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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

Bog Chickweed

Stellaria alsine

Least Concern

bog germanderwort

Riccardia latifrons

Vulnerable

Bog Marshcress

Rorippa palustris

Not Evaluated

Bog Waxcap

Hygrocybe coccineocrenata

Near Threatened

white evening-primrose

Oenothera speciosa

Not Evaluated

Bois-Jaune

Liriodendron tulipifera

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Philonthus longicornis

Least Concern

Bonpland's squid

Grimalditeuthis bonplandii

Least Concern

Northern Naiad

Najas gracillima

Least Concern

transparent wood-rose

Operculina turpethum

Not Evaluated

Inocybe putilla

Data Deficient

Woolly Hair

Ulothrix flacca

Least Concern

fern-leaved hook moss

Cratoneuron filicinum

Not Evaluated

Fern Palm

Cycas revoluta

Not Evaluated

Navicula gregaria

Not Evaluated

Fragile Stonewort

Chara globularis

Least Concern

California fan palm

Washingtonia filifera

Least Concern

box-holly

Ruscus aculeatus

Not Evaluated

finger coral

Caulastraea furcata

Least Concern

brackwater mangrove

Barringtonia racemosa

Least Concern

Smooth joyweed

Alternanthera paronychioides

Not Evaluated

winged water-primrose

Ludwigia decurrens

Least Concern

Rough mexican clover

Richardia scabra

Not Evaluated

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

Devil's Bit

Ruellia tuberosa

Not Evaluated

Dead and Awake

Neptunia plena

Least Concern

Grey-cushioned Grimmia

Grimmia pulvinata

Least Concern

Catalonian jasmine

Jasminum grandiflorum

Not Evaluated

Swordfern

Macrothelypteris torresiana

Not Evaluated

Catherine'S Moss

Atrichum undulatum

Least Concern

Slender Brittlegill

Russula gracillima

Least Concern

Onion Earthball

Scleroderma cepa

Data Deficient

jumping spiders

Plexippus paykulli

Not Evaluated

Chinese fir

Cunninghamia lanceolata

Least Concern

ice fire

Acropora echinata

Vulnerable

branched cup coral

Blastomussa merleti

Least Concern

branched murex

Chicoreus ramosus

Not Evaluated

branched pipe coral

Carijoa riisei

Not Evaluated

Pink jasmine

Jasminum polyanthum

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora peltiformis

Near Threatened

net coral

Alveopora tizardi

Least Concern

hump coral

Porites lichen

Least Concern

Alisan's Salamander

Hynobius arisanensis

Endangered

Hen Pen

Bryopsis plumosa

Least Concern

Green String Lettuce

Ulva linza

Least Concern

Flexuous Gutweed

Ulva flexuosa

Least Concern

Thread Weed

Ulva compressa

Least Concern

Sea Hair

Chaetomorpha linum

Least Concern

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora meandrina

Least Concern

Florida Pine

Pinus palustris

Endangered

Gut Weed

Ulva intestinalis

Least Concern

Lawn Marshpennywort

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Not Evaluated

Hainan clubtail

Asiagomphus hainanensis

Least Concern

Lesser Crestwort

Lophocolea minor

Least Concern

Cellar spider

Micropholcus fauroti

Not Evaluated

cellar spiders

Crossopriza lyoni

Not Evaluated

European birch aphid

Euceraphis punctipennis

Not Evaluated

net coral

Alveopora excelsa

Endangered

Bristle-Fruited Sedge

Carex echinata

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora informis

Least Concern

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