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Italy

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
1910
Threatened
73
CR + EN + VU
Population
60 461 828
Area
301 336 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 16
Endangered 25
Vulnerable 32
Near Threatened 61
Least Concern 471
Data Deficient 22
Not Evaluated 1156
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

California-geranium

Roldana petasitis

Not Evaluated

Brazilian vervain

Verbena brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Cast iron plant

Aspidistra elatior

Not Evaluated

Petunia

Petunia atkinsiana

Not Evaluated

black-flag

Ferraria crispa

Not Evaluated

Taiwanese photinia

Photinia serratifolia

Not Evaluated

silver bluestem

Bothriochloa laguroides

Not Evaluated

dusty-miller

Centaurea ragusina

Not Evaluated

New Zealand nightshade

Solanum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Scilla

Scilla hyacinthoides

Not Evaluated

African boxthorn

Lycium ferocissimum

Not Evaluated

toy-cypress

Crassula muscosa

Not Evaluated

Atlantic Poison Oak

Toxicodendron pubescens

Not Evaluated

Great Plains Flatsedge

Cyperus lupulinus

Not Evaluated

Bamboo

Phyllostachys reticulata

Not Evaluated

Townsend's cordgrass

Sporobolus townsendii

Not Evaluated

American Gooseberry Mildew

Podosphaera mors-uvae

Not Evaluated

Brown Fruit Rot

Monilinia fructicola

Not Evaluated

Daisy Rust

Puccinia distincta

Not Evaluated

Entoleuca mammata

Vulnerable

Rhabdocline pseudotsugae

Not Evaluated

Erysiphe flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Kabatiella caulivora

Not Evaluated

Puccinia lagenophorae

Not Evaluated

Macrophomina phaseolina

Not Evaluated

Erysiphe platani

Not Evaluated

Ramularia collo-cygni

Not Evaluated

Sudden oak death

Phytophthora ramorum

Not Evaluated

Brown algae

Colpomenia peregrina

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora Disease of Alder

Phytophthora alni

Not Evaluated

Asian kelp

Undaria pinnatifida

Not Evaluated

Root rot

Phytophthora quercina

Not Evaluated

Leafy Rolled-blade Algae

Padina boergesenii

Not Evaluated

Leathesia marina

Least Concern

Phytophthora cryptogea

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora nicotianae

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora megasperma

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora citricola

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora gonapodyides

Not Evaluated

Ardilla Gris Oriental

Sciurus carolinensis

Not Evaluated

Brenneria nigrifluens

Not Evaluated

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Least Concern

Pool Frog

Pelophylax lessonae

Critically Endangered

Marsh frog

Pelophylax ridibundus

Least Concern

Large-Neck Clam

Mya arenaria

Vulnerable

Arctic Sulfur

Colias palaeno

Least Concern

Pale Clouded Yellow

Colias hyale

Least Concern

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

Chinese freshwater edible crab

Eriocheir sinensis

Not Evaluated

arran brown

Erebia ligea

Least Concern

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha tullia

Extinct

Large Copper

Lycaena dispar

Not Evaluated

Narrow Mouthed Whorl Snail

Vertigo angustior

Near Threatened

grizzled skipper

Pyrgus malvae

Critically Endangered

American Comb Jelly

Mnemiopsis leidyi

Not Evaluated

Cryptic Wood White

Leptidea juvernica

Least Concern

poplar admiral

Limenitis populi

Extinct

heath fritillary

Melitaea athalia

Extinct

Northern Brown Argus

Aricia artaxerxes

Least Concern

Jenkins' spire shell

Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Not Evaluated

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