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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

Shinella granuli

Not Evaluated

owl's-eye

Mammillaria parkinsonii

Endangered

Oysterling Pinkgill

Entoloma byssisedum

Least Concern

Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus ostreatus

Least Concern

South Australia Crab

Geothelphusa nanao

Vulnerable

Kocuria turfanensis

Not Evaluated

Kocuria polaris

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium frigoris

Not Evaluated

Brown house moth

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Least Concern

Clouded Agaric

Clitocybe nebularis

Least Concern

Kocuria rhizophila

Not Evaluated

Japanese pear rust

Gymnosporangium asiaticum

Not Evaluated

Bonpland's croton

Croton bonplandianus

Not Evaluated

Tropical Mexican clover

Richardia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

paddle grass

Halophila decipiens

Least Concern

Lettered China-mark

Diasemia reticularis

Endangered

coral aloe

Aloe striata

Least Concern

Flavobacterium beibuense

Not Evaluated

pagoda-tree

Plumeria rubra

Not Evaluated

Beanweed

Scytosiphon lomentaria

Least Concern

Aniseed-Weed

Foeniculum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Brassica Downy Mildew

Hyaloperonospora brassicae

Not Evaluated

algae stomp

Rugulopteryx okamurae

Not Evaluated

Asian soybean rust

Phakopsora pachyrhizi

Not Evaluated

melon-headed whale

Peponocephala electra

Least Concern

Fried Egg Tree

Polyspora axillaris

Least Concern

Flavobacterium johnsoniae

Not Evaluated

Saffron Soldiers

Trichia scabra

Not Evaluated

Wutai Crab

Geothelphusa wutai

Vulnerable

Chinese Spiny Lobster

Panulirus stimpsoni

Data Deficient

disc coral

Turbinaria radicalis

Near Threatened

Mustard Lichen

Pyxine subcinerea

Not Evaluated

saffron spike

Aphelandra squarrosa

Not Evaluated

Leaf rust of coffee

Hemileia vastatrix

Not Evaluated

Onion Smudge Fungus

Colletotrichum circinans

Not Evaluated

Snow Fungus

Tremella fuciformis

Not Evaluated

Painted Suillus

Suillus spraguei

Not Evaluated

Broadleaved bristlegrass

Setaria palmifolia

Not Evaluated

brown grimmia

Grimmia elongata

Least Concern

smooth bum coral

Heteropsammia cochlea

Least Concern

Poison Ivy Rust

Pileolaria brevipes

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Sepedophilus testaceus

Least Concern

starflower coral

Astreopora incrustans

Vulnerable

Chicita'S Sea Storm Lichen

Cetrelia chicitae

Not Evaluated

Asian Jumpseed

Persicaria filiformis

Not Evaluated

Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge

Cyperus eragrostis

Not Evaluated

Floreana Coral

Tubastraea floreana

Critically Endangered

coast redwood

Sequoia sempervirens

Endangered

Mediterranean scale

Parlatoria ziziphi

Not Evaluated

geographer cone

Conus geographus

Least Concern

Southern cowpea weevil

Callosobruchus maculatus

Not Evaluated

violet crown cactus

Rebutia minuscula

Least Concern

Tuberous Polypore

Polyporus tuberaster

Least Concern

Common Club Rush Rust

Puccinia scirpi

Not Evaluated

Brown Funnel Polypore

Coltricia perennis

Least Concern

Palisade signalgrass

Urochloa brizantha

Not Evaluated

Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Palmate Germanderwort

Riccardia palmata

Vulnerable

Vectis moss

Chenia leptophylla

Not Evaluated

Kocuria aegyptia

Not Evaluated

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