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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 63
Least Concern 502
Data Deficient 24
Not Evaluated 1222
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

Golden bamboo

Phyllostachys aurea

Not Evaluated

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

Arrow bamboo

Pseudosasa japonica

Not Evaluated

Australian waterbuttons

Cotula australis

Not Evaluated

monkeyflower

Erythranthe guttata

Not Evaluated

Duckweed

Lemna aequinoctialis

Not Evaluated

Asian Pony'S-Foot

Dichondra micrantha

Not Evaluated

Mile a minute vine

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

Silver wattle

Acacia retinodes

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Plume albizia

Paraserianthes lophantha

Least Concern

Pokeweed

Phytolacca dioica

Not Evaluated

Chilean jessamine

Cestrum parqui

Least Concern

Argentine pepperweed

Lepidium bonariense

Not Evaluated

Oriental spruce

Picea orientalis

Least Concern

persimmon

Diospyros kaki

Least Concern

candelabra aloe

Aloe arborescens

Least Concern

Mediterranean-medlar

Crataegus azarolus

Least Concern

japanese-thuya

Thujopsis dolabrata

Not Evaluated

Chinese privet

Ligustrum sinense

Not Evaluated

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Egyptian grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

Common St. Paul's wort

Sigesbeckia orientalis

Not Evaluated

Slender pride of rochester

Deutzia gracilis

Not Evaluated

Lizard'S Tail

Saururus cernuus

Least Concern

Tiny trumpet

Collomia linearis

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose

Oenothera laciniata

Not Evaluated

Asian netvein hollyfern

Cyrtomium fortunei

Not Evaluated

Scurfy Pea

Cullen americanum

Not Evaluated

Carpet-Weed

Mollugo verticillata

Not Evaluated

Black poui

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Vulnerable

Cape leadwort

Plumbago auriculata

Not Evaluated

Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Not Evaluated

Arnold'S Hawthorn

Crataegus submollis

Not Evaluated

Hjelmqvist's cotoneaster

Cotoneaster hjelmqvistii

Not Evaluated

Eve's needle cactus

Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Least Concern

Brownspine Pricklypear

Opuntia phaeacantha

Least Concern

Angel's-wings

Opuntia microdasys

Least Concern

Korean Spice Viburnum

Viburnum carlesii

Not Evaluated

Seashore paspalum

Paspalum vaginatum

Least Concern

Adherent Bristle-grass

Setaria adhaerens

Not Evaluated

St. Augustine grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Not Evaluated

Manila grass

Zoysia matrella

Not Evaluated

Viper grass

Dinebra retroflexa

Not Evaluated

Valley redstem

Ammannia coccinea

Least Concern

Devil's horsewhip

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

white evening-primrose

Oenothera speciosa

Not Evaluated

Lindheimer'S Beeblossom

Oenothera lindheimeri

Not Evaluated

Turkey tangle fogfruit

Phyla nodiflora

Least Concern

Carolina bristlemallow

Modiola caroliniana

Not Evaluated

Kidneyleaf mudplantain

Heteranthera reniformis

Not Evaluated

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Least Concern

Ricefield waternymph

Najas graminea

Least Concern

Rattlebox

Sesbania punicea

Least Concern

Bristly Locust

Robinia hispida

Not Evaluated

Cabbage tree

Cordyline australis

Not Evaluated

Adam's Leedle

Yucca gloriosa

Not Evaluated

Campernelle jonquil

Narcissus odorus

Not Evaluated

Dentate Spurge

Euphorbia dentata

Not Evaluated

Lawn Marshpennywort

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Not Evaluated

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