Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

A quick guide to aliens recorded as naturalized on the Cape Peninsula

As guides can only do 500 species the list stops in "Solanum" and 80 species are omitted (this is our short list: there are over 800 species known at present).

All 500

Taxonomy
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- Rose Family Family Rosaceae
  - 9 Subfamily Amygdaloideae
  - 3 Brambles, Roses, Strawberries, and Allies Subfamily Rosoideae

Franchet's cotoneaster ¹
Cotoneaster franchetii

Late cotoneaster ²
Cotoneaster lacteus

silverleaf cotoneaster ³
Cotoneaster pannosus

Crataegus pubescens

Quince ⁴
Cydonia oblonga

Loquat ⁵
Eriobotrya japonica

Indian strawberry ⁶
Potentilla indica

Prunus persica persica

slender or woolly firethorn ⁷
Pyracantha angustifolia

Firethorn ⁸
Pyracantha coccinea

European bramble complex ⁹
Rubus fruticosus

Roseleaf Bramble ¹⁰
Rubus rosifolius

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Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

Franchet's cotoneaster 1 Cotoneaster franchetii

Late cotoneaster 2 Cotoneaster lacteus

silverleaf cotoneaster 3 Cotoneaster pannosus

Crataegus pubescens

Quince 4 Cydonia oblonga

Loquat 5 Eriobotrya japonica

Indian strawberry 6 Potentilla indica