Atlas of indigenous plants

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 request an identification and submit a specimen. Enter the specimen reference number in the comments field of your atlasing record.

Keys to trees and shrubs

Check the page of Keys to Namibian trees and shrubs to assist with identifying species.

Latest indigenous plants records

These are the latest records added, for indigenous plants.

» You can also see all indigenous plant records here and all alien plant records here.

Species	Grid Ref	Date	Recorder

*Unknown	2725_1520	23/09/2014	Sack, Jessica
*Unknown	2725_1520	23/09/2014	Sack, Jessica
*Unknown	2725_1520	23/09/2014	Sack, Jessica
*Unknown	2725_1520	23/09/2014	Sack, Jessica
*Unknown	2725_1520	23/09/2014	Sack, Jessica
*Unknown	2725_1520	23/09/2014	Sack, Jessica
*Unknown	2725_1520	23/09/2014	Sack, Jessica
*Unknown	2725_1520	23/09/2014	Sack, Jessica
*Unknown	2725_1520	23/09/2014	Sack, Jessica
*Unknown	2725_1520	23/09/2014	Sack, Jessica

*Unknown	*Unknown	*Unknown	*Unknown

Latest indigenous plants records map

Competion: Near-Endemic Plants

We need your help in getting photos of near-endemic plants – a list of which you can find on the EIS’s Plant Information System by filtering for “near-endemic”.

The JRS Biodiversity Foundation has made available prize money for the persons that submit the most records and photos of near-endemic plants to the EIS’s Indigenous Plant Atlas.

1st prize = N$3000
2nd prize = N$2000
3rd prize = N$1000
5 consolation prizes of N$425 each

Click/tap below for more details:

Top ten indigenous plant atlassers

Ranked by number of species

Observer	No. of species

Curtis, Barbara	414
Burke, Antje	364
Walters, Matthew	265
Mannheimer, Coleen	215
Sack, Jessica	111
Brown, Chris	95
Steynberg, Manda	89
Kolberg, Herta	53
Rodgers, Michelle	26
Tony Robertson, Alice Jarvis	22

Top ten indigenous plant atlassers

Ranked by number of records

Observer	No. of records

Curtis, Barbara	1455
Burke, Antje	1411
Walters, Matthew	957
Mannheimer, Coleen	538
Brown, Chris	319
Sack, Jessica	224
Steynberg, Manda	112
Kolberg, Herta	54
Rodgers, Michelle	33
Tony Robertson, Alice Jarvis	28

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Atlas of indigenous plants

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Latest indigenous plants records

Latest indigenous plants records map

Competion: Near-Endemic Plants

Top ten indigenous plant atlassers

Top ten indigenous plant atlassers