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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

Cone-Spur Bladderwort

Utricularia gibba

Least Concern

Plain Earthtongue

Geoglossum umbratile

Least Concern

Cooks bramble shark

Echinorhinus cookei

Data Deficient

Coral reef araucaria

Araucaria columnaris

Least Concern

Coral vine

Antigonon leptopus

Not Evaluated

Grass And Cereal Powdery Mildew

Blumeria graminis

Not Evaluated

Umbellifer Mildew

Erysiphe heraclei

Not Evaluated

Pebbled Pixie Cup

Cladonia pyxidata

Least Concern

Meadowsweet Rust

Triphragmium ulmariae

Not Evaluated

Yellow Map Lichen

Rhizocarpon geographicum

Least Concern

Foetid Russula

Russula foetens

Near Threatened

Farinose Cartilage Lichen

Ramalina farinacea

Least Concern

Scaly Knight

Tricholoma vaccinum

Least Concern

Lipstick Powderhorn

Cladonia macilenta

Least Concern

Violet Rust

Puccinia violae

Not Evaluated

Cotton Morningglory

Ipomoea trifida

Least Concern

Crater Lichen

Diploschistes scruposus

Vulnerable

Mothball Crust

Scytinostroma portentosum

Least Concern

Hairy Oysterling

Resupinatus trichotis

Least Concern

Green Starburst Lichen

Parmeliopsis ambigua

Least Concern

Brittle Bladder Fern Rust

Hyalopsora polypodii

Not Evaluated

Gibberella stalk rot

Fusarium graminearum

Not Evaluated

Jelly Ear

Auricularia auricula-judae

Not Evaluated

Red Beard Lichen

Usnea rubicunda

Not Evaluated

Coralloid Rosette-Lichen

Heterodermia obscurata

Not Evaluated

Creeping Juniper

Juniperus procumbens

Not Evaluated

Creeping lettuce

Ixeris stolonifera

Not Evaluated

Creeping water Primrose

Ludwigia adscendens

Least Concern

crescent-cup liverwort

Lunularia cruciata

Least Concern

Savigny's brittle star

Ophiactis savignyi

Not Evaluated

crust coral

Leptastrea inaequalis

Near Threatened

crimson cestrum

Cestrum elegans

Least Concern

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

crust coral

Leptastrea purpurea

Least Concern

Staph Aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

Not Evaluated

crown-of-thorns

Acanthaster planci

Not Evaluated

African plume

Bauhinia galpinii

Least Concern

Shewanella hafniensis

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose

Oenothera laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cypress-Leaved Plait-Moss

Hypnum cupressiforme

Not Evaluated

Dancing Crane Cobra Lily

Arisaema heterophyllum

Least Concern

dark-green flapwort

Jungermannia atrovirens

Least Concern

Texas silverleaf

Leucophyllum frutescens

Not Evaluated

Davie's stingray

Plesiobatis daviesi

Least Concern

deepsea squid

Bathyteuthis abyssicola

Least Concern

Deep-sea Pacific knife-nose chimaera

Rhinochimaera pacifica

Least Concern

Delanat's Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum delenatii

Critically Endangered

Delta maidenhair fern

Adiantum raddianum

Not Evaluated

Desert horsepurslane

Trianthema portulacastrum

Not Evaluated

Diamond burbark

Triumfetta rhomboidea

Not Evaluated

diamond squid

Thysanoteuthis rhombus

Least Concern

Leifsonia naganoensis

Not Evaluated

Dictyospermum scale

Chrysomphalus dictyospermi

Not Evaluated

Dun Tube-nosed Bat

Murina recondita

Least Concern

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

dodder-laurel

Cassytha filiformis

Not Evaluated

Dog shark

Scoliodon laticaudus

Near Threatened

Coral-tailed Cloud Wing

Tholymis tillarga

Least Concern

double-ear bobtail

Euprymna berryi

Data Deficient

Doubtful Knight'S-Spur

Delphinium ajacis

Not Evaluated

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