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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
326
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 52
Endangered 101
Vulnerable 173
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1378
Data Deficient 102
Not Evaluated 3040
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

pore coral

Montipora venosa

Near Threatened

Nyl grass

Acroceras macrum

Not Evaluated

Formosa Pine

Pinus taiwanensis

Least Concern

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora turtlensis

Vulnerable

northern tree moss

Climacium dendroides

Least Concern

Mucronate Sprangletop

Leptochloa panicea

Not Evaluated

moutan peony

Paeonia suffruticosa

Not Evaluated

Norway screw moss

Syntrichia norvegica

Least Concern

Notched Rustwort

Marsupella emarginata

Extinct

longbract frog orchid

Dactylorhiza viridis

Not Evaluated

Nussatella cone

Conus nussatella

Least Concern

porcelain coral

Leptoseris tubulifera

Least Concern

golden-mane coreopsis

Coreopsis basalis

Not Evaluated

Leeuwenhoekiella blandensis

Not Evaluated

Nut Moss

Diphyscium foliosum

Extinct

porcelain coral

Leptoseris solida

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora samarensis

Vulnerable

Annual rabbitsfoot grass

Polypogon monspeliensis

Not Evaluated

Showy pigeonpea

Cajanus scarabaeoides

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora digitata

Least Concern

Oak-Loving Gymnopus

Gymnopus dryophilus

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora stellata

Least Concern

Oceanic Lychee

Pometia pinnata

Least Concern

Halomonas koreensis

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora cactus

Vulnerable

Hump-backed fly

Dohrniphora cornuta

Not Evaluated

Kurthia sibirica

Not Evaluated

Giant Golden Orb Weaver

Nephila pilipes

Least Concern

Ochre Club

Clavariadelphus ligula

Least Concern

evodia

Tetradium ruticarpum

Least Concern

Padang cassia

Cinnamomum burmanni

Least Concern

Ochre Gillgobbler

Hypomyces lateritius

Least Concern

Least snoutbean

Rhynchosia minima

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora palawanensis

Near Threatened

octopus coral

Galaxea fascicularis

Near Threatened

ocular coral

Madrepora oculata

Data Deficient

Kurthia senegalensis

Not Evaluated

Flowering banana

Musa ornata

Least Concern

Shortnose dogfish

Squalus brevirostris

Endangered

Junghuhnia nitida

Least Concern

Old-man-in-the-spring

Senecio vulgaris

Not Evaluated

cactus scale

Diaspis echinocacti

Not Evaluated

Old Man'S Beard

Tillandsia usneoides

Least Concern

Glossy shower

Senna surattensis

Least Concern

Sinomonas soli

Not Evaluated

Hairy abutilon

Abutilon grandifolium

Not Evaluated

Olive

Olea europaea

Not Evaluated

Milo's fissidens moss

Fissidens curvatus

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora australiensis

Vulnerable

Cabbage Moth

Plutella xylostella

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora efflorescens

Near Threatened

golden shrimp-plant

Pachystachys lutea

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora spumosa

Least Concern

Tozer's Thread-moss

Epipterygium tozeri

Not Evaluated

porcelain coral

Leptoseris explanata

Least Concern

bristly fingerwort

Kurzia pauciflora

Endangered

Panama crowngrass

Paspalum fimbriatum

Not Evaluated

Kocuria carniphila

Not Evaluated

Isopterygium Moss

Isopterygium tenerum

Not Evaluated

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