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Italy

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
1910
Threatened
72
CR + EN + VU
Population
60 461 828
Area
301 336 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 25
Vulnerable 32
Near Threatened 61
Least Concern 467
Data Deficient 23
Not Evaluated 1186
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

small-flower evening-primrose

Oenothera indecora

Not Evaluated

Asparagus fern

Asparagus densiflorus

Not Evaluated

Lotus sweetjuice

Glinus lotoides

Least Concern

False Flatsedge

Cyperus strigosus

Not Evaluated

Bristleless Dark-Green Bulrush

Scirpus georgianus

Least Concern

Blunt Spikerush

Eleocharis obtusa

Least Concern

Meadow Spike Rush

Eleocharis flavescens

Least Concern

common boobialla

Myoporum insulare

Least Concern

Canada spikesedge

Eleocharis geniculata

Not Evaluated

purple spikerush

Eleocharis atropurpurea

Least Concern

Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

Least Concern

Caracus wigandia

Wigandia urens

Not Evaluated

Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

Least Concern

Winter Jasmine

Jasminum nudiflorum

Not Evaluated

Annual Fleabane

Erigeron annuus

Not Evaluated

Aubretia

Aubrieta deltoidea

Not Evaluated

New Zealand spinach

Tetragonia tetragonioides

Not Evaluated

Sacred lotus

Nelumbo nucifera

Not Evaluated

Jersey Lily

Amaryllis belladonna

Not Evaluated

White garlic

Allium neapolitanum

Not Evaluated

winged prickly-ash

Zanthoxylum armatum

Least Concern

Greenwax golden bamboo

Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens

Not Evaluated

Virginian Rose

Rosa virginiana

Not Evaluated

Iberian spirea

Spiraea hypericifolia

Not Evaluated

tuna

Opuntia tuna

Not Evaluated

Common gum cistus

Cistus ladanifer

Not Evaluated

Garden heliotrope

Heliotropium arborescens

Not Evaluated

apricot-vine

Passiflora incarnata

Not Evaluated

Shoddy Ragwort

Senecio pterophorus

Not Evaluated

climbing groundsel

Senecio angulatus

Not Evaluated

Pygmyweed

Crassula tetragona

Not Evaluated

Himalayan knotweed

Koenigia polystachya

Not Evaluated

Persian buttercup

Ranunculus asiaticus

Not Evaluated

Purpletop vervain

Verbena incompta

Not Evaluated

Purple woodsorrel

Oxalis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Cretan Tulip

Tulipa saxatilis

Not Evaluated

Harpoon weed

Asparagopsis armata

Not Evaluated

Madeira ivy

Hedera canariensis

Not Evaluated

Schweinitz's cyperus

Cyperus schweinitzii

Not Evaluated

Peach

Prunus persica

Not Evaluated

large round-leaf prickly-pear

Opuntia spinulifera

Not Evaluated

Globe Kyllinga

Cyperus brevifolius

Not Evaluated

Asian Jumpseed

Persicaria filiformis

Not Evaluated

Treasureflower

Gazania linearis

Not Evaluated

Entoleuca mammata

Vulnerable

Macrophomina phaseolina

Not Evaluated

Root rot

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Not Evaluated

Leafy Rolled-blade Algae

Padina boergesenii

Not Evaluated

Leathesia marina

Least Concern

Erwinia amylovora

Not Evaluated

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