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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
419
CR + EN + VU
Population
23,816,775
Area
36,193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 57
Endangered 125
Vulnerable 237
Near Threatened 181
Least Concern 1548
Data Deficient 129
Not Evaluated 3089
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

Clostridium sporogenes

Not Evaluated

Gramella oceani

Not Evaluated

Clostridium tertium

Not Evaluated

Trachelomonas crebea

Not Evaluated

Sporosarcina thermotolerans

Not Evaluated

Stappia stellulata

Not Evaluated

Bellerochea malleus

Not Evaluated

Cosmoeca ventricosa

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium luticocti

Not Evaluated

Paraburkholderia hospita

Not Evaluated

Agrobacterium rubi

Not Evaluated

Cyrtosphaera aculeata

Not Evaluated

Stemonitis virginiensis

Not Evaluated

Tenacibaculum aestuarii

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium xylanilyticum

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium hibisci

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium lacticum

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium pygmaeum

Not Evaluated

Ensifer kostiensis

Not Evaluated

Microbacterium halotolerans

Not Evaluated

Cobetia crustatorum

Not Evaluated

Gryllotalpicola daejeonensis

Not Evaluated

Protoperidinium leonis

Not Evaluated

Didymium squamulosum

Not Evaluated

Cocconeis placentula

Not Evaluated

Lepocinclis steinii

Not Evaluated

Didymium bahiense

Not Evaluated

40-Mile Per Hour Lichen

Flavoparmelia caperata

Least Concern

6-gilled shark

Hexanchus griseus

Not Evaluated

7-gilled shark

Heptranchias perlo

Near Threatened

7-Spot Ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least Concern

Absinth Sagewort

Artemisia absinthium

Not Evaluated

Abutilon

Abutilon indicum

Not Evaluated

Abutilon-Hemp

Abutilon theophrasti

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

Adzuki bean

Vigna angularis

Least Concern

Aesop Slipper Lobster

Scyllarides haanii

Least Concern

Afghan-Melon

Citrullus lanatus

Not Evaluated

African basil

Ocimum gratissimum

Not Evaluated

African bermudagrass

Cynodon nlemfuensis

Extinct

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-juniper

Juniperus procera

Least Concern

African mangosteen

Garcinia livingstonei

Not Evaluated

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

Not Evaluated

African Monarch

Danaus chrysippus

Not Evaluated

African pillow coral

Siderastrea savignyana

Least Concern

African plume

Bauhinia galpinii

Least Concern

African ray

Urogymnus asperrimus

Vulnerable

African Rice

Oryza glaberrima

Least Concern

African tuliptree

Spathodea campanulata

Not Evaluated

African winged-bean

Psophocarpus palustris

Not Evaluated

Agarwood

Aquilaria malaccensis

Critically Endangered

Ageratum

Ageratum houstonianum

Not Evaluated

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