There are more than 22 000 different species of seed plants indigenous to southern Africa. These are arranged into about 2 180 genera, which in turn form part of 227 families. Some 18 000 vascular plant species occur within South Africa's
boundaries, of which 80% occur nowhere else. More plant species occur
within 22 000 hectares (ha) of the Table Mountain National Park
(formerly the Cape Peninsula National Park), than the whole of the
British Isles or New Zealand.
Acacia ataxacantha
Acacia caffra
Acacia erioloba
Acacia galpinii
Acacia gerrardii
Acacia karroo
Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana
Acacia polyacantha
Acacia sieberiana var. woodii
Acacia welwitschii
Acacia xanthophloea
Adansonia digitata
Alberta magna
Aloe barberae
Aloe dichtoma
Aloe plicatilis
Apodytes dimidiata
Berchemia zeyheri
Bolusanthus speciosus
Boscia albitrunca
Brabejum stellatifolium
Brachylaena discolor
Bruguiera gymnorrhiza
Buddleja auriculata
Buddleja saligna
Buddleja salviifolia
Buxus macowanii
Cassine peragua
Calodendrum capense
Calpurnia aurea subsp.aurea
Canthium inerme
Catha edulis
Celtis africana
Colophospermum mopane
Combretum erythrophyllum
Combretum kraussii
Combretum mossambicense
Combretum woodii
Cordia caffra
Croton gratissimus
Cryptocarya woodii
Cunonia capensis
Curtisia dentata
Cussonia paniculata
Cussonia spicata
Cussonia transvaalensis
Dais cotinifolia
Diospyros whyteana
Dombeya autumnalis
Dombeya burgessiae
Dombeya rotundifolia
Dovyalis caffra
Dovyalis zeyheri
Dracaena aletriformis
Duvernoia adhatodoides
Ekebergia capensis
Ekebergia pterophylla
Elaeodendron croceum
Engelerophytum magalismontanum
Ensete ventricosum
Erythrina humeana
Erythrina lysistemon
Euphorbia cooperi
Euphorbia ingens
Faidherbia albida
Ficus ingens
Ficus lutea
Ficus sur
Freylinia lanceolata
Galpinia transvaalica
Gardenia cornuta
Gardenia thunbergia
Grewia occidentalis
Greyia flanaganii
Gymnosporia harveyana
Halleria lucida
Harpephyllum caffrum
Heteromorpha arborescens
Heteropyxis natalensis
Ilex mitis
Indigofera frutescens
Kigelia africana
Kiggelaria africana
Kirkia acuminata
Kirkia wilmsii
Leucadendron argenteum
Leucosidea sericea
Loxostylis alata
Maerua cafra
Maesa lanceolata
Maytenus acuminata var.acuminata 'Silky Showers'
Millettia grandis
Mimusops zeyheri
Mystroxylon aethiopicum
Nuxia floribunda
Nuxia oppositifolia
Olea europaea subsp. africana
Olinia emarginata
Olinia ventosa
Ochna pulchra
Oncoba spinosa
Pappea capensis
Pavetta gardeniifolia
Peltophorum africanum
Pittosporum viridiflorum
Phoenix reclinata
Phylica buxifolia
Podocarpus elongatus
Podocarpus falcatus
Podocarpus henkelii
Podocarpus latifolius
Protea caffra
Psoralea pinnata
Ptaeroxylon obliquum
Pterocarpus angolensis
Pterocarpus rotundifolius
Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus
Rapanea melanophloeos
Raphia australis
Rhamnus prinoides
Rhus chirindensis
Rhus erosa
Rhus lancea
Rhus leptodictya
Rhus pendulina
Rothmannia capensis
Rothmannia globosa
Salix mucronata
Schefflera umbellifera
Schotia afra var. afra
Schotia brachypetala
Sclerocarya birrea
Scolopia mundii
Solanum giganteum
Spirostachys africana
Sterculia murex
Strelitzia nicolai
Strychnos spinosa
Syzygium pondoense
Tabernaemontana venticosa & T.elegans
Tarchonanthus camphoratus
Trema orientalis
Trichilia dregeana
Vangueria infausta
Vepris lanceolata
Virgilia oroboides and V. divaricata
Warburgia salutaris
Widdringtonia cedarbergensis
Ximenia caffra
Xylotheca kraussiana
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