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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

pore coral

Montipora taiwanensis

Data Deficient

Short-tail lantern shark

Etmopterus brachyurus

Data Deficient

Stargrass

Cynodon plectostachyus

Not Evaluated

Stalkleaf murainagrass

Ischaemum timorense

Extinct

Dumortier's Liverwort

Dumortiera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora mactanensis

Vulnerable

Slender dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus alsinoides

Not Evaluated

Golden Leather Fern

Acrostichum aureum

Not Evaluated

Spottedheart

Stictocardia tiliifolia

Least Concern

Largeleaf maidenhair

Adiantum macrophyllum

Not Evaluated

Woodland false buttonweed

Spermacoce remota

Not Evaluated

Red algae

Acanthophora spicifera

Not Evaluated

Isopterygium Moss

Isopterygium tenerum

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora efflorescens

Near Threatened

pore coral

Montipora australiensis

Vulnerable

Milo's fissidens moss

Fissidens curvatus

Not Evaluated

Sinomonas soli

Not Evaluated

Glossy shower

Senna surattensis

Least Concern

Shortnose dogfish

Squalus brevirostris

Endangered

Flowering banana

Musa ornata

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora palawanensis

Near Threatened

evodia

Tetradium ruticarpum

Least Concern

Hump-backed fly

Dohrniphora cornuta

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora cactus

Vulnerable

pore coral

Montipora stellata

Least Concern

Showy pigeonpea

Cajanus scarabaeoides

Least Concern

golden-mane coreopsis

Coreopsis basalis

Not Evaluated

Mucronate Sprangletop

Leptochloa panicea

Not Evaluated

Formosa Pine

Pinus taiwanensis

Least Concern

septic fig

Ficus septica

Least Concern

Jove grass

Hemarthria compressa

Least Concern

Orange-bellied Treefrog

Zhangixalus aurantiventris

Endangered

Trichormus azollae

Not Evaluated

False amaranth

Digera muricata

Extinct

Creeping-bluet

Oldenlandiopsis callitrichoides

Least Concern

Star sedge

Rhynchospora colorata

Least Concern

long-stalk sida

Sida cordata

Extinct

Nanhu Salamander

Hynobius glacialis

Critically Endangered

Raphidiopsis raciborskii

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora altasepta

Vulnerable

Formosa's Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium formosanum

Endangered

Kurogane holly

Ilex rotunda

Least Concern

Forrest's Hemlock

Tsuga forrestii

Vulnerable

rosa scale

Aulacaspis rosae

Not Evaluated

kodo wood

Ehretia acuminata

Least Concern

painted-leaf begonia

Begonia rex

Not Evaluated

pointed fimbristylis

Fimbristylis acuminata

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora floweri

Least Concern

reed grass

Arundinella setosa

Extinct

burrawong

Macrozamia communis

Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora verrucosa

Least Concern

sea bilberry

Vaccinium bracteatum

Least Concern

Ichneumonid wasp

Hypsicera femoralis

Not Evaluated

Japanese Climbing-hydrangea

Hydrangea anomala

Not Evaluated

Philippine Cedar

Toona calantas

Data Deficient

Oriental white oak

Quercus aliena

Least Concern

Neke Fern

Cyclosorus interruptus

Least Concern

Asiatic holly fern

Cyrtomium caryotideum

Extinct

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