This is a list of Southern African trees, shrubs, suffrutices, geoxyles and lianes, and is intended to cover Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The notion of 'indigenous' is of necessity a blurred concept, and is clearly a function of both time and political boundaries. The global distribution of plants useful to humans, or inadvertently transported by them, is closely linked to a mapping of their journeys and settlements, and the movement of species in prehistoric times must be inferred from archaeological and palaeontological remains, centers of diversity, DNA samples and other sources.
Cyatheaceae
Blechnaceae
Cycadaceae
Zamiaceae
Podocarpaceae
Cupressaceae
Welwitschiaceae
Poaceae
Pandanaceae
Arecaceae
Araceae
Flagellariaceae
Asphodelaceae
Asparagaceae
Philesiaceae
Smilacaceae
Velloziaceae
Musaceae
Piperaceae
Salicaceae
Myricaceae
Cannabaceae
Moraceae
Urticaceae
Proteaceae
Santalaceae
Opiliaceae
Olacaceae
Polygonaceae
Aristolochiaceae
Chenopodiaceae
Amaranthaceae
Nyctaginaceae
Phytolaccaceae
Aizoaceae
Portulacaceae
Ranunculaceae
Menispermaceae
Annonaceae
Myristicaceae
Trimeniaceae (Monimiaceae)
Lauraceae
Hernandiaceae
Capparaceae
Moringaceae
Crassulaceae
Montiniaceae
Iteaceae
Pittosporaceae
Cunoniaceae
Myrothamnaceae
Bruniaceae
Hamamelidaceae
Rosaceae
Chrysobalanaceae
Connaraceae
- Cnestis polyphylla <small>Lam.</small> (Cnestis natalensis <small>(Hochst.) Planch. & Sond.</small>)
- Rourea minor <small>(Gaertn.) Alston</small> (Santaloides afzelii <small>(R.Br. ex Planch.) G.Schellenb.</small>)
- Rourea orientalis <small>Baill.</small> (Byrsocarpus orientalis <small>(Baill.) Baker</small>)
- Rourea thomsonii <small>(Baker) Jongkind</small> (Jaundea pinnata <small>(P.Beauv.) G.Schellenb.</small>
- Agelaea pentagyna <small>(Lam.) Baill.</small> (Agelaea heterophylla <small>Gilg</small>) (Agelaea ugandensis <small>Schellenb.</small>)
- Burttia prunoides <small>Baker f. & Exell</small>
Mimosaceae
Caesalpiniaceae
Fabaceae
Geraniaceae
Linaceae
Ixonanthaceae
- Phyllocosmus lemaireanus <small>(De Wild. & T.Durand) T.Durand & H.Durand</small> (Ochthocosmus lemaireanus <small>De Wild. & T.Durand</small>)
Erythroxylaceae
Zygophyllaceae
Balanitaceae
Rutaceae
Irvingiaceae
Simaroubaceae
Burseraceae
Meliaceae
Malpighiaceae
Polygalaceae
Dichapetalaceae
Phyllanthaceae
Putranjivaceae
Picrodendraceae
Euphorbiaceae
Buxaceae
Anacardiaceae
Aquifoliaceae
Celastraceae
Icacinaceae
Sapindaceae
Melianthaceae
Greyiaceae
Rhamnaceae
Vitaceae
Malvaceae
Ochnaceae
Hypericaceae
Clusiaceae (Guttiferae)
Dipterocarpaceae
Tamaricaceae
Canellaceae
Violaceae
Achariaceae
Aphloiaceae
- Aphloia theiformis <small>(Vahl) Benn.</small> (Neumannia theiformis <small>(Vahl) A. Rich.</small>)
Gerrardinaceae
Passifloraceae
Penaeaceae
Thymelaeaceae
Lythraceae
Lecythidaceae
Rhizophoraceae
Combretaceae
Myrtaceae
Melastomataceae
Araliaceae
Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
Curtisiaceae
Cornaceae
- Cornus volkensii <small>Harms</small> (Afrocrania volkensii <small>(Harms) Hutch.</small>)
Ericaceae
Myrsinaceae
Sapotaceae
Ebenaceae
Oleaceae
Salvadoraceae
Loganiaceae
Gentianaceae
Stilbaceae
Apocynaceae
Convolvulaceae
Boraginaceae
Verbenaceae
Lamiaceae
Solanaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Bignoniaceae
Pedaliaceae
Acanthaceae
Rubiaceae
Cucurbitaceae
Asteraceae
External links
References
- The Plant List (Kew)
- Tree Atlas of Namibia
- A Preliminary List of Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Transvaal and Swaziland - J. M. Anderson, P. A. Venter (1977)
- Trees of Southern Africa - Keith Coates Palgrave (1977)
- Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa - van Wyk & van Wyk (1997)
- Trees of Natal, Zululand and Transkei - Elsa Pooley (1993)
- Trees and Shrubs of the Witwatersrand - Tree Society (1964)
- Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia - F. White (OUP, 1962)