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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 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

tri-spine horseshoe crab

Tachypleus tridentatus

Endangered

Three Finger Leaf Algae

Halimeda incrassata

Not Evaluated

Tributary Flying Frog

Zhangixalus prasinatus

Near Threatened

Nepal alder

Alnus nepalensis

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora effusa

Near Threatened

tropical smokebush

Euphorbia cotinifolia

Least Concern

Xanthomonas translucens

Not Evaluated

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

Cyanophyllum scale

Abgrallaspis cyanophylli

Not Evaluated

hump coral

Porites deformis

Near Threatened

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

western cudweed

Gnaphalium polycaulon

Not Evaluated

tuna

Opuntia tuna

Not Evaluated

Thalia lovegrass

Eragrostis atrovirens

Least Concern

Tube-building worm

Hydroides dirampha

Not Evaluated

hump coral

Porites densa

Near Threatened

Tuart

Eucalyptus gomphocephala

Vulnerable

Tube-building worm

Hydroides elegans

Not Evaluated

Merismopedia punctata

Not Evaluated

Jio

Commelina benghalensis

Least Concern

shiny-leaf prickly-ash

Zanthoxylum nitidum

Least Concern

Brownfish

Actinopyga echinites

Vulnerable

tobacco-tree

Solanum erianthum

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Atheta longicornis

Least Concern

Sixgill stingray

Hexatrygon bickelli

Least Concern

brown scale

Saissetia coffeae

Not Evaluated

winged prickly-ash

Zanthoxylum armatum

Least Concern

Muricauda olearia

Not Evaluated

Ochre Spreading Tooth

Steccherinum ochraceum

Least Concern

Turkey-Tail

Trametes versicolor

Least Concern

Buckhorn

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Not Evaluated

Turkey tangle fogfruit

Phyla nodiflora

Least Concern

four-wing evening-primrose

Oenothera tetraptera

Not Evaluated

Peruvian primrose-willow

Ludwigia peruviana

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium alamii

Not Evaluated

shrubby sophora

Sophora flavescens

Least Concern

Grand eucalyptus

Eucalyptus grandis

Least Concern

floating fern

Ceratopteris pteridoides

Not Evaluated

Devil weed

Sargassum horneri

Not Evaluated

Gray mangrove

Avicennia marina

Least Concern

Valley redstem

Ammannia coccinea

Least Concern

Variable flatsedge

Cyperus difformis

Least Concern

Variableleaf yellowcress

Rorippa indica

Not Evaluated

Stenotrophomonas panacihumi

Not Evaluated

Velvet leaf

Kalanchoe beharensis

Not Evaluated

Vasey's grass

Paspalum urvillei

Not Evaluated

vegetable-hummingbird

Sesbania grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Ocean Turf Grass

Halophila beccarii

Vulnerable

Viet Nam cuttlefish

Sepia vietnamica

Data Deficient

Viper grass

Dinebra retroflexa

Not Evaluated

violet-eyed swimming crab

Carupa tenuipes

Not Evaluated

Vogel tephrosia

Tephrosia vogelii

Not Evaluated

Ze Great Crab

Geothelphusa dolichopodes

Least Concern

Waterpoppy

Hydrocleys nymphoides

Not Evaluated

Water-snowflake

Nymphoides indica

Least Concern

dwarf white bauhinia

Bauhinia acuminata

Least Concern

Wax mallow

Malvaviscus arboreus

Not Evaluated

Pygmy Slipper Lobster

Biarctus sordidus

Least Concern

Fragrant manjack

Cordia dichotoma

Least Concern

Ceratium extensum

Not Evaluated

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