List of Orchidaceae of South Africa

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

Orchidaceae is a family of flowering plants (anthophytes) in the order Asparagales .

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.[1] 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.[2]

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)).[3]

67 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.[3] Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time.

Acampe

Genus Acampe:[3]

  • Acampe pachyglossa Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. & McCann, accepted as Acampe pachyglossa Rchb.f. indigenous

Acrolophia

Genus Acrolophia:[3]

  • Acrolophia barbata (Thunb.) H.P.Linder, accepted as Acrolophia lunata (Schltr.) Schltr. & Bolus, endemic
  • Acrolophia bolusii Rolfe, endemic
  • Acrolophia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Fourc. endemic
    • Acrolophia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Fourc. var. lamellata (Lindl.) Schelpe, accepted as Acrolophia lamellata (Lindl.) Pfitzer, indigenous
  • Acrolophia cochlearis (Lindl.) Schltr. & Bolus, endemic
  • Acrolophia comosa (Sond.) Schltr. & Bolus, accepted as Acrolophia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Fourc. indigenous
  • Acrolophia fimbriata Schltr. accepted as Acrolophia micrantha (Lindl.) Pfitzer, indigenous
  • Acrolophia lamellata (Lindl.) Pfitzer, endemic
  • Acrolophia lunata (Schltr.) Schltr. & Bolus, endemic
  • Acrolophia micrantha (Lindl.) Pfitzer, endemic
  • Acrolophia parvula Schltr. accepted as Acrolophia ustulata (Bolus) Schltr. & Bolus, indigenous
  • Acrolophia sphaerocarpa (Sond.) Schltr. & Bolus, accepted as Acrolophia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Fourc. indigenous
  • Acrolophia triste (L.f.) Schltr. & Bolus, accepted as Acrolophia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Fourc. indigenous
  • Acrolophia ustulata (Bolus) Schltr. & Bolus, endemic

Aerangis

Genus Aerangis:[3]

  • Aerangis kirkii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. indigenous
  • Aerangis mystacidii (Rchb.f.) Schltr. indigenous
  • Aerangis somalensis (Schltr.) Schltr. indigenous
  • Aerangis verdickii (De Wild.) Schltr. indigenous
    • Aerangis verdickii (De Wild.) Schltr. var. verdickii, indigenous

Aeranthes

Genus Aeranthes:[3]

  • Aeranthes gracilis (Harv.) Rchb.f. accepted as Mystacidium gracile Harv. indigenous

Angraecum

Genus Angraecum:[3]

  • Angraecum aphyllum Thouars, accepted as Microcoelia aphylla (Thouars) Summerh. indigenous
  • Angraecum chamaeanthus Schltr. indigenous
  • Angraecum conchiferum Lindl. indigenous
  • Angraecum cultriforme Summerh. indigenous
  • Angraecum pusillum Lindl. indigenous
  • Angraecum sacciferum Lindl. indigenous
  • Angraecum stella-africae P.J.Cribb, indigenous

Ansellia

Genus Ansellia:[3]

Bartholina

Genus Bartholina:[3]

Bolusiella

Genus Bolusiella:[3]

  • Bolusiella maudiae (Bolus) Schltr. indigenous

Bonatea

Genus Bonatea:[3]

  • Bonatea bracteata G.J.McDonald & McMurtry, accepted as Habenaria transvaalensis Schltr. endemic
  • Bonatea cassidea Sond. indigenous
  • Bonatea lamprophylla J.L.Stewart, endemic
  • Bonatea polypodantha (Rchb.f.) L.Bolus, indigenous
  • Bonatea porrecta (Bolus) Summerh. indigenous
  • Bonatea pulchella Summerh. indigenous
  • Bonatea saundersiae (Harv.) T.Durand & Schinz, accepted as Bonatea cassidea Sond.
  • Bonatea saundersioides (Kraenzl. & Schltr.) Cortesi, indigenous
  • Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd. indigenous
    • Bonatea speciosa (L.f.) Willd. var. antennifera (Rolfe) Sommerv. accepted as Bonatea antennifera Rolfe, indigenous
  • Bonatea steudneri (Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz, indigenous

Brachycorythis

Genus Brachycorythis:[3]

  • Brachycorythis conica (Summerh.) Summerh. indigenous
    • Brachycorythis conica (Summerh.) Summerh. subsp. transvaalensis Summerh. endemic
  • Brachycorythis inhambanensis (Schltr.) Schltr. endemic
  • Brachycorythis macowaniana Rchb.f. endemic
  • Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. indigenous
    • Brachycorythis ovata Lindl. subsp. ovata, indigenous
  • Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. indigenous
    • Brachycorythis pleistophylla Rchb.f. subsp. pleistophylla, indigenous
  • Brachycorythis pubescens Harv. indigenous
  • Brachycorythis tenuior Rchb.f. indigenous

Brownleea

Genus Brownleea:[3]

  • Brownleea coerulea Harv. ex Lindl. indigenous
  • Brownleea galpinii Bolus, indigenous
    • Brownleea galpinii Bolus subsp. galpinii, indigenous
    • Brownleea galpinii Bolus subsp. major (Bolus) H.P.Linder, indigenous
  • Brownleea graminicola McMurtry, indigenous
  • Brownleea macroceras Sond. indigenous
  • Brownleea parviflora Harv. ex Lindl. indigenous
  • Brownleea recurvata Sond. endemic

Bulbophyllum

Genus Bulbophyllum:[3]

Calanthe

Genus Calanthe:[3]

Centrostigma

Genus Centrostigma:[3]

  • Centrostigma occultans (Welw. ex Rchb.f.) Schltr. indigenous

Ceratandra

Genus Ceratandra:[3]

  • Ceratandra atrata (L.) T.Durand & Schinz, endemic
  • Ceratandra bicolor Sond. ex Bolus, endemic
  • Ceratandra globosa Lindl. endemic
  • Ceratandra grandiflora Lindl. endemic
  • Ceratandra harveyana Lindl. endemic
  • Ceratandra venosa (Lindl.) Schltr. endemic

Cheirostylis

Genus Cheirostylis:[3]

  • Cheirostylis gymnochiloides (Ridl.) Rchb.f. accepted as Cheirostylis nuda (Thouars) Ormerod, indigenous
  • Cheirostylis nuda (Thouars) Ormerod, indigenous

Cirrhopetalum

Genus Cirrhopetalum:[3]

Corycium

Genus Corycium:[3]

  • Corycium alticola Parkman & Schelpe, accepted as Pterygodium alticola (Parkman & Schelpe) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous
  • Corycium bicolorum (Thunb.) Sw. accepted as Pterygodium bicolorum (Thunb.) Schltr. endemic
  • Corycium bifidum Sond. accepted as Pterygodium bifidum (Sond.) Schltr. endemic
  • Corycium carnosum (Lindl.) Rolfe, accepted as Evotella carnosa (Lindl.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic
  • Corycium crispum (Thunb.) Sw. accepted as Pterygodium crispum (Thunb.) Schltr. endemic
  • Corycium deflexum (Bolus) Rolfe, accepted as Pterygodium deflexum Bolus, endemic
  • Corycium dracomontanum Parkman & Schelpe, accepted as Pterygodium dracomontanum (Parkman & Schelpe) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, indigenous
  • Corycium excisum Lindl. accepted as Pterygodium excisum (Lindl.) Schltr. endemic
  • Corycium flanaganii (Bolus) Kurzweil & H.P.Linder, accepted as Pterygodium flanaganii Bolus, indigenous
  • Corycium ingeanum E.G.H.Oliv. accepted as Pterygodium ingeanum (E.G.H.Oliv.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, endemic
  • Corycium microglossum Lindl. accepted as Pterygodium microglossum (Lindl.) Schltr. endemic
  • Corycium nigrescens Sond. accepted as Pterygodium nigrescens (Sond.) Schltr. indigenous
  • Corycium orobanchoides (L.f.) Sw. accepted as Pterygodium orobanchoides (L.f.) Schltr. endemic
  • Corycium tricuspidatum Bolus, accepted as Pterygodium tricuspidatum (Bolus) Schltr. indigenous

Corymborkis

Genus Corymborkis:[3]

  • Corymborkis corymbis Thouars, indigenous

Cymbidium

Genus Cymbidium:[3]

  • Cymbidium aculeatum (L.f.) Sw. accepted as Orthochilus aculeatus (L.f.) Bytebier, indigenous
  • Cymbidium adenoglossum Lindl. accepted as Orthochilus adenoglossus (Lindl.) Bytebier, indigenous
  • Cymbidium ustulatum Bolus, accepted as Acrolophia ustulata (Bolus) Schltr. & Bolus, indigenous

Cynorkis

Genus Cynorkis:[3]

  • Cynorkis compacta (Rchb.f.) Rolfe, endemic
  • Cynorkis kassneriana Kraenzl. indigenous

Cyrtorchis

Genus Cyrtorchis:[3]

  • Cyrtorchis arcuata (Lindl.) Schltr. indigenous
    • Cyrtorchis arcuata (Lindl.) Schltr. subsp. arcuata, indigenous
  • Cyrtorchis praetermissa Summerh. indigenous
    • Cyrtorchis praetermissa Summerh. subsp. praetermissa, indigenous
    • Cyrtorchis praetermissa Summerh. subsp. zuluensis (E.R.Harrison) H.P.Linder, endemic

Diaphananthe

Genus Diaphananthe:[3]

  • Diaphananthe caffra (Bolus) H.P.Linder, accepted as Margelliantha caffra (Bolus) P.J.Cribb & J.Stewart, endemic
  • Diaphananthe fragrantissima (Rchb.f.) Schltr. indigenous
  • Diaphananthe millarii (Bolus) H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Diaphananthe xanthopollinia (Rchb.f.) Summerh. accepted as Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinium (Rchb.f.) Schltr. endemic

Didymoplexis

Genus Didymoplexis:[3]

  • Didymoplexis verrucosa J.Stewart & Hennessy, endemic

Disa

Genus Disa:[3]

  • Disa aconitoides Sond. indigenous
    • Disa aconitoides Sond. subsp. aconitoides, indigenous
  • Disa albomagentea E.G.H.Oliv. & Liltved, indigenous
  • Disa alticola H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa amoena H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa arida Vlok, endemic
  • Disa aristata H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa atricapilla (Harv. ex Lindl.) Bolus, endemic
  • Disa atrorubens Schltr. endemic
  • Disa aurata (Bolus) L.T.Parker & Koop. endemic
  • Disa barbata (L.f.) Sw. endemic
  • Disa basutorum Schltr. indigenous
  • Disa baurii Bolus, indigenous
  • Disa begleyi L.Bolus, endemic
  • Disa bifida (Thunb.) Sw. endemic
  • Disa biflora (L.) Druce, indigenous
  • Disa bivalvata (L.f.) T.Durand & Schinz, endemic
  • Disa bodkinii Bolus, endemic
  • Disa bolusiana Schltr. endemic
  • Disa brachyceras Lindl. endemic
  • Disa bracteata Sw. endemic
  • Disa brevicornis (Lindl.) Bolus, indigenous
  • Disa brevipetala H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa caffra Bolus, indigenous
  • Disa cardinalis H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa caulescens Lindl. endemic
  • Disa cedarbergensis H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. indigenous
    • Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. subsp. cephalotes, indigenous
    • Disa cephalotes Rchb.f. subsp. frigida (Schltr.) H.P.Linder, indigenous
  • Disa cernua (Thunb.) Sw. endemic
  • Disa chrysostachya Sw. indigenous
  • Disa clavicornis H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa cochlearis S.D.Johnson & Liltved, endemic
  • Disa comosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr. endemic
  • Disa conferta Bolus, endemic
  • Disa cooperi Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Disa cornuta (L.) Sw. indigenous
  • Disa crassicornis Lindl. indigenous
  • Disa cylindrica (Thunb.) Sw. endemic
  • Disa densiflora (Lindl.) Bolus, endemic
  • Disa dracomontana Schelpe ex H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa draconis (L.f.) Sw. endemic
  • Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa elegans Sond. ex Rchb.f. endemic
  • Disa esterhuyseniae Schelpe ex H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa extinctoria Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Disa fasciata Lindl. endemic
  • Disa ferruginea (Thunb.) Sw. endemic
  • Disa filicornis (L.f.) Thunb. endemic
  • Disa flexuosa (L.) Sw. endemic
  • Disa forcipata Schltr. endemic
  • Disa forficaria Bolus, endemic
  • Disa fragrans Schltr. indigenous
    • Disa fragrans Schltr. subsp. fragrans, indigenous
  • Disa galpinii Rolfe, endemic
  • Disa gladioliflora Burch. ex Lindl. indigenous
    • Disa gladioliflora Burch. ex Lindl. subsp. capricornis (Rchb.f.) H.P.Linder, endemic
    • Disa gladioliflora Burch. ex Lindl. subsp. gladioliflora, endemic
  • Disa glandulosa Burch. ex Lindl. endemic
  • Disa graminifolia Ker Gawl. ex Spreng. endemic
  • Disa hallackii Rolfe, endemic
  • Disa harveiana Lindl. indigenous
    • Disa harveiana Lindl. subsp. harveiana, endemic
    • Disa harveiana Lindl. subsp. longicalcarata S.D.Johnson & H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa hians (L.f.) Spreng. endemic
  • Disa hircicornis Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Disa inflexa (Lindl.) Bolus, endemic
  • Disa introrsa Kurzweil, Liltved & H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa karooica S.D.Johnson & H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa klugei McMurtry, endemic
  • Disa linderiana Bytebier & E.G.H.Oliv. endemic
  • Disa lineata Bolus, endemic
  • Disa longicornu L.f. endemic
  • Disa longifolia Lindl. endemic
  • Disa longipetala (Lindl.) Bolus, endemic
  • Disa lugens Bolus, indigenous
    • Disa lugens Bolus var. lugens, endemic
    • Disa lugens Bolus var. nigrescens (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa macrostachya (Lindl.) Bolus, endemic
  • Disa maculata L.f. endemic
  • Disa maculomarronina McMurtry, endemic
  • Disa marlothii Bolus, endemic
  • Disa micropetala Schltr. endemic
  • Disa minor (Sond.) Rchb.f. endemic
  • Disa montana Sond. endemic
  • Disa multifida Lindl. endemic
  • Disa neglecta Sond. endemic
  • Disa nervosa Lindl. indigenous
  • Disa newdigateae L.Bolus, endemic
  • Disa nivea H.P.Linder, indigenous
  • Disa nubigena H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa obliqua (Lindl.) Bolus, endemic
    • Disa obliqua (Lindl.) Bolus subsp. clavigera (Lindl.) Bytebier, endemic
    • Disa obliqua (Lindl.) Bolus subsp. obliqua, endemic
  • Disa obtusa Lindl. indigenous
    • Disa obtusa Lindl. subsp. hottentotica H.P.Linder, endemic
    • Disa obtusa Lindl. subsp. obtusa, endemic
    • Disa obtusa Lindl. subsp. picta (Sond.) H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa ocellata Bolus, endemic
  • Disa oligantha Rchb.f. endemic
  • Disa ophrydea (Lindl.) Bolus, endemic
  • Disa oreophila Bolus, indigenous
    • Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. erecta H.P.Linder, indigenous
    • Disa oreophila Bolus subsp. oreophila, endemic
  • Disa ovalifolia Sond. endemic
  • Disa patula Sond. indigenous
    • Disa patula Sond. var. patula, endemic
    • Disa patula Sond. var. transvaalensis Summerh. indigenous
  • Disa perplexa H.P.Linder, indigenous
  • Disa physodes Sw. endemic
  • Disa pillansii L.Bolus, endemic
  • Disa polygonoides Lindl. indigenous
  • Disa porrecta Sw. indigenous
  • Disa procera H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa pulchra Sond. indigenous
  • Disa purpurascens Bolus, endemic
  • Disa pygmaea Bolus, endemic
  • Disa racemosa L.f. endemic
  • Disa remota H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa reticulata Bolus, endemic
  • Disa rhodantha Schltr. indigenous
  • Disa richardiana Lehm. ex Bolus, endemic
  • Disa rosea Lindl. endemic
  • Disa roseovittata McMurtry, endemic
  • Disa rufescens (Thunb.) Sw. endemic
  • Disa sabulosa Bolus, endemic
  • Disa sagittalis (L.f.) Sw. endemic
  • Disa salteri G.J.Lewis, endemic
  • Disa sanguinea Sond. endemic
  • Disa sankeyi Rolfe, indigenous
  • Disa satyrioides (L.) Bytebier, accepted as Disa biflora (L.) Druce
  • Disa saxicola Schltr. indigenous
  • Disa schizodioides Sond. endemic
  • Disa schlechteriana Bolus, endemic
  • Disa scullyi Bolus, endemic
  • Disa similis Summerh. endemic
  • Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. indigenous
    • Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. subsp. spathulata, endemic
    • Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. subsp. tripartita (Lindl.) H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa stachyoides Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Disa staerkeriana McMurtry & Bytebier, endemic
  • Disa stricta Sond. indigenous
  • Disa subtenuicornis H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa telipogonis Rchb.f. endemic
  • Disa tenella (L.f.) Sw. indigenous
    • Disa tenella (L.f.) Sw. subsp. pusilla H.P.Linder, endemic
    • Disa tenella (L.f.) Sw. subsp. tenella, endemic
  • Disa tenuicornis Bolus, endemic
  • Disa tenuifolia Sw. endemic
  • Disa tenuis Lindl. endemic
  • Disa thodei Schltr. ex Kraenzl. indigenous
  • Disa triloba Lindl. endemic
  • Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br. endemic
    • Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br. subsp. aurata (Bolus) H.P.Linder, accepted as Disa aurata (Bolus) L.T.Parker & Koop.
  • Disa tysonii Bolus, indigenous
  • Disa uncinata Bolus, endemic
  • Disa uniflora P.J.Bergius, endemic
  • Disa vaginata Harv. ex Lindl. endemic
  • Disa vasselotii Bolus ex Schltr. endemic
  • Disa venosa Sw. endemic
  • Disa venusta Bolus, endemic
  • Disa versicolor Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Disa vigilans McMurtry, T.J.Edwards & Bytebier, endemic
  • Disa virginalis H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa welwitschii Rchb.f. indigenous
    • Disa welwitschii Rchb.f. subsp. welwitschii, indigenous
  • Disa woodii Schltr. indigenous
  • Disa x brendae H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa x nuwebergensis H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Disa x paludicola J.Stewart & J.C.Manning, endemic
  • Disa zimbabweensis H.P.Linder, indigenous
  • Disa zuluensis Rolfe, endemic

Disperis

Genus Disperis:[3]

  • Disperis anthoceros Rchb.f. indigenous
    • Disperis anthoceros Rchb.f. var. anthoceros, indigenous
  • Disperis bodkinii Bolus, endemic
  • Disperis bolusiana Schltr. ex Bolus, indigenous
    • Disperis bolusiana Schltr. ex Bolus subsp. bolusiana, endemic
    • Disperis bolusiana Schltr. ex Bolus subsp. macrocorys (Rolfe) J.C.Manning, endemic
  • Disperis capensis (L.f.) Sw. indigenous
    • Disperis capensis (L.f.) Sw. var. brevicaudata Rolfe, endemic
    • Disperis capensis (L.f.) Sw. var. capensis, endemic
  • Disperis cardiophora Harv. indigenous
  • Disperis circumflexa (L.) T.Durand & Schinz, indigenous
    • Disperis circumflexa (L.) T.Durand & Schinz subsp. aemula (Schltr.) J.C.Manning, endemic
    • Disperis circumflexa (L.) T.Durand & Schinz subsp. circumflexa, endemic
  • Disperis concinna Schltr. endemic
  • Disperis cooperi Harv. endemic
  • Disperis cucullata Sw. endemic
  • Disperis disaeformis Schltr. endemic
  • Disperis fanniniae Harv. indigenous
  • Disperis johnstonii Rchb.f. ex Rolfe, indigenous
  • Disperis lindleyana Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Disperis macowanii Bolus, indigenous
  • Disperis micrantha Lindl. indigenous
  • Disperis oxyglossa Bolus, endemic
  • Disperis paludosa Harv. ex Lindl. endemic
  • Disperis purpurata Rchb.f. indigenous
    • Disperis purpurata Rchb.f. subsp. pallescens Bruyns, endemic
    • Disperis purpurata Rchb.f. subsp. purpurata, endemic
  • Disperis renibractea Schltr. endemic
  • Disperis stenoplectron Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Disperis thorncroftii Schltr. indigenous
  • Disperis tysonii Bolus, indigenous
  • Disperis villosa (L.f.) Sw. endemic
  • Disperis virginalis Schltr. indigenous
  • Disperis wealei Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Disperis woodii Bolus, endemic

Dracomonticola

Genus Dracomonticola:[3]

Eulophia

Genus Eulophia:[3]

  • Eulophia aculeata (L.f.) Spreng., indigenous
  • Eulophia adenoglossa (Lindl.) Rchb.f., indigenous
  • Eulophia angolensis (Rchb.f.) Summerh., indigenous
  • Eulophia barbata (Thunb.) Spreng., indigenous
  • Eulophia calanthoides Schltr., endemic
  • Eulophia chlorantha Schltr., indigenous
  • Eulophia chrysops Summerh. accepted as Eulophia schweinfurthii Kraenzl.
  • Eulophia clavicornis Lindl. accepted as Eulophia hians Spreng.
  • Eulophia clitellifera (Rchb.f.) Bolus, indigenous
  • Eulophia cochlearis Lindl., indigenous
  • Eulophia coddii A.V.Hall, endemic
  • Eulophia coeloglossa Schltr., indigenous
  • Eulophia comosa Sond., indigenous
  • Eulophia cooperi Rchb.f., endemic
  • Eulophia cucullata (Afzel. ex Sw.) Steud., indigenous
  • Eulophia ensata Lindl., indigenous
  • Eulophia foliosa (Lindl.) Bolus, indigenous
  • Eulophia fridericii (Rchb.f.) A.V.Hall, indigenous
  • Eulophia hereroensis Schltr., indigenous
  • Eulophia hians Spreng., indigenous
    • Eulophia hians Spreng. var. hians, indigenous
    • Eulophia hians Spreng. var. inaequalis (Schltr.) S.Thomas, indigenous
    • Eulophia hians Spreng. var. nutans (Sond.) S.Thomas, indigenous
  • Eulophia holubii Rolfe
  • Eulophia horsfallii (Bateman) Summerh., indigenous
  • Eulophia huttonii Rolfe, indigenous
  • Eulophia lamellata Lindl., indigenous
  • Eulophia leachii Greatrex ex A.V.Hall, indigenous
  • Eulophia leontoglossa Rchb.f., indigenous
  • Eulophia litoralis Schltr., endemic
  • Eulophia livingstoneana (Rchb.f.) Schltr., indigenous
  • Eulophia longisepala Rendle, indigenous
  • Eulophia lunata Schltr. accepted as Eulophia barbata (Thunb.) Spreng., indigenous
  • Eulophia macowanii Rolfe, endemic
  • Eulophia meleagris Rchb.f., endemic
  • Eulophia micrantha Lindl., indigenous
  • Eulophia milnei Rchb.f., indigenous
  • Eulophia odontoglossa Rchb.f., indigenous
  • Eulophia ovalis Lindl., indigenous
    • Eulophia ovalis Lindl. subsp. bainesii (Rolfe) A.V.Hall, accepted as Eulophia ovalis Lindl. var. bainesii (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb & la Croix, indigenous
    • Eulophia ovalis Lindl. var. bainesii (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb & la Croix, indigenous
    • Eulophia ovalis Lindl. var. ovalis, indigenous
  • Eulophia parviflora (Lindl.) A.V.Hall, indigenous
  • Eulophia parvilabris Lindl., indigenous
  • Eulophia petersii (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., indigenous
  • Eulophia platypetala Lindl., endemic
  • Eulophia rosea A.D.Hawkes, accepted as Eulophia horsfallii (Bateman) Summerh.
  • Eulophia schweinfurthii Kraenzl., indigenous
  • Eulophia speciosa (R.Br. ex Lindl.) Bolus, indigenous
  • Eulophia sphaerocarpa Sond. accepted as Eulophia tristis (L.f.) Spreng., indigenous
  • Eulophia streptopetala Lindl., indigenous
  • Eulophia tabularis (L.f.) Bolus
  • Eulophia tenella Rchb.f., indigenous
  • Eulophia tristis (L.f.) Spreng., indigenous
  • Eulophia tuberculata Bolus, indigenous
  • Eulophia ustulata (Bolus) Bolus, indigenous
  • Eulophia vinosa McMurtry & McDonald
  • Eulophia walleri (Rchb.f.) Kraenzl.
  • Eulophia welwitschii (Rchb.f.) Rolfe, accepted as Eulophia dichroma Rolfe, indigenous
  • Eulophia zeyheriana Sond., indigenous

Evotella

Genus Evotella:[3]

Gastrodia

Genus Gastrodia:[3]

Graphorkis

Genus Graphorkis:[3]

  • Graphorkis ensata (Lindl.) Kuntze, accepted as Eulophia ensata Lindl., indigenous

Habenaria

Genus Habenaria:[3]

  • Habenaria anguiceps Bolus, endemic
  • Habenaria arenaria Lindl. indigenous
  • Habenaria barbertoni Kraenzl. & Schltr. endemic
  • Habenaria bicolor Conrath & Kraenzl. indigenous
  • Habenaria chlorotica Rchb.f. accepted as Habenaria filicornis Lindl.
  • Habenaria ciliosa Lindl. endemic
  • Habenaria clavata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Habenaria cornuta Lindl. indigenous
  • Habenaria culveri Schltr. indigenous
  • Habenaria dives Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Habenaria dregeana Lindl. indigenous
  • Habenaria epipactidea Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Habenaria falcicornis (Burch. ex Lindl.) Bolus, indigenous
    • Habenaria falcicornis (Burch. ex Lindl.) Bolus subsp. caffra (Schltr.) J.C.Manning, indigenous
    • Habenaria falcicornis (Burch. ex Lindl.) Bolus subsp. falcicornis, indigenous
  • Habenaria filicornis Lindl. indigenous
  • Habenaria galpinii Bolus, indigenous
  • Habenaria humilior Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Habenaria kraenzliniana Schltr. endemic
  • Habenaria laevigata Lindl. endemic
  • Habenaria lithophila Schltr. indigenous
  • Habenaria malacophylla Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Habenaria mossii (G.Will.) J.C.Manning, endemic
  • Habenaria nyikana Rchb.f. indigenous
    • Habenaria nyikana subsp. nyikana, indigenous
  • Habenaria petitiana (A.Rich.) T.Durand & Schinz, indigenous
  • Habenaria pseudociliosa Schelpe ex J.C.Manning, indigenous
  • Habenaria rautaneniana Kraenzl. indigenous
  • Habenaria schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. indigenous
  • Habenaria stenorhynchos Schltr. indigenous
  • Habenaria transvaalensis Schltr. indigenous
  • Habenaria tridens Lindl. indigenous
  • Habenaria trilobulata Schltr. indigenous
  • Habenaria tysonii Bolus, indigenous
  • Habenaria woodii Schltr. endemic

Herschelianthe

Genus Herschelianthe:[3]

  • Herschelianthe barbata (L.f.) N.C.Anthony, accepted as Disa barbata (L.f.) Sw.
  • Herschelianthe baurii (Bolus) Rauschert, accepted as Disa baurii Bolus
  • Herschelianthe forcipata (Schltr.) Rauschert, accepted as Disa forcipata Schltr.
  • Herschelianthe forficaria (Bolus) N.C.Anthony, accepted as Disa forficaria Bolus
  • Herschelianthe graminifolia (Ker Gawl. ex Spreng.) Rauschert, accepted as Disa graminifolia Ker Gawl. ex Spreng.
  • Herschelianthe hians (L.f.) Rauschert, accepted as Disa hians (L.f.) Spreng.
  • Herschelianthe lugens (Bolus) Rauschert, accepted as Disa lugens Bolus var. lugens
  • Herschelianthe lugens (Bolus) Rauschert var. nigrescens (H.P.Linder) N.C.Anthony, accepted as Disa lugens Bolus var. nigrescens (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder
  • Herschelianthe multifida (Lindl.) Rauschert, accepted as Disa multifida Lindl.
  • Herschelianthe newdigateae (L.Bolus) N.C.Anthony, accepted as Disa newdigateae L.Bolus
  • Herschelianthe purpurascens (Bolus) Rauschert, accepted as Disa purpurascens Bolus
  • Herschelianthe schlechteriana (Bolus) N.C.Anthony, accepted as Disa schlechteriana Bolus
  • Herschelianthe spathulata (L.f.) Rauschert, accepted as Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw.
    • Herschelianthe spathulata (L.f.) Rauschert subsp. spathulata, accepted as Disa spathulata (L.f.) Sw. subsp. spathulata
    • Herschelianthe spathulata subsp. tripartita (Lindl.) N.C.Anthony, accepted as Disa spathulata subsp. tripartita (Lindl.) H.P.Linder
  • Herschelianthe venusta (Bolus) Rauschert, accepted as Disa venusta Bolus

Holothrix

Genus Holothrix:[3]

  • Holothrix aspera (Lindl.) Rchb.f. endemic
  • Holothrix brevipetala Immelman & Schelpe, endemic
  • Holothrix burchellii (Lindl.) Rchb.f. endemic
  • Holothrix cernua (Burm.f.) Schelpe, endemic
  • Holothrix culveri Bolus, endemic
  • Holothrix exilis Lindl. endemic
  • Holothrix filicornis Immelman & Schelpe, indigenous
  • Holothrix grandiflora (Sond.) Rchb.f. endemic
  • Holothrix incurva Lindl. indigenous
  • Holothrix longicornu G.J.Lewis, endemic
  • Holothrix macowaniana Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Holothrix majubensis C.Archer & R.H.Archer, endemic
  • Holothrix micrantha Schltr. indigenous
  • Holothrix mundii Sond. endemic
  • Holothrix orthoceras (Harv.) Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Holothrix parviflora (Lindl.) Rchb.f. endemic
  • Holothrix pilosa (Burch. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f. endemic
  • Holothrix randii Rendle, indigenous
  • Holothrix schlechteriana Schltr. ex Kraenzl. endemic
  • Holothrix scopularia (Lindl.) Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Holothrix secunda (Thunb.) Rchb.f. endemic
  • Holothrix thodei Rolfe, indigenous
  • Holothrix villosa Lindl. indigenous
    • Holothrix villosa Lindl. var. condensata (Sond.) Immelman, endemic
    • Holothrix villosa Lindl. var. villosa, endemic

Huttonaea

Genus Huttonaea:[3]

  • Huttonaea fimbriata (Harv.) Rchb.f. endemic
  • Huttonaea grandiflora (Schltr.) Rolfe, indigenous
  • Huttonaea oreophila Schltr. endemic
  • Huttonaea pulchra Harv. endemic
  • Huttonaea woodii Schltr. endemic

Jumellea

Genus Jumellea:[3]

  • Jumellea filicornoides (De Wild.) Schltr. accepted as Jumellea walleri (Rolfe) la Croix
  • Jumellea walleri (Rolfe) la Croix, indigenous

Limodorum

Genus Limodorum:[3]

  • Limodorum barbatum Thunb. accepted as Acrolophia lunata (Schltr.) Schltr. & Bolus, indigenous
  • Limodorum capense P.J.Bergius, accepted as Acrolophia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Fourc. indigenous
  • Limodorum triste (L.f.) Thunb. accepted as Acrolophia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Fourc. indigenous

Liparis

Genus Liparis:[3]

  • Liparis bowkeri Harv. indigenous
  • Liparis capensis Lindl. endemic
  • Liparis deistelii Schltr. indigenous
  • Liparis odontochilos Summerh. accepted as Liparis deistelii Schltr.
  • Liparis remota J.L.Stewart & Schelpe, indigenous

Margelliantha

Genus Margelliantha:[3]

  • Margelliantha caffra (Bolus) P.J.Cribb & J.Stewart, endemic

Microcoelia

Genus Microcoelia:[3]

  • Microcoelia aphylla (Thouars) Summerh. indigenous
  • Microcoelia exilis Lindl. indigenous
  • Microcoelia obovata Summerh. indigenous

Monadenia

Genus Monadenia:[3]

  • Monadenia atrorubens (Schltr.) Rolfe, accepted as Disa atrorubens Schltr.
  • Monadenia bolusiana (Schltr.) Rolfe, accepted as Disa bolusiana Schltr.
  • Monadenia bracteata (Sw.) T.Durand & Schinz, accepted as Disa bracteata Sw.
  • Monadenia brevicornis Lindl. accepted as Disa brevicornis (Lindl.) Bolus
  • Monadenia cernua (Thunb.) T.Durand & Schinz, accepted as Disa cernua (Thunb.) Sw.
  • Monadenia comosa Rchb.f. accepted as Disa comosa (Rchb.f.) Schltr.
  • Monadenia conferta (Bolus) Kraenzl. accepted as Disa conferta Bolus
  • Monadenia densiflora Lindl. accepted as Disa densiflora (Lindl.) Bolus
  • Monadenia ecalcarata G.J.Lewis, accepted as Disa ecalcarata (G.J.Lewis) H.P.Linder
  • Monadenia macrostachya Lindl. accepted as Disa macrostachya (Lindl.) Bolus
  • Monadenia ophrydea Lindl. accepted as Disa ophrydea (Lindl.) Bolus
  • Monadenia physodes (Sw.) Rchb.f. accepted as Disa physodes Sw.
  • Monadenia pygmaea (Bolus) T.Durand & Schinz, accepted as Disa pygmaea Bolus
  • Monadenia reticulata (Bolus) T.Durand & Schinz, accepted as Disa reticulata Bolus
  • Monadenia rufescens (Thunb.) Lindl. accepted as Disa rufescens (Thunb.) Sw.
  • Monadenia sabulosa (Bolus) Kraenzl. accepted as Disa sabulosa Bolus

Mystacidium

Genus Mystacidium:[3]

  • Mystacidium aliceae Bolus, endemic
  • Mystacidium brayboniae Summerh. endemic
  • Mystacidium capense (L.f.) Schltr. indigenous
  • Mystacidium flanaganii (Bolus) Bolus, endemic
  • Mystacidium gracile Harv. indigenous
  • Mystacidium pusillum Harv. endemic
  • Mystacidium venosum Harv. ex Rolfe, indigenous

Neobolusia

Genus Neobolusia:[3]

Nervilia

Genus Nervilia:[3]

  • Nervilia bicarinata (Blume) Schltr. indigenous
  • Nervilia crociformis (Zoll. & Moritzi) Seidenf. indigenous
  • Nervilia gassneri Borge Pett. accepted as Nervilia lilacea Jum. & H.Perrier, indigenous
  • Nervilia kotschyi (Rchb.f.) Schltr. indigenous
    • Nervilia kotschyi (Rchb.f.) Schltr. var. purpurata (Rchb.f. & Sond.) Borge Pett. indigenous
  • Nervilia lilacea Jum. & H.Perrier, indigenous
  • Nervilia renschiana (Rchb.f.) Schltr. indigenous

Oberonia

Genus Oberonia:[3]

Oeceoclades

Genus Oeceoclades:[3]

Orthochilus

Genus Orthochilus:[3]

  • Orthochilus aculeatus (L.f.) Bytebier, indigenous
    • Orthochilus aculeatus subsp. aculeatus, indigenous
    • Orthochilus aculeatus (L.f.) Bytebier subsp. huttonii (Rolfe) Bytebier, indigenous
  • Orthochilus adenoglossus (Lindl.) Bytebier, indigenous
  • Orthochilus chloranthus (Schltr.) Bytebier, indigenous
  • Orthochilus ensatus (Lindl.) Bytebier, accepted as Eulophia ensata Lindl., indigenous
  • Orthochilus foliosus (Lindl.) Bytebier, indigenous
  • Orthochilus leontoglossus (Rchb.f.) Bytebier, indigenous
  • Orthochilus litoralis (Schltr.) Bytebier, endemic
  • Orthochilus odontoglossus (Rchb.f.) Bytebier, indigenous
  • Orthochilus tabularis (L.f.) Bytebier, endemic
  • Orthochilus vinosus (McMurtry & McDonald) Bytebier, endemic
  • Orthochilus welwitschii Rchb.f. indigenous

Pachites

Genus Pachites:[3]

  • Pachites appressa Lindl. endemic
  • Pachites bodkinii Bolus, endemic

Platycoryne

Genus Platycoryne:[3]

  • Platycoryne mediocris Summerh. indigenous

Platylepis

Genus Platylepis:[3]

  • Platylepis glandulosa (Lindl.) Rchb.f. indigenous

Polystachya

Genus Polystachya:[3]

  • Polystachya albescens Ridl. indigenous
    • Polystachya albescens Ridl. subsp. imbricata (Rolfe) Summerh. indigenous
  • Polystachya concreta (Jacq.) Garay & Sweet, indigenous
  • Polystachya cultriformis (Thouars) Spreng. indigenous
  • Polystachya fusiformis (Thouars) Lindl. indigenous
  • Polystachya mauritiana Spreng. indigenous
  • Polystachya modesta Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Polystachya ngomensis G.J.McDonald & McMurtry, indigenous
  • Polystachya ottoniana Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Polystachya pubescens (Lindl.) Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Polystachya sandersonii Harv. indigenous
  • Polystachya tessellata Lindl. accepted as Polystachya mauritiana Spreng.
  • Polystachya transvaalensis Schltr. indigenous
  • Polystachya zambesiaca Rolfe, indigenous
  • Polystachya zuluensis L.Bolus, indigenous

Pterygodium

Genus Pterygodium:[3]

  • Pterygodium acutifolium Lindl. endemic
  • Pterygodium alatum (Thunb.) Sw. endemic
  • Pterygodium bicolorum (Thunb.) Schltr. endemic
  • Pterygodium bifidum (Sond.) Schltr. endemic
  • Pterygodium caffrum (L.) Sw. endemic
  • Pterygodium catholicum (L.) Sw. endemic
  • Pterygodium cleistogamum (Bolus) Schltr. endemic
  • Pterygodium connivens Schelpe, endemic
  • Pterygodium cooperi Rolfe, indigenous
  • Pterygodium crispum (Thunb.) Schltr. endemic
  • Pterygodium cruciferum Sond. endemic
  • Pterygodium deflexum Bolus, endemic
  • Pterygodium excisum (Lindl.) Schltr. endemic
  • Pterygodium flanaganii Bolus, indigenous
  • Pterygodium hallii (Schelpe) Kurzweil & H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Pterygodium hastatum Bolus, indigenous
  • Pterygodium inversum (Thunb.) Sw. endemic
  • Pterygodium leucanthum Bolus, indigenous
  • Pterygodium magnum Rchb.f. indigenous
  • Pterygodium microglossum (Lindl.) Schltr. endemic
  • Pterygodium newdigateae Bolus, endemic
    • Pterygodium newdigateae Bolus var. cleistogamum Bolus, accepted as Pterygodium cleistogamum (Bolus) Schltr.
  • Pterygodium nigrescens (Sond.) Schltr. indigenous
  • Pterygodium orobanchoides (L.f.) Schltr. endemic
  • Pterygodium pentherianum Schltr. endemic
  • Pterygodium platypetalum Lindl. endemic
  • Pterygodium schelpei H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Pterygodium tricuspidatum (Bolus) Schltr. indigenous
  • Pterygodium vermiferum E.G.H.Oliv. & Liltved, endemic
  • Pterygodium volucris (L.f.) Sw. endemic

Rangaeris

Genus Rangaeris:[3]

  • Rangaeris muscicola (Rchb.f.) Summerh. indigenous

Rhipidoglossum

Genus Rhipidoglossum:[3]

  • Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinium (Rchb.f.) Schltr. indigenous

Saccolabium

Genus Saccolabium:[3]

  • Saccolabium pachyglossa (Rchb.f.) Rolfe, accepted as Acampe pachyglossa Rchb.f. indigenous

Satyridium

Genus Satyridium:[3]

  • Satyridium rostratum Lindl. accepted as Satyrium rhynchanthum Bolus

Satyrium

Genus Satyrium:[3]

  • Satyrium aculeatum L.f. accepted as Orthochilus aculeatus (L.f.) Bytebier, indigenous
  • Satyrium acuminatum Lindl. endemic
  • Satyrium bicallosum Thunb. endemic
  • Satyrium bicorne (L.) Thunb. endemic
  • Satyrium bracteatum (L.f.) Thunb. endemic
  • Satyrium candidum Lindl. endemic
  • Satyrium capense (P.J.Bergius) Houtt. accepted as Acrolophia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Fourc. indigenous
  • Satyrium carneum (Dryand.) Sims, endemic
  • Satyrium coriifolium Sw. endemic
  • Satyrium cristatum Sond. indigenous
    • Satyrium cristatum Sond. var. cristatum, indigenous
    • Satyrium cristatum Sond. var. longilabiatum A.V.Hall, indigenous
  • Satyrium emarcidum Bolus, endemic
  • Satyrium erectum Sw. endemic
  • Satyrium eurycalcaratum Niet, endemic
  • Satyrium excelsum Thunb. accepted as Disa tripetaloides (L.f.) N.E.Br.
  • Satyrium foliosum Sw. endemic
  • Satyrium hallackii Bolus, indigenous
    • Satyrium hallackii Bolus subsp. hallackii, endemic
    • Satyrium hallackii Bolus subsp. ocellatum (Bolus) A.V.Hall, indigenous
  • Satyrium hians L.f. accepted as Disa hians (L.f.) Spreng.
  • Satyrium humile Lindl. endemic
  • Satyrium ligulatum Lindl. endemic
  • Satyrium liltvedianum Niet, endemic
  • Satyrium longicauda Lindl. indigenous
    • Satyrium longicauda Lindl. var. jacottetianum (Kraenzl.) A.V.Hall, indigenous
    • Satyrium longicauda Lindl. var. longicauda, indigenous
  • Satyrium longicolle Lindl. endemic
  • Satyrium lupulinum Lindl. endemic
  • Satyrium macrophyllum Lindl. indigenous
  • Satyrium membranaceum Sw. endemic
  • Satyrium microrrhynchum Schltr. indigenous
  • Satyrium muticum Lindl. endemic
  • Satyrium neglectum Schltr. indigenous
    • Satyrium neglectum Schltr. subsp. neglectum, indigenous
    • Satyrium neglectum Schltr. subsp. neglectum var. neglectum, indigenous
    • Satyrium neglectum Schltr. subsp. woodii (Schltr.) A.V.Hall, indigenous
  • Satyrium odorum Sond. endemic
  • Satyrium outeniquense Schltr. endemic
  • Satyrium pallens S.D.Johnson & Kurzweil, endemic
  • Satyrium parviflorum Sw. indigenous
  • Satyrium princeps Bolus, endemic
  • Satyrium pulchrum S.D.Johnson & Kurzweil, endemic
  • Satyrium pumilum Thunb. endemic
  • Satyrium pygmaeum Sond. endemic
  • Satyrium retusum Lindl. endemic
  • Satyrium rhodanthum Schltr. endemic
  • Satyrium rhynchanthum Bolus, endemic
  • Satyrium rupestre Schltr. ex Bolus, endemic
  • Satyrium situsanguinum Niet & Liltved, endemic
  • Satyrium sphaerocarpum Lindl. indigenous
  • Satyrium stenopetalum Lindl. indigenous
    • Satyrium stenopetalum Lindl. subsp. brevicalcaratum (Bolus) A.V.Hall, endemic
    • Satyrium stenopetalum Lindl. subsp. stenopetalum, endemic
  • Satyrium striatum Thunb. endemic
  • Satyrium trinerve Lindl. indigenous
  • Satyrium triste L.f. accepted as Acrolophia capensis (P.J.Bergius) Fourc. indigenous
  • Satyrium x guthriei Bolus, endemic

Schizochilus

Genus Schizochilus:[3]

  • Schizochilus angustifolius Rolfe, endemic
  • Schizochilus bulbinella (Rchb.f.) Bolus, indigenous
  • Schizochilus cecilii Rolfe, indigenous
    • Schizochilus cecilii Rolfe subsp. culveri (Schltr.) H.P.Linder, indigenous
    • Schizochilus cecilii Rolfe subsp. transvaalensis (Rolfe) H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Schizochilus crenulatus H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Schizochilus flexuosus Harv. ex Rolfe, endemic
  • Schizochilus gerrardii (Rchb.f.) Bolus, endemic
  • Schizochilus lilacinus Schelpe ex H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Schizochilus zeyheri Sond. indigenous

Schizodium

Genus Schizodium:[3]

  • Schizodium bifidum (Thunb.) Rchb.f. accepted as Disa bifida (Thunb.) Sw. endemic
  • Schizodium cornutum (L.) Schltr. accepted as Disa biflora (L.) Druce
  • Schizodium flexuosum (L.) Lindl. accepted as Disa flexuosa (L.) Sw. endemic
  • Schizodium inflexum Lindl. accepted as Disa inflexa (Lindl.) Bolus, endemic
  • Schizodium longipetalum Lindl. accepted as Disa longipetala (Lindl.) Bolus, endemic
  • Schizodium obliquum Lindl., accepted as Disa obliqua, indigenous
    • Schizodium obliquum Lindl. subsp. clavigerum (Lindl.) H.P.Linder, accepted as Disa obliqua (Lindl.) Bolus subsp. clavigera (Lindl.) Bytebier, endemic
    • Schizodium obliquum Lindl. subsp. obliquum, accepted as Disa obliqua (Lindl.) Bolus subsp. obliqua, endemic
  • Schizodium satyrioides (L.) Garay, accepted as Disa biflora (L.) Druce, endemic

Serapia

Genus Serapia:[3]

  • Serapia capensis L. accepted as Acrolophia lunata (Schltr.) Schltr. & Bolus, indigenous

Serapias

Genus Serapias:[3]

  • Serapias aculeata (L.f.) Thunb. accepted as Orthochilus aculeatus (L.f.) Bytebier, indigenous

Solenangis

Genus Solenangis:[3]

  • Solenangis aphylla (Thouars) Summerh. accepted as Microcoelia aphylla (Thouars) Summerh. indigenous

Stenoglottis

Genus Stenoglottis:[3]

  • Stenoglottis fimbriata Lindl. indigenous
    • Stenoglottis fimbriata Lindl. subsp. fimbriata, indigenous
    • Stenoglottis fimbriata Lindl. subsp. saxicola (Schltr. ex Kraenzl.) G.J.McDonald, indigenous
  • Stenoglottis inandensis G.J.McDonald & D.G.A.Styles, endemic
  • Stenoglottis longifolia Hook.f. endemic
  • Stenoglottis macloughlinii (L.Bolus) G.J.McDonald ex J.M.H.Shaw, indigenous
  • Stenoglottis modestus Truter & K.G.Joliffe, indigenous
  • Stenoglottis molweniensis G.J.McDonald ex J.M.H.Shaw, endemic
  • Stenoglottis woodii Schltr. indigenous
  • Stenoglottis zambesiaca Rolfe, indigenous

Tridactyle

Genus Tridactyle:[3]

  • Tridactyle bicaudata (Lindl.) Schltr. indigenous
    • Tridactyle bicaudata (Lindl.) Schltr. subsp. bicaudata, indigenous
    • Tridactyle bicaudata (Lindl.) Schltr. subsp. rupestris H.P.Linder, endemic
  • Tridactyle gentilii (De Wild.) Schltr. indigenous
  • Tridactyle tricuspis (Bolus) Schltr. indigenous
  • Tridactyle tridentata (Harv.) Schltr. indigenous

Vanilla

Genus Vanilla:[3]

Hybrids

  • X Herscheliodisa vogelpoelii H.P.Linder, accepted as Disa hybrid[3]

Ypsilopus

Genus Ypsilopus:[3]

  • Ypsilopus erectus (P.J.Cribb) P.J.Cribb & J.L.Stewart, indigenous

Zeuxine

Genus Zeuxine:[3]

  • Zeuxine africana Rchb.f. indigenous

References

  1. ^ Butler, Rhett A. (1 July 2019). "Total number of plant species by country". Mongabay. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Vegetation of South Africa". PlantZAfrica.com. SA National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ 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 bo bp bq br "species_checklist_20180710.csv". South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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  • Kimberley Thornveld
  • Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld
  • Kuruman Mountain Bushveld
  • Kuruman Thornveld
  • Kuruman Vaalbosveld
  • KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld
  • KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld
  • Lebombo Summit Sourveld
  • Legogote Sour Bushveld
  • Limpopo Ridge Bushveld
  • Limpopo Sweet Bushveld
  • Loskop Mountain Bushveld
  • Loskop Thornveld
  • Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld
  • Madikwe Dolomite Bushveld
  • Mafikeng Bushveld
  • Makatini Clay Thicket
  • Makhado Sweet Bushveld
  • Makuleke Sandy Bushveld
  • Malelane Mountain Bushveld
  • Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld
  • Marikana Thornveld
  • Molopo Bushveld
  • Moot Plains Bushveld
  • Mopane Basalt Shrubland
  • Mopane Gabbro Shrubland
  • Musina Mopane Bushveld
  • Ngongoni Veld
  • Norite Koppies Bushveld
  • Northern Lebombo Bushveld
  • Northern Zululand Sourveld
  • Nossob Bushveld
  • Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld
  • Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld
  • Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld
  • Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld
  • Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld
  • Polokwane Plateau Bushveld
  • Postmasburg Thornveld
  • Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld
  • Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld
  • Roodeberg Bushveld
  • Schmidtsdrif Thornveld
  • Schweizer-Reneke Bushveld
  • Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld
  • Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld
  • South Eastern Coastal Thornveld
  • Southern Lebombo Bushveld
  • Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld
  • Springbokvlakte Thornveld
  • Stella Bushveld
  • Swaziland Sour Bushveld
  • Tembe Sandy Bushveld
  • Thukela Thornveld
  • Thukela Valley Bushveld
  • Tsende Mopaneveld
  • Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld
  • Tzaneen Sour Bushveld
  • Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland
  • VhaVenda Miombo
  • Waterberg Mountain Bushveld
  • Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld
  • Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld
  • 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
  • East Griqualand Grassland
  • Eastern Free State Clay Grassland
  • Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland
  • Eastern Highveld Grassland
  • 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
  • Mthatha Moist Grassland
  • 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
  • Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland
  • Queenstown Thornveld
  • Rand Highveld Grassland
  • Sekhukhune Montane Grassland
  • Senqu Montane Shrubland
  • Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland
  • Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland
  • Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld
  • Soweto Highveld Grassland
  • Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland
  • Stormberg Plateau Grassland
  • 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
Fynbos
  • Agulhas Limestone Fynbos
  • Agulhas Sand Fynbos
  • Albertinia Sand Fynbos
  • Algoa Sandstone Fynbos
  • Atlantis Sand Fynbos
  • Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos
  • Boland Granite Fynbos
  • Breede Alluvium Fynbos
  • Breede Quartzite Fynbos
  • Breede Sand Fynbos
  • Breede Shale Fynbos
  • Canca Limestone Fynbos
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos
  • Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • Central Coastal Shale Band Vegetation
  • Central Inland Shale Band Vegetation
  • De Hoop Limestone Fynbos
  • Eastern Coastal Shale Band Vegetation
  • Eastern Inland Shale Band Vegetation
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Elim Ferricrete Fynbos
  • Garden Route Granite Fynbos
  • Garden Route Shale Fynbos
  • Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos
  • Greyton Shale Fynbos
  • Grootrivier Quartzite Fynbos
  • Hangklip Sand Fynbos
  • Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos
  • Hopefield Sand Fynbos
  • Kamiesberg Granite Fynbos
  • Kango Conglomerate Fynbos
  • Knysna Sand Fynbos
  • Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • Kouebokkeveld Alluvium Fynbos
  • Kouebokkeveld Shale Fynbos
  • Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos
  • Kouga Sandstone Fynbos
  • Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos
  • Loerie Conglomerate Fynbos
  • Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos
  • Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos
  • Matjiesfontein Shale Fynbos
  • Montagu Shale Fynbos
  • Namaqualand Sand Fynbos
  • North Hex Sandstone Fynbos
  • North Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos
  • North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • North Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos
  • North Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos
  • 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
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