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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
453
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 63
Endangered 134
Vulnerable 256
Near Threatened 203
Least Concern 1723
Data Deficient 131
Not Evaluated 3184
Extinct 31

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2026
Animalia 1779
Bacteria 872
Fungi 594
Chromista 352
Protozoa 181
Archaea 7
Viruses 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Taiwan

Achlya prolifera

Not Evaluated

Achlya proliferoides

Not Evaluated

Acinetobacter baumannii

Not Evaluated

Actinoplanes italicus

Not Evaluated

Active gray pine needle aphid

Eulachnus rileyi

Not Evaluated

Acutenose skate

Dipturus tengu

Near Threatened

Acute spikerush

Eleocharis acutangula

Not Evaluated

Adam's Leedle

Yucca gloriosa

Not Evaluated

Adam'S Needle

Yucca filamentosa

Not Evaluated

Adlafia suchlandtii

Not Evaluated

Adzuki bean

Vigna angularis

Least Concern

Aeromonas hydrophila

Not Evaluated

Aesop Slipper Lobster

Scyllarides haanii

Least Concern

Afghan-Melon

Citrullus lanatus

Not Evaluated

Afipia felis

Not Evaluated

African basil

Ocimum gratissimum

Not Evaluated

African Black Wattle

Peltophorum africanum

Least Concern

African-boxwood

Myrsine africana

Extinct

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata

Least Concern

African Golden-Weaver

Ploceus subaureus

Least Concern

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

Not Evaluated

African pillow coral

Siderastrea savignyana

Least Concern

African Rice

Oryza glaberrima

Least Concern

African tuliptree

Spathodea campanulata

Not Evaluated

African winged-bean

Psophocarpus palustris

Not Evaluated

Ageratum

Ageratum houstonianum

Not Evaluated

Agrimony Rust

Pucciniastrum agrimoniae

Not Evaluated

Agrobacterium rubi

Not Evaluated

Agrobacterium salinitolerans

Not Evaluated

Agrococcus carbonis

Not Evaluated

Agrococcus jenensis

Not Evaluated

Agrococcus lahaulensis

Not Evaluated

Agromyces italicus

Not Evaluated

Agromyces mediolanus

Not Evaluated

Agromyces subtropicus

Not Evaluated

akaika

Ommastrephes bartramii

Not Evaluated

Alberta Spruce

Picea glauca

Not Evaluated

Alcanivorax dieselolei

Not Evaluated

Alcanivorax xenomutans

Not Evaluated

Alder Bolete

Gyrodon lividus

Not Evaluated

Aleppo Grass

Sorghum halepense

Not Evaluated

Aleutian Tern

Onychoprion aleuticus

Vulnerable

Alexander palm

Ptychosperma elegans

Least Concern

Alexandra palm

Archontophoenix alexandrae

Not Evaluated

Alexandrian laurel

Calophyllum inophyllum

Least Concern

Alexandrium tamarense

Not Evaluated

Alfred manta

Mobula alfredi

Vulnerable

algae stomp

Rugulopteryx okamurae

Not Evaluated

Algirosphaera robusta

Not Evaluated

Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris

Not Evaluated

Alligatorweed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Not Evaluated

Almug

Pterocarpus santalinus

Endangered

Aloe Haircap

Pogonatum aloides

Least Concern

Aloe Yucca

Yucca aloifolia

Data Deficient

Alpine Cat'S-Tail

Phleum alpinum

Least Concern

Alpine Earwort

Diplophyllum taxifolium

Least Concern

Alpine Haircap

Polytrichastrum alpinum

Least Concern

alpine leek

Allium victorialis

Not Evaluated

Alpine Pearlwort

Sagina saginoides

Least Concern

alpine yellow violet

Viola biflora

Least Concern

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