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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

Slender false garlic

Nothoscordum gracile

Not Evaluated

Shoddy Ragwort

Senecio pterophorus

Not Evaluated

Japanese wisteria

Wisteria floribunda

Not Evaluated

Pig's ear

Cotyledon orbiculata

Not Evaluated

Jade plant

Crassula ovata

Not Evaluated

Pygmyweed

Crassula tetragona

Not Evaluated

Persian buttercup

Ranunculus asiaticus

Not Evaluated

Kerner's dock

Rumex kerneri

Not Evaluated

Uruguayan needlegrass

Nassella neesiana

Not Evaluated

Early water grass

Echinochloa oryzoides

Not Evaluated

Red algae

Lomentaria hakodatensis

Not Evaluated

holy-flax

Santolina rosmarinifolia

Not Evaluated

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

wild date palm

Phoenix sylvestris

Not Evaluated

Purple woodsorrel

Oxalis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Cretan Tulip

Tulipa saxatilis

Not Evaluated

violet horned-poppy

Roemeria hybrida

Not Evaluated

Agardh'S Red Weed

Agardhiella subulata

Not Evaluated

Showy dewflower

Drosanthemum floribundum

Not Evaluated

butterfly-flower

Iris japonica

Not Evaluated

Ngaio tree

Myoporum laetum

Not Evaluated

Harpoon weed

Asparagopsis armata

Not Evaluated

Madeira ivy

Hedera canariensis

Not Evaluated

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

mother-of-pearl-plant

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Not Evaluated

Japanese fibre banana

Musa basjoo

Not Evaluated

Tussock paspalum

Paspalum quadrifarium

Not Evaluated

African cornflag

Chasmanthe floribunda

Not Evaluated

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Sticky snakeroot

Ageratina adenophora

Not Evaluated

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

Peach

Prunus persica

Not Evaluated

large round-leaf prickly-pear

Opuntia spinulifera

Not Evaluated

Globe Kyllinga

Cyperus brevifolius

Not Evaluated

silver bluestem

Bothriochloa laguroides

Not Evaluated

New Zealand nightshade

Solanum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Spreading amaranth

Amaranthus crassipes

Not Evaluated

African boxthorn

Lycium ferocissimum

Not Evaluated

toy-cypress

Crassula muscosa

Not Evaluated

Atlantic Poison Oak

Toxicodendron pubescens

Not Evaluated

Bamboo

Phyllostachys reticulata

Not Evaluated

Hollyhock Rust

Puccinia malvacearum

Not Evaluated

American Gooseberry Mildew

Podosphaera mors-uvae

Not Evaluated

Brown Fruit Rot

Monilinia fructicola

Not Evaluated

Alder rust

Melampsoridium hiratsukanum

Not Evaluated

Sphaeropsis blight

Sphaeropsis sapinea

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

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