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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

great bougainvillea

Bougainvillea spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Paraguay jaborandi

Pilocarpus pennatifolius

Not Evaluated

Coast Coral Tree

Erythrina caffra

Least Concern

Bengal Gram

Cicer arietinum

Not Evaluated

Globe Skimmer

Pantala flavescens

Least Concern

Coast Conch

Gynnidomorpha permixtana

Least Concern

Globe artichoke

Cynara scolymus

Not Evaluated

Locust bean moth

Apomyelois ceratoniae

Not Evaluated

Coastal Morning Glory

Ipomoea littoralis

Least Concern

Bending Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Glistening Ink-Cap

Coprinellus micaceus

Least Concern

Thrips

Frankliniella intonsa

Not Evaluated

Coastal Glider

Macrodiplax cora

Least Concern

Glaucous Crystalwort

Riccia glauca

Vulnerable

Glandular cape marigold

Dimorphotheca sinuata

Not Evaluated

Clustered Bracket

Inonotus cuticularis

Vulnerable

Bellorita

Erigeron bellioides

Least Concern

Glabrous Catsear

Hypochaeris glabra

Critically Endangered

Club-tailed Cruiser

Macromia urania

Least Concern

giant willow aphid

Tuberolachnus salignus

Not Evaluated

Clown beetle

Carcinops pumilio

Least Concern

Bellerochea malleus

Not Evaluated

austral cone

Conus australis

Least Concern

American Goldthread

Coptis trifolia

Not Evaluated

green peach aphid

Myzus persicae

Not Evaluated

Agrobacterium rubi

Not Evaluated

cloth-of-gold cone

Conus textile

Least Concern

Giant St. John'S-Wort

Hypericum ascyron

Not Evaluated

Clostridium tertium

Not Evaluated

Bell-Bean

Vicia faba

Not Evaluated

Sea Lettuce

Ulva lactuca

Least Concern

green yoke moss

Zygodon viridissimus

Least Concern

small knob coral

Plesiastrea versipora

Least Concern

giant sequoia

Sequoiadendron giganteum

Not Evaluated

Clostridium sporogenes

Not Evaluated

giant razor clam

Ensis siliqua

Not Evaluated

Clostridium septicum

Not Evaluated

bell bauhinia

Bauhinia tomentosa

Least Concern

Grumichama

Eugenia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Partridge-Pea

Chamaecrista nictitans

Least Concern

lesser knob coral

Cyphastrea ocellina

Vulnerable

Guenther's Amoy Frog

Sylvirana guentheri

Least Concern

giant ramshorn snail

Marisa cornuarietis

Least Concern

Clostridium celerecrescens

Not Evaluated

giant mud crab

Scylla serrata

Not Evaluated

Clostridium carnis

Not Evaluated

Hainan Plum Yew

Cephalotaxus hainanensis

Endangered

Hairy Leg Bell

Galerina vittiformis

Least Concern

Père David s Red-backed Vole

Eothenomys melanogaster

Least Concern

hair-pointed moss

Cirriphyllum piliferum

Least Concern

Bellator Lobster

Thymopides grobovi

Least Concern

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Least Concern

Hairy indigo

Indigofera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

giant crab spiders

Heteropoda venatoria

Not Evaluated

Clostridium amylolyticum

Not Evaluated

giant clam

Tridacna gigas

Vulnerable

Hall crab apple

Malus halliana

Data Deficient

Hairy Threadwort

Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Not Evaluated

Giant bamboo

Dendrocalamus latiflorus

Not Evaluated

Climacodium biconcavum

Not Evaluated

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