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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 63
Least Concern 495
Data Deficient 24
Not Evaluated 1192
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

Creeping Prickly-Pear

Opuntia humifusa

Least Concern

Calingale

Cyperus odoratus

Least Concern

Awned Cyperus

Cyperus squarrosus

Least Concern

American angelica-tree

Aralia spinosa

Not Evaluated

hairy thorn-apple

Datura wrightii

Not Evaluated

perennial ground-cherry

Physalis virginiana

Not Evaluated

sheathed cholla

Cylindropuntia tunicata

Least Concern

Paradise Apple

Malus dasyphylla

Data Deficient

Zonal geranium

Pelargonium hortorum

Not Evaluated

New Mexico Locust

Robinia neomexicana

Least Concern

Woollyjoint pricklypear

Opuntia tomentosa

Least Concern

Hairy Panic Grass

Dichanthelium acuminatum

Not Evaluated

Indian toothcup

Rotala indica

Least Concern

Cutleaf goosefoot

Dysphania multifida

Not Evaluated

Wormseed

Dysphania anthelmintica

Not Evaluated

Tropical amaranth

Amaranthus polygonoides

Not Evaluated

Rose glorybower

Clerodendrum bungei

Least Concern

Mexican bush sage

Salvia leucantha

Not Evaluated

Water-Lily

Nymphaea marliacea

Not Evaluated

Nightshade

Solanum linnaeanum

Least Concern

common boobialla

Myoporum insulare

Least Concern

Corrugate-Seeded Spurge

Euphorbia glyptosperma

Not Evaluated

Grassleaf spurge

Euphorbia graminea

Not Evaluated

Gulf sandmat

Euphorbia thymifolia

Not Evaluated

Graceful sandmat

Euphorbia hypericifolia

Least Concern

Hyssopleaf sandmat

Euphorbia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Asian copperleaf

Acalypha australis

Not Evaluated

Hedge Cactus

Cereus hildmannianus

Least Concern

Cactus-apple

Opuntia engelmannii

Least Concern

dense flat sedge

Cyperus congestus

Not Evaluated

Canada spikesedge

Eleocharis geniculata

Not Evaluated

purple spikerush

Eleocharis atropurpurea

Least Concern

Spanish-valerian

Centranthus macrosiphon

Not Evaluated

Highwater Grass

Sporobolus pumilus

Least Concern

Spiny spiderflower

Tarenaya spinosa

Least Concern

biennial beeblossom

Oenothera gaura

Not Evaluated

Blue potatobush

Lycianthes rantonnetii

Not Evaluated

False diamondflower

Ionopsidium acaule

Not Evaluated

Pride of madeira

Echium candicans

Data Deficient

Drooping Prairie-Coneflower

Ratibida pinnata

Not Evaluated

California fan palm

Washingtonia filifera

Least Concern

Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

Least Concern

Species code: Hs

Halophila stipulacea

Least Concern

Ashy pipewort

Eriocaulon cinereum

Least Concern

cane cactus

Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica

Near Threatened

Fortune's Yew Plum

Cephalotaxus fortunei

Least Concern

Blistering Ammania

Ammannia baccifera

Least Concern

Sweet Thorn

Vachellia karroo

Least Concern

Red-Root Flat Sedge

Cyperus erythrorhizos

Least Concern

Tidalmarsh flatsedge

Cyperus serotinus

Extinct

Caracus wigandia

Wigandia urens

Not Evaluated

Rescuegrass

Bromus catharticus

Not Evaluated

spring groundsel

Senecio vernalis

Not Evaluated

Deutzia

Deutzia scabra

Not Evaluated

Japanese Hop

Humulus scandens

Not Evaluated

Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

Least Concern

Asian waterwort

Elatine ambigua

Least Concern

Shumard Oak

Quercus shumardii

Least Concern

Healing-leaf-tree

Solanum giganteum

Least Concern

Chinese gall

Rhus chinensis

Least Concern

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