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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 59
Endangered 131
Vulnerable 246
Near Threatened 193
Least Concern 1651
Data Deficient 132
Not Evaluated 3127
Extinct 30

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

Creeping bentgrass

Agrostis stolonifera

Least Concern

Creeping Juniper

Juniperus procumbens

Not Evaluated

creeping fingerwort

Lepidozia reptans

Least Concern

Creeping indigo

Indigofera spicata

Not Evaluated

Creeping lettuce

Ixeris stolonifera

Not Evaluated

creeping saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

Not Evaluated

Creeping water Primrose

Ludwigia adscendens

Least Concern

Creeping White Clover

Trifolium repens

Least Concern

Creeping yellowcress

Rorippa sylvestris

Least Concern

Crenulate Rhabdoweisia Moss

Rhabdoweisia crenulata

Near Threatened

crescent-cup liverwort

Lunularia cruciata

Least Concern

Crested Philippine violet

Barleria cristata

Not Evaluated

Crested Bunting

Emberiza lathami

Least Concern

Crested Ibis

Nipponia nippon

Endangered

Savigny's brittle star

Ophiactis savignyi

Not Evaluated

crust coral

Leptastrea inaequalis

Near Threatened

crimson cestrum

Cestrum elegans

Least Concern

Crimson Flax

Linum grandiflorum

Not Evaluated

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

crisped pincushion moss

Ulota crispa

Least Concern

crust coral

Leptastrea purpurea

Least Concern

Staph Aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

Not Evaluated

Crow-billed Drongo

Dicrurus annectans

Not Evaluated

Crowded Brittlegill

Russula densifolia

Least Concern

crown-of-thorns

Acanthaster planci

Not Evaluated

Crown-Tipped Coral Fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus

Endangered

African plume

Bauhinia galpinii

Least Concern

rock feather moss

Lescuraea saxicola

Least Concern

Cuba apple snail

Pomacea paludosa

Least Concern

Cucumber Cap

Macrocystidia cucumis

Least Concern

Cuban zephyrlily

Zephyranthes rosea

Least Concern

cubeb

Piper cubeba

Not Evaluated

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Not Evaluated

Cultivated radish

Raphanus sativus

Not Evaluated

Cultivated tobacco

Nicotiana tabacum

Not Evaluated

Cuman Ragweed

Ambrosia psilostachya

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

Curly Palm

Howea belmoreana

Vulnerable

Shewanella hafniensis

Not Evaluated

Curry Milkcap

Lactarius camphoratus

Least Concern

Curved Silk-Moss

Plagiothecium curvifolium

Least Concern

curved-beaked beardless moss

Hymenostylium recurvirostrum

Not Evaluated

Curve-leaved Ditrichum

Ditrichum heteromallum

Endangered

Custard Apple

Annona reticulata

Not Evaluated

Cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose

Oenothera laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cut-leaved Dead-nettle

Lamium hybridum

Least Concern

cut notchwort

Tritomaria exsecta

Endangered

cylindrical cone

Conus cylindraceus

Least Concern

Cypress-Leaved Plait-Moss

Hypnum cupressiforme

Not Evaluated

Dahlia

Dahlia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Dallisgrass

Paspalum dilatatum

Not Evaluated

Damascus Hellebore

Nigella damascena

Not Evaluated

Dancing Crane Cobra Lily

Arisaema heterophyllum

Least Concern

Darkening Brittlegill

Russula vinosa

Least Concern

Darkface arion

Arion distinctus

Least Concern

dark-green flapwort

Jungermannia atrovirens

Least Concern

Texas silverleaf

Leucophyllum frutescens

Not Evaluated

dark spectacle

Abrostola triplasia

Near Threatened

erect-fruited iris moss

Distichium capillaceum

Not Evaluated

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