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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

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

Lakeshore Sedge

Carex phacota

Least Concern

poison-peach

Trema cannabina

Least Concern

Species code: Si

Syringodium isoetifolium

Least Concern

Mauve Waxpore

Ceriporia tarda

Not Evaluated

Alternating Dog Lichen

Peltigera didactyla

Least Concern

hump coral

Porites attenuata

Vulnerable

Redbanded thrip

Selenothrips rubrocinctus

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora incrassata

Near Threatened

Chinese Sweet Gum

Liquidambar formosana

Least Concern

Japanese false spleenwort

Deparia petersenii

Not Evaluated

Sparrow false pimpernel

Bonnaya antipoda

Least Concern

Species code: Hp

Halodule pinifolia

Least Concern

hump coral

Porites aranetai

Vulnerable

Hunchback Locust Lobster

Petrarctus rugosus

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora undata

Near Threatened

Jarrah

Eucalyptus marginata

Near Threatened

pore coral

Montipora cebuensis

Vulnerable

Breede River Yellowwood

Podocarpus elongatus

Least Concern

net coral

Alveopora japonica

Vulnerable

net coral

Alveopora verrilliana

Vulnerable

Spicer’s Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum spicerianum

Endangered

Chinese Incense-cedar

Calocedrus macrolepis

Near Threatened

Gammarid amphipod

Grandidierella japonica

Not Evaluated

Java Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum javanicum

Endangered

Mite

Tyrophagus longior

Not Evaluated

Mite

Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Not Evaluated

Martinique trimezia

Trimezia martinicensis

Not Evaluated

Mite

Megninia cubitalis

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora gaimardi

Vulnerable

Large-Spored Pea Truffle

Glomus macrocarpum

Not Evaluated

Ferny Azolla

Azolla pinnata

Least Concern

dented silk moss

Plagiothecium denticulatum

Least Concern

Spotted Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus maculatus

Least Concern

Smooth-Footed Powderhorn

Cladonia ochrochlora

Least Concern

Mottled Marble

Bactra furfurana

Near Threatened

Salted Starburst Lichen

Imshaugia aleurites

Near Threatened

anemone coral

Goniopora pendulus

Least Concern

anemone coral

Goniopora eclipsensis

Least Concern

Brassica Ringspot

Mycosphaerella brassicicola

Not Evaluated

Desert Night-blooming Cereus

Peniocereus greggii

Least Concern

Verticillium wilt

Verticillium alboatrum

Not Evaluated

Milky Conecap

Conocybe apala

Endangered

Rattail skate

Dipturus lanceorostratus

Data Deficient

Starburst Shadow Lichen

Phaeophyscia endococcina

Least Concern

Guinea ant

Tetramorium bicarinatum

Not Evaluated

Bunt Of Wheat

Tilletia laevis

Not Evaluated

common bushweed

Flueggea virosa

Least Concern

Unicorn Blunthorn Lobster

Palinustus unicornutus

Least Concern

Urugavian Lobster

Metanephrops rubellus

Data Deficient

Rollrim Mould

Penicillium brevicompactum

Not Evaluated

Crimped Gill

Plicaturopsis crispa

Not Evaluated

Speckled Iceland Lichen

Cetrelia cetrarioides

Not Evaluated

Pink Discus

Aleurodiscus wakefieldiae

Not Evaluated

Rough Speckled Shield Lichen

Punctelia rudecta

Not Evaluated

Ruffled Jellyskin

Leptogium chloromelum

Not Evaluated

Black-Stalked Marasmius

Tetrapyrgos nigripes

Not Evaluated

Inelegant Horsehair Lichen

Bryoria trichodes

Not Evaluated

Orange Mycena

Mycena leaiana

Not Evaluated

Mycetocola saprophilus

Not Evaluated

Powdery Axil-Bristle Lichen

Myelochroa aurulenta

Not Evaluated

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