Clivia is a genus of monocot flowering plants native to southern Africa. They are from the family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Amaryllidoideae. Common names are Natal lily or bush lily.
Nyctaginaceae, the four o'clock family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions. The family has a distinctive fruit type called an accessory fruit or anthocarp, and many genera have extremely large pollen grains.
Lanaria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing a single species, Lanaria lanata, endemic to the southern coast of South Africa where it is associated with the fynbos belt. Lanaria lanata is commonly known as Cape edelweiss or lambtails. The genus is placed in the monotypic family Lanariaceae, a family only recently recognized by taxonomists. The APG IV system of 2016 does recognize this family.
Southern Afrotemperate Forest is a kind of tall, shady, multilayered indigenous South African forest. This is the main forest-type in the south-western part of South Africa, naturally extending from the Cape Peninsula in the west, as far as Port Elizabeth in the east. In this range, it usually occurs in small forest pockets, surrounded by fynbos vegetation.
The Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden is a botanical garden focused on succulents and other plants of arid regions, that lies at the foot of the Hex River Mountains range, in the town of Worcester, South Africa.
Setiechinopsis is a monotypic genus of cacti. Its only species, Setiechinopsis mirabilis, is native to Argentina.
Loxostylis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.
Larryleachia perlata is a species of flowering plant the family Apocynaceae. The species is a succulent plant species. The species is considered an insufficiently known species.
Serruria cyanoides, the Wynberg spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Serruria and forms part of the fynbos.
Paranomus longicaulis, commonly known as exploding baked apple and woolly sceptre, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Paranomus and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape where it occurs on the eastern Langeberg from Garcia Pass to the Attakwaskloof.
Haworthia pubescens is a perennial succulent belonging to the genus Haworthia and is part of the fynbos. The species is native to the Western Cape and is found in Worcester. The plant has an occurrence area of less than 10 km2 and there is one subpopulation that is threatened by infrastructure development for agriculture as well as by invasive plants.
Penaea sarcocolla is a species of shrub in the genus Penaea. It is endemic to the Western Cape, along the coast up to Cape Agulhas and extending inland to Franschhoek, Hottentots Holland Mountains, Villiersdorp and Genadendal. It is also known as the Cape fellwort.
Willdenowia incurvata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Willdenowia endemic to the Fynbos region of the Northern Cape and Western Cape. It is also known as the sonqua sunreed; or sonkwasriet in Afrikaans.
Psoralea cataracta is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It was declared extinct in 2008 in the Red List of South African Plants, with a single specimen collected from the Tulbagh Waterfall in 1804. It was rediscovered 200 years later by Brian Du Preez in November of 2019 in the Winterhoek Mountains near Tulbagh. It is endemic to the Western Cape. It is also known by the name waterfall fountainbush.
Dimorphotheca nudicaulis is a plant that belongs to the genus Dimorphotheca. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and the Western Cape.
Arctotheca marginata is a plant belonging to the genus Arctotheca. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and occurs on the Bokkeveld Mountains escarpment near Nieuwoudtville where it is part of the fynbos is. There are two subpopulations on one farm and they are threatened by overgrazing and the extraction of groundwater.
Berzelia albiflora is a shrub that belongs to the family Bruniaceae. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and is part of the fynbos. The plant's FSA number is 141.3
Clivia caulescens is a plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Clivia. The species occurs in Eswatini, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. The plant is threatened by its excessive use by traditional healers as well as its collection by horticulturalists. It is expected that the plant's numbers will decrease by 25% over the next 60 years.
Clivia gardenii is a plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Clivia. The species occurs in KwaZulu-Natal from the Ngome Forests to the KwaZulu-Natal Midland and has an area of occurrence of 6,900 km². There are currently less than ten subpopulations and the species has lost 30% of its habitat in the last 90 years due to its excessive use by traditional healers as well as its collection by horticulturalists. The planting of plantations, crop cultivation and development are also threats.
Clivia robusta is a plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Clivia. The species occurs in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape from Pondoland and Port St. Johns to the uMzimkhulu River north of the Oribira Canyon and has an area of occurrence of 3,100 km². There are currently less than ten subpopulations and the species has lost 30% of its habitat in the last 90 years due to overuse by traditional healers.
