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Italy

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
1910
Threatened
74
CR + EN + VU
Population
60,461,828
Area
301,336 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 16
Endangered 25
Vulnerable 33
Near Threatened 60
Least Concern 465
Data Deficient 23
Not Evaluated 1193
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

Sacred lotus

Nelumbo nucifera

Not Evaluated

Safflower

Carthamus tinctorius

Not Evaluated

Sally Lightfooth crab

Percnon gibbesi

Not Evaluated

Sally-my-handsome

Carpobrotus acinaciformis

Not Evaluated

Saltmarsh Plume

Agdistis bennetii

Not Evaluated

Sand leek

Allium scorodoprasum

Near Threatened

Sap beetle

Carpophilus mutilatus

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Urophorus humeralis

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Epuraea ocularis

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Carpophilus marginellus

Least Concern

Sardinian Blue

Pseudophilotes barbagiae

Least Concern

Sardinian Meadow Brown

Maniola nurag

Least Concern

Savin

Juniperus sabina

Not Evaluated

Savory

Satureja hortensis

Not Evaluated

Scarce alder slender

Caloptilia falconipennella

Least Concern

scarce copper

Lycaena virgaureae

Least Concern

Scarce Fritillary

Euphydryas maturna

Endangered

Scarce Large Blue

Phengaris teleius

Extinct

Scarce Swallowtail

Iphiclides podalirius

Not Evaluated

Scarlet Sage

Salvia splendens

Not Evaluated

Scarlet spiderling

Boerhavia coccinea

Not Evaluated

Schweinitz's cyperus

Cyperus schweinitzii

Not Evaluated

Scilla

Scilla hyacinthoides

Not Evaluated

scotch argus

Erebia aethiops

Least Concern

Scurfy Pea

Cullen americanum

Not Evaluated

scurvy-grass

Cochlearia officinalis

Near Threatened

Scuttle fly

Megaselia scalaris

Not Evaluated

Seashore paspalum

Paspalum vaginatum

Least Concern

Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

Least Concern

Sea-wormwood Leafhopper

Chlorita viridula

Least Concern

Senegal teaplant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Not Evaluated

Serrated tussock grass

Nassella trichotoma

Not Evaluated

sesame

Sesamum indicum

Not Evaluated

shallot aphid

Myzus ascalonicus

Not Evaluated

Shasta Daisy

Leucanthemum superbum

Not Evaluated

sheathed cholla

Cylindropuntia tunicata

Least Concern

Shelled Slug

Testacella haliotidea

Data Deficient

Shepherd'S Fritillary

Boloria pales

Least Concern

Shiny spider beetle

Mezium affine

Not Evaluated

Shoddy Ragwort

Senecio pterophorus

Not Evaluated

short-legged mealybug

Vryburgia brevicruris

Not Evaluated

Short-winged Plume

Pselnophorus heterodactyla

Least Concern

Showy baby's-breath

Gypsophila elegans

Not Evaluated

Showy dewflower

Drosanthemum floribundum

Not Evaluated

Shumard Oak

Quercus shumardii

Least Concern

Siamese grain beetle

Lophocateres pusillus

Not Evaluated

Siberian chipmunk

Tamias sibiricus

Not Evaluated

Siberian Crane'S-Bill

Geranium sibiricum

Not Evaluated

Siberian melicgrass

Melica altissima

Not Evaluated

Siberian-tea

Bergenia crassifolia

Not Evaluated

Silkvine

Periploca graeca

Not Evaluated

Silky Ringlet

Erebia gorge

Least Concern

silverberry

Elaeagnus commutata

Not Evaluated

silver bluestem

Bothriochloa laguroides

Not Evaluated

Silver Fir Woolly Aphid

Adelges nordmannianae

Not Evaluated

Silverfish

Ctenolepisma longicaudatum

Not Evaluated

Silver-Green Leaf Weevil

Phyllobius argentatus

Least Concern

Silverleaf cotoneaster

Cotoneaster pannosus

Not Evaluated

Silver leafhopper

Athysanus argentarius

Least Concern

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