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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
326
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 52
Endangered 101
Vulnerable 173
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1378
Data Deficient 102
Not Evaluated 3040
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

fragile-leaved broom moss

Dicranum fragilifolium

Least Concern

Claudia's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus claudiae

Least Concern

Fountainbush

Russelia equisetiformis

Not Evaluated

Claretcup Hedgehog

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Least Concern

Frail Cypripedium

Cypripedium debile

Vulnerable

Cladosporium herbarum

Not Evaluated

Asian Pony'S-Foot

Dichondra micrantha

Not Evaluated

Desertibacter roseus

Not Evaluated

Burkholderia seminalis

Not Evaluated

Cladonia ciliata

Least Concern

Roseibium album

Not Evaluated

Roseomonas gilardii

Not Evaluated

Chinese Edible Frog

Hoplobatrachus rugulosus

Least Concern

leaf coral

Pavona clavus

Least Concern

Aphanothece saxicola

Not Evaluated

Chinese cork oak

Quercus variabilis

Least Concern

Asian netvein hollyfern

Cyrtomium fortunei

Not Evaluated

Arborescent pricklypear

Opuntia leucotricha

Least Concern

American Black Nightshade

Solanum americanum

Least Concern

Microbacterium enclense

Not Evaluated

Tenacibaculum aiptasiae

Not Evaluated

Robertkochia marina

Not Evaluated

Enteractinococcus fodinae

Not Evaluated

Chinese chastetree

Vitex negundo

Least Concern

Asian marshweed

Limnophila sessiliflora

Least Concern

Ensifer shofinae

Not Evaluated

Staphylococcus gallinarum

Not Evaluated

Micrococcus cohnii

Not Evaluated

Jersey Fern

Anogramma leptophylla

Extinct

Aquimarina litoralis

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas maliensis

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas cynarae

Not Evaluated

Chinese Brake

Pteris vittata

Least Concern

Zimmermannella alba

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas cucurbitae

Not Evaluated

Chinese Asparagus

Asparagus cochinchinensis

Data Deficient

Aquimarina intermedia

Not Evaluated

American Abrupt-Bulbed Lepidella

Amanita abrupta

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas pisi

Not Evaluated

Chinese albizia

Albizia chinensis

Not Evaluated

Asian copperleaf

Acalypha australis

Not Evaluated

China Skate

Dipturus wuhanlingi

Data Deficient

Viridibacillus arvi

Not Evaluated

China Lobster

Metanephrops sinensis

Least Concern

Asian chestnut gall wasp

Dryocosmus kuriphilus

Not Evaluated

Aquibacter zeaxanthinifaciens

Not Evaluated

Vibrio rumoiensis

Not Evaluated

Vibrio navarrensis

Not Evaluated

Vibrio jasicida

Not Evaluated

Vibrio aerogenes

Not Evaluated

Viridibacillus arenosi

Not Evaluated

Vibrio ruber

Not Evaluated

Vibrio hyugaensis

Not Evaluated

Asteromphalus heptactis

Not Evaluated

Amboyna Wood

Pterocarpus indicus

Endangered

African winged-bean

Psophocarpus palustris

Not Evaluated

Achlya proliferoides

Not Evaluated

Trachelomonas scabra

Not Evaluated

Trachelomonas similis

Not Evaluated

Chickweed Sparrow

Microcarpaea minima

Least Concern

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