal Duneveld
  • Richtersveld Red Duneveld
  • Richtersveld Sandy Coastal Scorpionstailveld
  • Riethuis-Wallekraal Quartz Vygieveld
  • Robertson Karoo
  • Roggeveld Karoo
  • Rooiberg Quartz Vygieveld
  • Rosyntjieberg Succulent Shrubland
  • Southern Namaqualand Quartzite Klipkoppe Shrubland
  • Southern Richtersveld Inselberg Shrubland
  • Southern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld
  • Southern Richtersveld Yellow Duneveld
  • Steytlerville Karoo
  • Stinkfonteinberge Eastern Apron Shrubland
  • Swartruggens Quartzite Karoo
  • Tanqua Escarpment Shrubland
  • Tanqua Karoo
  • Tatasberg Mountain Succulent Shrubland
  • Umdaus Mountains Succulent Shrubland
  • Upper Annisvlakte Succulent Shrubland
  • Vanrhynsdorp Gannabosveld
  • Vyftienmyl se Berge Succulent Shrubland
  • Western Bushmanland Klipveld
  • Western Gwarrieveld
  • Western Little Karoo
  • Willowmore Gwarrieveld
Albany
Thicket
and
Strandveld
  • Albany Arid Thicket
  • Albany Bontveld
  • Albany Mesic Thicket
  • Albany Valley Thicket
  • Baviaans Valley Thicket
  • Bethelsdorp Bontveld
  • Blombos Strandveld
  • Buffels Mesic Thicket
  • Buffels Valley Thicket
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Crossroads Grassland Thicket
  • Doubledrift Karroid Thicket
  • Eastern Gwarrieveld
  • Elands Forest Thicket
  • Escarpment Arid Thicket
  • Escarpment Mesic Thicket
  • Escarpment Valley Thicket
  • Fish Arid Thicket
  • Fish Mesic Thicket
  • Fish Valley Thicket
  • Gamka Arid Thicket
  • Gamka Valley Thicket
  • Geluk Grassland Thicket
  • Goukamma Dune Thicket
  • Gouritz Valley Thicket
  • Grahamstown Grassland Thicket
  • Grassridge Bontveld
  • Groot Brak Dune Strandveld
  • Hamburg Dune Thicket
  • Hartenbos Dune Thicket
  • Kasouga Dune Thicket
  • Koedoeskloof Karroid Thicket
  • Lambert's Bay Strandveld
  • Langebaan Dune Strandveld
  • Mons Ruber Fynbos Thicket
  • Motherwell Karroid Thicket
  • Nanaga Savanna Thicket
  • Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket
  • Overberg Dune Strandveld
  • Saldanha Flats Strandveld
  • Saldanha Granite Strandveld
  • Saldanha Limestone Strandveld
  • Saltaire Karroid Thicket
  • Sardinia Forest Thicket
  • St Francis Dune Thicket
  • Subtropical Dune Thicket
  • Sundays Arid Thicket
  • Sundays Mesic Thicket
  • Sundays Valley Thicket
  • Thorndale Forest Thicket
  • Umtiza Forest Thicket
  • Vanstadens Forest Thicket
  • Western Gwarrieveld
  • Willowmore Gwarrieveld
Nama
Karoo
and
desert
  • Albany Broken Veld
  • Blouputs Karroid Thornveld
  • Bushmanland Arid Grassland
  • Bushmanland Basin Shrubland
  • Bushmanland Sandy Grassland
  • Eastern Lower Karoo
  • Eastern Upper Karoo
  • Gamka Karoo
  • Kalahari Karroid Shrubland
  • Lower Gariep Broken Veld
  • Lower Karoo Gwarrieveld
  • Northern Upper Karoo
  • Upper Karoo Hardeveld
  • Western Upper Karoo
  • Alexander Bay Coastal Duneveld
  • Eastern Gariep Plains Desert
  • Eastern Gariep Rocky Desert
  • Helskloof Canyon Desert
  • Kahams Mountain Desert
  • Kwaggarug Mountain Desert
  • Namib Lichen Fields
  • Noms Mountain Desert
  • Northern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert
  • Richtersberg Mountain Desert
  • Richtersveld Sheet Wash Desert
  • Southern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert
  • Western Gariep Hills Desert
  • Western Gariep Lowland Desert
  • Western Gariep Plains Desert
Azonal
  • Albany Alluvial Vegetation
  • Albany Dune Strandveld
  • Algoa Dune Strandveld
  • Arid Estuarine Salt Marshes
  • Bushmanland Vloere
  • Cape Estuarine Salt Marshes
  • Cape Inland Salt Pans
  • Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation
  • Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetlands
  • Cape Seashore Vegetation
  • Cape Vernal Pools
  • Drakensberg Wetlands
  • Eastern Temperate Freshwater Wetlands
  • Fynbos Riparian Vegetation
  • Highveld Alluvial Vegetation
  • Highveld Salt Pans
  • Lesotho Mires
  • Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation
  • Muscadel Riviere
  • Namaqualand Riviere
  • Namaqualand Salt Pans
  • Namaqualand Seashore Vegetation
  • Namib Seashore Vegetation
  • Southern Kalahari Mekgacha
  • Southern Kalahari Salt Pans
  • Southern Karoo Riviere
  • Subantarctic Kelp Bed Vegetation
  • Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation
  • Subtropical Dune Thicket
  • Subtropical Estuarine Salt Marshes
  • Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands
  • Subtropical Salt Pans
  • Subtropical Seashore Vegetation
  • Tanqua Wash Riviere
  • Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation
Forest
and
Coastal
belt
  • KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt
  • Maputaland Coastal Belt
  • Maputaland Wooded Grassland
  • Pondoland-Natal Sandstone Coastal Sourveld
  • Transkei Coastal Belt
  • Ironwood Dry Forest
  • Lowveld Riverine Forest
  • Mangrove Forest
  • Northern Afrotemperate Forest
  • Northern Coastal Forest
  • Northern Mistbelt Forest
  • Sand Forest
  • Scarp Forest
  • Southern Afrotemperate Forest
  • Southern Coastal Forest
  • Southern Mistbelt Forest
  • Swamp Forest
Subantarctic
biome
  • Subantarctic Biotic Herbfield and Grassland
  • Subantarctic Cinder Cone Vegetation
  • Subantarctic Coastal Vegetation
  • Subantarctic Drainage Line Vegetation
  • Subantarctic Fellfield
  • Subantarctic Fernbrake Vegetation
  • Subantarctic Mire
  • Subantarctic Polar Desert
not on
VEGMAP
South
African
National
Parks
Biosphere
reserves
Marine
protected
areas of
South
Africa
Coastal
Offshore
Management
organisations
Biodiversity research in SA
Research
organisations
Research
projects
Citizen science
databases
Botanical
gardens
Taxonomists
Regional biodiversity
Legislation
Publications
  • List of field guides to South African biota
  • Categories: Biodiversity of South Africa
  • Index