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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

water-apple

Syzygium aqueum

Not Evaluated

great blanket-flower

Gaillardia aristata

Not Evaluated

Inky Mushroom

Agaricus placomyces

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros lauderi

Not Evaluated

juniper haircap moss

Polytrichum juniperinum

Not Evaluated

Greater Wax Moth

Galleria mellonella

Least Concern

Locust bean moth

Apomyelois ceratoniae

Not Evaluated

Athel tamarisk

Tamarix aphylla

Not Evaluated

Great Scented Liverwort

Conocephalum conicum

Data Deficient

Aphanizomenon flosaquae

Not Evaluated

greedy scale

Hemiberlesia rapax

Not Evaluated

Green-And-White Sedge

Carex longii

Least Concern

Altererythrobacter fulvus

Not Evaluated

Hyssopleaf sandmat

Euphorbia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Green bristlegrass

Setaria viridis

Near Threatened

small marbled

Eublemma parva

Not Evaluated

Throatwort

Trachelium caeruleum

Not Evaluated

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

Greenhouse frog

Eleutherodactylus planirostris

Least Concern

Parasitic wasp

Encarsia citrina

Not Evaluated

Iceland Cyprina

Arctica islandica

Least Concern

Pseudoxanthomonas wuyuanensis

Not Evaluated

Greenleaf ticktrefoil

Desmodium intortum

Least Concern

green peach aphid

Myzus persicae

Not Evaluated

Green Russula

Russula virescens

Near Threatened

Green-Striped Anemone

Diadumene lineata

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas spadix

Not Evaluated

jute

Corchorus capsularis

Not Evaluated

green-tufted stubble moss

Weissia controversa

Least Concern

Chaetoceros didymus

Not Evaluated

green yoke moss

Zygodon viridissimus

Least Concern

Pseudoxanthomonas sangjuensis

Not Evaluated

Greville's Bolete

Suillus grevillei

Least Concern

Grey Coral

Clavulina cinerea

Least Concern

Grey Inkcap

Coprinopsis cinerea

Least Concern

Grey Puffball

Bovista plumbea

Least Concern

Parasitoid wasp

Chrysocharis viridis

Not Evaluated

Grumichama

Eugenia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Partridge-Pea

Chamaecrista nictitans

Least Concern

Guava

Psidium guajava

Not Evaluated

Guenther's Amoy Frog

Sylvirana guentheri

Least Concern

imperial cone

Conus imperialis

Least Concern

Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros decipiens

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas indica

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

Hairy Earthtongue

Trichoglossum hirsutum

Least Concern

Haspan flatsedge

Cyperus haspan

Least Concern

Hairy indigo

Indigofera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros curvisetus

Not Evaluated

Hairy Love Grass

Eragrostis pilosa

Not Evaluated

Hairy Parachute

Crinipellis scabella

Near Threatened

Hall crab apple

Malus halliana

Data Deficient

Hairy Threadwort

Blepharostoma trichophyllum

Not Evaluated

Quinqueloculina seminulum

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros constrictus

Not Evaluated

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