Atlas of Plants | Atlasing in Namibia

Atlas of indigenous plants

Namibia has a huge range of indigenous plants. As well as recording them, you can find a wealth of information on the Plant Information System.

Atlas of alien plants

Several species of alien plants in Namibia pose a threat to the natural vegetation. Mapping these species and obtaining basic information on them is a first step in assessing the level of threat and how best to tackle the problem.

Take action: If you would like to get involved in removing alien cacti in the Windhoek area, please contact the Botanical Society of Namibia. You can also support the Cactus Clean-up Team.

Get identification help

If you are not sure of the identification of a plant species, take photos and a specimen and ask advice from the National Herbarium of Namibia. Read their guidelines on how to collect plant specimens, request an identification and submit a specimen. Enter the specimen reference number in the comments field of your atlasing record.

Contact the National Herbarium of Namibia:

[+264] 61 202 2016

Recently submitted plant records

The following list of records includes verified records and those awaiting verification of species groups you are interested in which have been recently added in your area.

Arctotis leiocarpa
27.67785S 17.91085E on 17/05/2025 by Rodgers, Michelle
Commiphora namaensis
~ 27.6S 17.5E on 10/05/2025 by Rodgers, Michelle
Dyerophytum africanum
27.71851S 17.86367E on 10/05/2025 by Rodgers, Michelle
Heliophila trifurca
27.71098S 17.93245E on 10/05/2025 by Rodgers, Michelle
Hermbstaedtia glauca
27.66842S 17.80439E on 10/05/2025 by Rodgers, Michelle
Solanum humile
27.60773S 17.83734E on 10/05/2025 by Rodgers, Michelle
Solanum burchellii
27.74226S 17.91631E on 10/05/2025 by Rodgers, Michelle
Mesembryanthemum stenandrum
27.60463S 17.84349E on 10/05/2025 by Rodgers, Michelle
Enneapogon cenchroides
27.7047S 17.91563E on 10/05/2025 by Rodgers, Michelle
Eragrostis annulata
27.77236S 17.93932E on 10/05/2025 by Rodgers, Michelle

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Atlasing in Namibia maps of records, descriptions, photos

Indigenous plants

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Species	Download information from Plant Information System	View records from Atlas of Indigenous Plants
Abildgaardia triflora	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Abrus kaokoensis	Download info (0.13 MB)	View records
Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Abutilon angulatum	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Abutilon austroafricanum	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Abutilon bidentatum	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Abutilon dinteri	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Abutilon fruticosum	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Abutilon hirtum	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Abutilon pycnodon	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Abutilon ramosum	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Abutilon rehmannii	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Acacia arenaria	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia ataxacantha	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia erioloba	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia erubescens	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia fleckii	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia galpinii	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia haematoxylon	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia hebeclada subsp. chobiensis	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia hebeclada subsp. hebeclada	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia hebeclada subsp. tristis	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia hereroensis	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia karroo	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia kirkii subsp. kirkii var. kirkii	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia luederitzii var. luederitzii	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia montis-usti	Download info (0.19 MB)	View records
Acacia nebrownii	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia nigrescens	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia polyacantha subsp. camplyacantha	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia reficiens	Download info (0.13 MB)	View records
Acacia robusta subsp. clavigera	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia robynsiana	Download info (0.17 MB)	View records
Acacia schweinfurthii	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia senegal var. rostrata	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia sieberiana var. woodii	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia tortilis subsp. heteracantha	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acacia tortilis subsp. spirocarpa	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acalypha ambigua	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Acalypha ciliata	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Acalypha fruticosa	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Acalypha indica	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Acalypha ornata	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Acalypha segetalis	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Acalypha villicaulis	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Acanthopsis adamanticola	Download info (0.13 MB)	View records
Acanthopsis disperma	Download info (0.16 MB)	View records
Acanthopsis hoffmannseggiana	Download info (0.15 MB)	View records
Acanthosicyos horridus	Download info (0.17 MB)	View records
Acanthosicyos naudinianus	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Acrachne racemosa	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acroceras macrum	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Acrotome angustifolia	Download info (0.07 MB)	View records
Acrotome fleckii	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Acrotome inflata	Download info (0.07 MB)	View records
Acrotome pallescens	Download info (0.13 MB)	View records
Adansonia digitata	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Adenia pechuelii	Download info (0.16 MB)	View records
Adenia repanda	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Adenium boehmianum	Download info (0.17 MB)	View records
Adenium oleifolium	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Adenogramma glomerata	Download info (0.09 MB)	View records
Adenolobus garipensis	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Adenolobus pechuelii subsp. mossamedensis	Download info (0.2 MB)	View records
Adenolobus pechuelii subsp. pechuelii	Download info (0.13 MB)	View records
Adenostemma caffrum	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Adromischus alstonii	Download info (0.13 MB)	View records
Adromischus filicaulis	Download info (0.13 MB)	View records
Adromischus marianiae var. hallii	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Adromischus marianiae var. kubusensis	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Adromischus montium-klinghardtii	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. brandbergensis	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. juttae	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. schuldtianus	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Aeollanthus buchnerianus	Download info (0.07 MB)	View records
Aeollanthus haumannii	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Aeollanthus namibiensis	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Aeollanthus neglectus	Download info (0.08 MB)	View records
Aeollanthus rydingianus	Download info (0.09 MB)	View records
Aerva leucura	Download info (0.21 MB)	View records
Aeschynomene fluitans	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Aeschynomene indica	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Aeschynomene nilotica	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Afrosolen avasmontanus	Download info (0.12 MB)	View records
Afrosolen bainesii	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Afrosolen coeruleus	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Afrosolen erongoensis	Download info (0.12 MB)	View records
Afrosolen gracilis	Download info (0.12 MB)	View records
Afrosolen otaviensis	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Afrosolen rivularis	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Afrosolen schimperi	Download info (0.1 MB)	View records
Afzelia quanzensis	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Aganope stuhlmannii	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records
Agelanthus discolor	Download info (0.31 MB)	View records
Agelanthus pungu	Download info (0.22 MB)	View records
Agelanthus terminaliae	Download info (0.22 MB)	View records
Agrostis lachnantha	Download info (0.11 MB)	View records

Alien plants

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American agave Agave americana	View photos and description	View records
Bird of paradise Caesalpinia gilliesii	View photos and description	View records
Blind prickly pear Opuntia rufida	View photos and description	View records
Boxing glove cactus Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata	View photos and description	View records
Bunny-ear prickly pear Opuntia microdasys	View photos and description	View records
Castor oil plant Ricinus communis	View photos and description	View records
Common pest pear Opuntia stricta	View photos and description	View records
Common thorn apple Datura stramonium	View photos and description	View records
Cow's tongue cactus Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis	View photos and description	View records
Devil's rope cactus Cylindropuntia imbricata	View photos and description	View records
Downy thorn apple Datura inoxia	View photos and description	View records
Famine weed Parthenium hysterophorus	View photos and description	View records
Fountain grass Pennisetum setaceum	View photos and description	View records
Guava Psidium guajava	View photos and description	View records
Jerusalem thorn Parkinsonia aculeata	View photos and description	View records
Kariba weed Salvinia molesta	View photos and description	View records
Lantana Lantana camara	View photos and description	View records
Large thorn apple Datura ferox	View photos and description	View records
Leucaena Leucaena leucocephala	View photos and description	View records
Mesquite & Prosopis Prosopis spp.	View photos and description	View records
Midnight lady Harrisia pomanensis	View photos and description	View records
Moon cactus Harrisia martinii	View photos and description	View records
Pepper tree Schinus molle	View photos and description	View records
Pine cone cactus Tephrocactus articulatus	View photos and description	View records
Potato creeper Solanum seaforthianum	View photos and description	View records
Prickly poppy Argemone ochroleuca/Argemone subfusiformis	View photos and description	View records
Rosea cactus Cylindropuntia pallida	View photos and description	View records
Rubber vine Cryptostegia grandiflora	View photos and description	View records
Sand olive Dodonaea viscosa var. angustifolia	View photos and description	View records
Saucepan cactus Opuntia spinulifera	View photos and description	View records
Sisal Agave sisalana	View photos and description	View records
Small round-leaved prickly pear Opuntia engelmannii	View photos and description	View records
Sulphur-flowered prickly pear Opuntia sulphurea	View photos and description	View records
Sweet prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica	View photos and description	View records
Syringa tree Melia azedarach	View photos and description	View records
Wild tobacco Nicotiana glauca	View photos and description	View records
Yellow bells Tecoma stans	View photos and description	View records

Plant Information System: downloadable information files, checklists, and other resources

Top contributors to the atlas of plants

Indigenous Plants - Records

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Resources

Photo guides

Photo guide to alien plants

Literature and other information about the species

Indigenous plants

Abildgaardia triflora	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abrus kaokoensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abrus precatorius subsp. africanus	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abutilon angulatum	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abutilon austroafricanum	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abutilon bidentatum	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abutilon dinteri	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abutilon fruticosum	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abutilon hirtum	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abutilon pycnodon	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abutilon ramosum	Literature search (eLibrary)
Abutilon rehmannii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia arenaria	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia ataxacantha	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia erioloba	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia erubescens	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia fleckii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia galpinii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia haematoxylon	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia hebeclada subsp. chobiensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia hebeclada subsp. hebeclada	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia hebeclada subsp. tristis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia hereroensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia karroo	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia kirkii subsp. kirkii var. kirkii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia luederitzii var. luederitzii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia mellifera subsp. detinens	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia mellifera subsp. mellifera	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia montis-usti	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia nebrownii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia nigrescens	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia nilotica subsp. kraussiana	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia polyacantha subsp. camplyacantha	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia reficiens	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia robusta subsp. clavigera	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia robynsiana	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia schweinfurthii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia senegal var. rostrata	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia sieberiana var. woodii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia tortilis subsp. heteracantha	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acacia tortilis subsp. spirocarpa	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acalypha ambigua	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acalypha ciliata	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acalypha fruticosa	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acalypha indica	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acalypha ornata	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acalypha segetalis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acalypha villicaulis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acanthopsis adamanticola	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acanthopsis disperma	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acanthopsis hoffmannseggiana	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acanthosicyos horridus	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acanthosicyos naudinianus	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acrachne racemosa	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acroceras macrum	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acrotome angustifolia	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acrotome fleckii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acrotome inflata	Literature search (eLibrary)
Acrotome pallescens	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adansonia digitata	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adenia pechuelii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adenia repanda	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adenium boehmianum	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adenium oleifolium	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adenogramma glomerata	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adenolobus garipensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adenolobus pechuelii subsp. mossamedensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adenolobus pechuelii subsp. pechuelii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adenostemma caffrum	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adromischus alstonii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adromischus filicaulis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adromischus marianiae var. hallii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adromischus marianiae var. kubusensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adromischus montium-klinghardtii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. brandbergensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. juttae	Literature search (eLibrary)
Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. schuldtianus	Literature search (eLibrary)
Aeollanthus buchnerianus	Literature search (eLibrary)
Aeollanthus haumannii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Aeollanthus namibiensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Aeollanthus neglectus	Literature search (eLibrary)
Aeollanthus rydingianus	Literature search (eLibrary)
Aerva leucura	Literature search (eLibrary)
Aeschynomene fluitans	Literature search (eLibrary)
Aeschynomene indica	Literature search (eLibrary)
Aeschynomene nilotica	Literature search (eLibrary)
Afrosolen avasmontanus	Literature search (eLibrary)
Afrosolen bainesii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Afrosolen coeruleus	Literature search (eLibrary)
Afrosolen erongoensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Afrosolen gracilis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Afrosolen otaviensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Afrosolen rivularis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Afrosolen schimperi	Literature search (eLibrary)
Afzelia quanzensis	Literature search (eLibrary)
Aganope stuhlmannii	Literature search (eLibrary)
Agelanthus discolor	Literature search (eLibrary)
Agelanthus pungu	Literature search (eLibrary)
Agelanthus terminaliae	Literature search (eLibrary)
Agrostis lachnantha	Literature search (eLibrary)

Alien plants

American agave Agave americana	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Bird of paradise Caesalpinia gilliesii	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Blind prickly pear Opuntia rufida	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Boxing glove cactus Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Bunny-ear prickly pear Opuntia microdasys	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Castor oil plant Ricinus communis	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Common pest pear Opuntia stricta	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Common thorn apple Datura stramonium	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Cow's tongue cactus Opuntia engelmannii var. linguiformis	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Devil's rope cactus Cylindropuntia imbricata	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Downy thorn apple Datura inoxia	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Famine weed Parthenium hysterophorus	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Fountain grass Pennisetum setaceum	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Guava Psidium guajava	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Jerusalem thorn Parkinsonia aculeata	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Kariba weed Salvinia molesta	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Lantana Lantana camara	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Large thorn apple Datura ferox	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Leucaena Leucaena leucocephala	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Mesquite & Prosopis Prosopis spp.	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Midnight lady Harrisia pomanensis	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Moon cactus Harrisia martinii	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Pepper tree Schinus molle	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Pine cone cactus Tephrocactus articulatus	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Potato creeper Solanum seaforthianum	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Prickly poppy Argemone ochroleuca/Argemone subfusiformis	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Rosea cactus Cylindropuntia pallida	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Rubber vine Cryptostegia grandiflora	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Sand olive Dodonaea viscosa var. angustifolia	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Saucepan cactus Opuntia spinulifera	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Sisal Agave sisalana	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Small round-leaved prickly pear Opuntia engelmannii	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Sulphur-flowered prickly pear Opuntia sulphurea	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Sweet prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Syringa tree Melia azedarach	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Wild tobacco Nicotiana glauca	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist
Yellow bells Tecoma stans	Literature search (eLibrary)	See records in iNaturalist