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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 59
Endangered 131
Vulnerable 246
Near Threatened 193
Least Concern 1651
Data Deficient 132
Not Evaluated 3127
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

Merismopedia convoluta

Not Evaluated

Starkeya novella

Not Evaluated

Megalospora tuberculosa

Not Evaluated

Candida albicans

Not Evaluated

Penicillium vulpinum

Not Evaluated

Diaporthe arctii

Not Evaluated

Ralfsia verrucosa

Least Concern

Petalonia fascia

Least Concern

Phytophthora cactorum

Not Evaluated

Feldmannia irregularis

Least Concern

Nocardiopsis listeri

Not Evaluated

Peronospora alta

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora cryptogea

Not Evaluated

Thalassionema nitzschioides

Not Evaluated

Tripos fusus

Not Evaluated

Melosira varians

Not Evaluated

Melosira moniliformis

Not Evaluated

Rhopalodia gibberula

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia gibba

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia nobilis

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia borealis

Not Evaluated

Nitzschia sigmoidea

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora citricola

Not Evaluated

Grammatophora marina

Not Evaluated

Podolampas palmipes

Not Evaluated

Podolampas bipes

Not Evaluated

Prorocentrum triestinum

Not Evaluated

Prorocentrum micans

Not Evaluated

Pseudo-nitzschia seriata

Not Evaluated

Thalassiosira decipiens

Not Evaluated

Thalassiosira eccentrica

Not Evaluated

Cryptomonas ovata

Not Evaluated

Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima

Not Evaluated

Nitzschia linearis

Not Evaluated

Nitzschia clausii

Not Evaluated

Nitzschia gracilis

Not Evaluated

Nitzschia nana

Not Evaluated

Nitzschia sigma

Not Evaluated

Nitzschia amphibia

Not Evaluated

Nitzschia palea

Not Evaluated

Navicula angusta

Not Evaluated

Navicula veneta

Not Evaluated

Navicula cryptocephala

Not Evaluated

Oxytoxum scolopax

Not Evaluated

Tabellaria fenestrata

Not Evaluated

Tabellaria flocculosa

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros costatus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros affinis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros atlanticus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros danicus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros lorenzianus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros peruvianus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros tortissimus

Not Evaluated

Dinophysis caudata

Not Evaluated

Dinophysis hastata

Not Evaluated

Proboscia alata

Not Evaluated

Rhizosolenia styliformis

Not Evaluated

Rhizosolenia imbricata

Not Evaluated

Umbellosphaera irregularis

Not Evaluated

Pyrocystis noctiluca

Not Evaluated

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