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For the purposes of this category, "Africa" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), namely as one of the nine "botanical continents". It includes the following regions: Category:Flora of North Africa. Category:Flora of Macaronesia. Category:Flora of West Tropical Africa.
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. [ 7] The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute 's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts ...
The Red List of South African Plants is a system used to classify endemic species of plants in South Africa that are at risk of extinction. The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) designates the conservation status of endemic species according to the IUCN Red List system of categories and criteria.
Cape Floristic Region. / 34.16667°S 18.37500°E / -34.16667; 18.37500. The Cape Floral Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa. It is the only floristic region of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, and includes only one floristic province, known as the Cape Floristic Province .
Gazania. Guizotia. Gymnanthemum. Gymnodiscus. List of Asteraceae of South Africa. Appearance. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Asteraceae or Compositae is a family of flowering plants (anthophytes) in the order Asterales. Asteraceae (commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, [1] or sunflower family ), is a very large and ...
Gazania / ɡəˈzeɪniə / [ 3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Africa. [ 4][ 5][ 1][ 6] They produce large, daisy-like composite flowerheads in brilliant shades of yellow and orange, over a long period in summer. [ 7] They are often planted as drought-tolerant groundcover .
The group contained the angiosperms - the extant flowering plants, such as roses and grasses - as well as the Gnetales and the extinct Bennettitales. 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.
List of Euphorbiaceae of South Africa. Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants (anthophytes) in the order Malpighiales. In common English, they are sometimes called euphorbias, [1] which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are shrubs or trees.