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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

Coleus

Coleus scutellarioides

Not Evaluated

American house dust mite

Dermatophagoides farinae

Not Evaluated

Agrobacterium salinitolerans

Not Evaluated

Actinoplanes italicus

Not Evaluated

Coffee bean weevil

Araecerus fasciculatus

Not Evaluated

Gout stalk

Jatropha podagrica

Not Evaluated

Gophertail lovegrass

Eragrostis ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Coffee bean scaled squid

Pholidoteuthis massyae

Least Concern

good-luck-plant

Cordyline fruticosa

Least Concern

good-luck palm

Chamaedorea elegans

Not Evaluated

Golden-Yellow Cone

Conus flavidus

Least Concern

Berkeley'S Polypore

Bondarzewia berkeleyi

Not Evaluated

Australian-nut

Macadamia ternifolia

Endangered

Golden trumpet

Allamanda cathartica

Least Concern

Variable Abalone

Haliotis varia

Least Concern

Cockspur coral tree

Erythrina crista-galli

Least Concern

golden star cactus

Mammillaria elongata

Least Concern

Cockscomb

Celosia argentea

Not Evaluated

Golden Spindles

Clavulinopsis fusiformis

Vulnerable

Cocconeis placentula

Not Evaluated

golden hunter's-robe

Epipremnum aureum

Not Evaluated

Cobweb Spiders

Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Least Concern

Bengal trumpet

Thunbergia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Australian dodder

Cuscuta australis

Not Evaluated

Golden Coral Fungus

Ramaria aurea

Endangered

Cobetia crustatorum

Not Evaluated

Golden bamboo

Phyllostachys aurea

Not Evaluated

Paraguay jaborandi

Pilocarpus pennatifolius

Not Evaluated

Coast Coral Tree

Erythrina caffra

Least Concern

Glory of Texas

Thelocactus bicolor

Least Concern

Coast Conch

Gynnidomorpha permixtana

Least Concern

Coastal Morning Glory

Ipomoea littoralis

Least Concern

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

Club-tailed Cruiser

Macromia urania

Least Concern

Clown beetle

Carcinops pumilio

Least Concern

Bellerochea malleus

Not Evaluated

austral cone

Conus australis

Least Concern

Agrobacterium rubi

Not Evaluated

cloth-of-gold cone

Conus textile

Least Concern

Clostridium tertium

Not Evaluated

Clostridium sporogenes

Not Evaluated

Clostridium septicum

Not Evaluated

bell bauhinia

Bauhinia tomentosa

Least Concern

lesser knob coral

Cyphastrea ocellina

Vulnerable

giant ramshorn snail

Marisa cornuarietis

Least Concern

Clostridium celerecrescens

Not Evaluated

giant mud crab

Scylla serrata

Not Evaluated

Clostridium carnis

Not Evaluated

giant crab spiders

Heteropoda venatoria

Not Evaluated

Clostridium amylolyticum

Not Evaluated

Giant bamboo

Dendrocalamus latiflorus

Not Evaluated

Climacodium biconcavum

Not Evaluated

Bellator Lobster

Thymopides grobovi

Least Concern

Arenimonas malthae

Not Evaluated

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