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This check-list of the Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of Italy (including Sicily and Sardinia) comprises 289 species, 3 subspecies, and 8 varieties, representing 86 genera and 42 families; it also includes a list of excluded and doubtful species, and a list of synonyms. The main list includes tabular distributional data, by region, based partly on literature records and mostly on herbarium material, especially for rare and doubtful species; it differentiates between reports before 1950 and reports since 1950, based on more recently published information when useful. Critical notes on distributional and taxonomical problems are included.