🇮🇹

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

Bridal broom

Retama monosperma

Not Evaluated

African asparagus fern

Asparagus asparagoides

Not Evaluated

Slender false garlic

Nothoscordum gracile

Not Evaluated

Autumn zephyrlily

Zephyranthes candida

Not Evaluated

Tree aenium

Aeonium arboreum

Not Evaluated

Myrtle-leaf milkwort

Polygala myrtifolia

Not Evaluated

Fragrant Honeysuckle

Lonicera fragrantissima

Not Evaluated

Bristly Lady'S Thumb

Persicaria longiseta

Not Evaluated

Bohena Beauty

Cenchrus longispinus

Not Evaluated

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Shoddy Ragwort

Senecio pterophorus

Not Evaluated

climbing groundsel

Senecio angulatus

Not Evaluated

Kaffir boxthorn

Lycium afrum

Not Evaluated

hardy iceplant

Delosperma cooperi

Not Evaluated

Pig's ear

Cotyledon orbiculata

Not Evaluated

Jade plant

Crassula ovata

Not Evaluated

Haworth's aeonium

Aeonium haworthii

Not Evaluated

Dwarf St. John'S Wort

Hypericum mutilum

Not Evaluated

Algerian Ivy

Hedera algeriensis

Not Evaluated

Sour Prickle

Opuntia dillenii

Not Evaluated

Frank'S Lovegrass

Eragrostis frankii

Not Evaluated

broad-leaved aloe

Aloe maculata

Not Evaluated

Pygmyweed

Crassula tetragona

Not Evaluated

Himalayan knotweed

Koenigia polystachya

Not Evaluated

Persian buttercup

Ranunculus asiaticus

Not Evaluated

German liquorice

Glycyrrhiza echinata

Not Evaluated

Kerner's dock

Rumex kerneri

Not Evaluated

mourning love grass

Eragrostis lugens

Not Evaluated

Eastern Star-thistle

Centaurea hyalolepis

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

Purpletop vervain

Verbena incompta

Not Evaluated

Purple woodsorrel

Oxalis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Cretan Tulip

Tulipa saxatilis

Not Evaluated

Blue Marsh Violet

Viola cucullata

Not Evaluated

violet horned-poppy

Roemeria hybrida

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

Showy dewflower

Drosanthemum floribundum

Not Evaluated

butterfly-flower

Iris japonica

Not Evaluated

Ngaio tree

Myoporum laetum

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

African cornflag

Chasmanthe floribunda

Not Evaluated

Brown Beetle Grass

Diplachne fusca

Not Evaluated

Oak-Leaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Not Evaluated

Hairy dewflower

Drosanthemum hispidum

Not Evaluated

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

More Countries in Europe

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia