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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

garden angelica

Angelica archangelica

Least Concern

Chervil

Anthriscus cerefolium

Not Evaluated

Himalayan blackberry

Rubus armeniacus

Not Evaluated

Japanese Rose

Rosa rugosa

Not Evaluated

Cherry laurel

Prunus laurocerasus

Not Evaluated

Bullace Plum

Prunus domestica

Least Concern

Cherry Plum

Prunus cerasifera

Not Evaluated

Black Cherry

Prunus serotina

Not Evaluated

fragrant agrimony

Agrimonia procera

Near Threatened

Garden Strawberry

Fragaria ananassa

Not Evaluated

Japan Globeflower

Kerria japonica

Not Evaluated

Ash-Leaved Spiraea

Sorbaria sorbifolia

Not Evaluated

Norwegian Cinquefoil

Potentilla norvegica

Least Concern

Downy Cinquefoil

Potentilla intermedia

Not Evaluated

Rockspray

Cotoneaster horizontalis

Not Evaluated

Atlantic Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Not Evaluated

Apple

Malus domestica

Not Evaluated

Juneberry

Amelanchier lamarckii

Not Evaluated

Bridewort

Spiraea salicifolia

Not Evaluated

Fortune Meadowsweet

Spiraea japonica

Not Evaluated

Lady's mantle

Alchemilla mollis

Not Evaluated

Chufa (Edible Variety)

Cyperus esculentus

Not Evaluated

Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge

Cyperus eragrostis

Not Evaluated

Papyrus

Cyperus papyrus

Least Concern

Malabar nut

Justicia adhatoda

Least Concern

Buffalo Currant

Ribes aureum

Not Evaluated

Bohemian Knotweed

Reynoutria bohemica

Not Evaluated

Elephant-Ear

Reynoutria sachalinensis

Not Evaluated

Ornamental Rhubarb

Rheum palmatum

Not Evaluated

Mexican Dock

Rumex triangulivalvis

Not Evaluated

Glossy privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Not Evaluated

Mexican love grass

Eragrostis mexicana

Not Evaluated

Californian Burr

Xanthium orientale

Not Evaluated

Biennial wormwood

Artemisia biennis

Not Evaluated

Capeweed

Arctotheca calendula

Not Evaluated

Latin American fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus

Not Evaluated

Cuman Ragweed

Ambrosia psilostachya

Not Evaluated

False daisy

Eclipta prostrata

Not Evaluated

Spanish-needles

Bidens bipinnata

Not Evaluated

radiating bur-marigold

Bidens radiata

Least Concern

American Wormseed

Dysphania ambrosioides

Not Evaluated

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Upland cotton

Gossypium hirsutum

Vulnerable

Prickly fanpetals

Sida spinosa

Not Evaluated

Angled Burr Cucumber

Sicyos angulatus

Not Evaluated

Rootless Duckweed

Wolffia arrhiza

Endangered

Horned Pansy

Viola cornuta

Not Evaluated

False Dragonhead

Physostegia virginiana

Not Evaluated

Spiderwort

Tradescantia virginiana

Not Evaluated

Pickerel-Weed

Pontederia cordata

Not Evaluated

Siberian-tea

Bergenia crassifolia

Not Evaluated

Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum

Not Evaluated

Pride-of-India

Koelreuteria paniculata

Not Evaluated

Eastern Juniper

Juniperus virginiana

Not Evaluated

Tape grass

Vallisneria spiralis

Least Concern

Chinese Scholartree

Styphnolobium japonicum

Not Evaluated

Jerusalem thorn

Parkinsonia aculeata

Least Concern

Boissier'S Glory-Of-The-Snow

Scilla luciliae

Not Evaluated

wood-hyacinth

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Least Concern

Garden Bluebell

Hyacinthoides hispanica

Not Evaluated

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