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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

Chaetoceros compressus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros constrictus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros curvisetus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros decipiens

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros didymus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros lauderi

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros socialis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros subtilis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros vistulae

Not Evaluated

chaffweed

Lysimachia minima

Vulnerable

Chak Ko Shan Crab

Geothelphusa monticola

Least Concern

Chalk Comb-Moss

Ctenidium molluscum

Endangered

Chamber bitter

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

Chameleon

Houttuynia cordata

Not Evaluated

Champak

Magnolia champaca

Least Concern

Chandelier plant

Kalanchoe delagoensis

Not Evaluated

Characteristic Cone

Conus caracteristicus

Least Concern

Cheilymenia theleboloides

Least Concern

Chelativorans multitrophicus

Not Evaluated

Chenopodium aphid

Hayhurstia atriplicis

Not Evaluated

Cherimoya

Annona cherimola

Not Evaluated

Cherokee rose

Rosa laevigata

Not Evaluated

Chestnut Blight

Cryphonectria parasitica

Not Evaluated

Chestnut Brittlestem

Homophron spadiceum

Least Concern

Chinese elm

Ulmus parvifolia

Least Concern

Chinese evergreen

Aglaonema costatum

Not Evaluated

Chinese Foxtail

Setaria faberi

Not Evaluated

Chinese gall

Rhus chinensis

Least Concern

Chinese ginseng

Panax ginseng

Not Evaluated

Chinese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

Chinese Hound'S Tongue

Cynoglossum amabile

Not Evaluated

Chinese jumper worm

Amynthas gracilis

Not Evaluated

Chinese lovegrass

Eragrostis unioloides

Least Concern

Chinese Mallow

Malva verticillata

Not Evaluated

Chinese numbfish

Narcine lingula

Vulnerable

Chinese parasoltree

Firmiana simplex

Least Concern

Chinese Parsley

Coriandrum sativum

Not Evaluated

Chinese Peony

Paeonia lactiflora

Not Evaluated

Chinese-pepper

Zanthoxylum simulans

Not Evaluated

Chinese privet

Ligustrum sinense

Not Evaluated

Chinese Redbud

Cercis chinensis

Least Concern

Chinese rose

Rosa chinensis

Not Evaluated

Chinese Silvergrass

Miscanthus sinensis

Not Evaluated

Chinese Spiranthes

Spiranthes sinensis

Not Evaluated

Chinese tallow

Triadica sebifera

Not Evaluated

Chinese Teaplant

Lycium chinense

Not Evaluated

Chinese trumpet-creeper

Campsis grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Chinese-watermelon

Benincasa hispida

Not Evaluated

Chinese Weeping Cypress

Cupressus funebris

Data Deficient

Chinese windmill palm

Trachycarpus fortunei

Not Evaluated

Chinese wingnut

Pterocarya stenoptera

Least Concern

Chines swamp cypress

Glyptostrobus pensilis

Critically Endangered

Chir pine

Pinus roxburghii

Least Concern

chicken mite

Dermanyssus gallinae

Not Evaluated

Chickweed

Stellaria media

Not Evaluated

Chickweed Sparrow

Microcarpaea minima

Least Concern

Chilean Clover

Trifolium pratense

Not Evaluated

Chilean devil ray

Mobula tarapacana

Endangered

Chilean evening primrose

Oenothera stricta

Not Evaluated

Chinaberrytree

Melia azedarach

Not Evaluated

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