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Italy

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
1910
Threatened
32
CR + EN + VU
Population
60.461.828
Area
301.336 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 5
Endangered 12
Vulnerable 15
Near Threatened 27
Least Concern 242
Data Deficient 16
Not Evaluated 522
Extinct 6

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

Chilean jessamine

Cestrum parqui

Least Concern

Graceful false flax

Camelina rumelica

Not Evaluated

Chicken Grape

Vitis vulpina

Not Evaluated

Oriental spruce

Picea orientalis

Least Concern

Canary Islands Pine

Pinus canariensis

Least Concern

persimmon

Diospyros kaki

Least Concern

candelabra aloe

Aloe arborescens

Least Concern

Kariba weed

Salvinia molesta

Not Evaluated

Himalayan honeysuckle

Leycesteria formosa

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean-medlar

Crataegus azarolus

Least Concern

Pear-Fruit Cockspurthorn

Crataegus coccinea

Not Evaluated

bearberry cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dammeri

Not Evaluated

japanese-thuya

Thujopsis dolabrata

Not Evaluated

Blue Plantain Lily

Hosta ventricosa

Not Evaluated

Chinese privet

Ligustrum sinense

Not Evaluated

milkweed

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Not Evaluated

Egyptian grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

Confused Canary-grass

Phalaris brachystachys

Not Evaluated

Common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Butterweed

Erigeron canadensis

Not Evaluated

Argentine fleabane

Erigeron bonariensis

Not Evaluated

Field burrweed

Soliva sessilis

Not Evaluated

Iberian knapweed

Centaurea iberica

Not Evaluated

Richweed

Ageratina altissima

Not Evaluated

Pale Sunflower

Helianthus decapetalus

Not Evaluated

Eastern Line Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Not Evaluated

Shasta Daisy

Leucanthemum superbum

Not Evaluated

Marguerite

Argyranthemum frutescens

Not Evaluated

Mexican fan palm

Washingtonia robusta

Not Evaluated

Cockscomb

Celosia argentea

Not Evaluated

Twoscale saltbush

Atriplex micrantha

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose

Oenothera laciniata

Not Evaluated

Tarweed fiddleneck

Amsinckia lycopsoides

Least Concern

Australian cheesewood

Pittosporum undulatum

Not Evaluated

Grannyvine

Ipomoea tricolor

Not Evaluated

Asian netvein hollyfern

Cyrtomium fortunei

Not Evaluated

hoary plantain

Plantago virginica

Not Evaluated

Red Horse-chestnut

Aesculus carnea

Not Evaluated

Heath Star Moss

Campylopus introflexus

Not Evaluated

Scurfy Pea

Cullen americanum

Not Evaluated

Kentucky Coffee Tree

Gymnocladus dioicus

Vulnerable

Asian wavy bittercress

Cardamine occulta

Not Evaluated

Catclaw vine

Dolichandra unguis-cati

Least Concern

Chinese Catalpa

Catalpa ovata

Not Evaluated

Black poui

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Vulnerable

Cape leadwort

Plumbago auriculata

Not Evaluated

Turkish baby's-breath

Gypsophila pilosa

Not Evaluated

Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Not Evaluated

Chinese banyan

Ficus microcarpa

Least Concern

Climbingfig

Ficus pumila

Not Evaluated

Matted sandmat

Euphorbia serpens

Not Evaluated

Prostrate sandmat

Euphorbia prostrata

Not Evaluated

Eve's needle cactus

Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Least Concern

Brownspine Pricklypear

Opuntia phaeacantha

Least Concern

Angel's-wings

Opuntia microdasys

Least Concern

moutan peony

Paeonia suffruticosa

Not Evaluated

Desert wheatgrass

Agropyron desertorum

Least Concern

Tibetan rhubarb

Rheum officinale

Not Evaluated

Seashore paspalum

Paspalum vaginatum

Least Concern

Sunolgrass

Phalaris coerulescens

Not Evaluated

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