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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

Purpletop vervain

Verbena incompta

Not Evaluated

Purple woodsorrel

Oxalis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Cretan Tulip

Tulipa saxatilis

Not Evaluated

blue mud-plantain

Heteranthera limosa

Not Evaluated

Agardh'S Red Weed

Agardhiella subulata

Not Evaluated

banana water-lily

Nymphaea mexicana

Not Evaluated

oak-leaf datura

Datura quercifolia

Not Evaluated

Rennet

Withania somnifera

Not Evaluated

lily-of-the-valley-vine

Salpichroa origanifolia

Not Evaluated

grape ground-cherry

Physalis viscosa

Not Evaluated

Harpoon weed

Asparagopsis armata

Not Evaluated

Madeira ivy

Hedera canariensis

Not Evaluated

Schweinitz's cyperus

Cyperus schweinitzii

Not Evaluated

American Jumpseed

Persicaria virginiana

Not Evaluated

Deer-Tongue Grass

Dichanthelium clandestinum

Not Evaluated

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

mother-of-pearl-plant

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Not Evaluated

Japanese fibre banana

Musa basjoo

Not Evaluated

David'S Spurge

Euphorbia davidii

Not Evaluated

Tussock paspalum

Paspalum quadrifarium

Not Evaluated

Common Satingrass

Muhlenbergia frondosa

Not Evaluated

Oak-Leaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Not Evaluated

Hairy dewflower

Drosanthemum hispidum

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

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

Spreading amaranth

Amaranthus crassipes

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

Asian Jumpseed

Persicaria filiformis

Not Evaluated

Treasureflower

Gazania linearis

Not Evaluated

Hollyhock Rust

Puccinia malvacearum

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

Graphiola phoenicis

Not Evaluated

Kabatiella caulivora

Not Evaluated

Puccinia lagenophorae

Not Evaluated

Macrophomina phaseolina

Not Evaluated

Erysiphe platani

Not Evaluated

Ramularia collo-cygni

Not Evaluated

Egg Wrack

Ascophyllum nodosum

Least Concern

japweed

Sargassum muticum

Not Evaluated

Asian kelp

Undaria pinnatifida

Not Evaluated

Root rot

Phytophthora quercina

Not Evaluated

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