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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
453
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 63
Endangered 134
Vulnerable 256
Near Threatened 203
Least Concern 1723
Data Deficient 131
Not Evaluated 3184
Extinct 31

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

Buckhorn

Osmundastrum cinnamomeum

Not Evaluated

Turkey tangle fogfruit

Phyla nodiflora

Least Concern

four-wing evening-primrose

Oenothera tetraptera

Not Evaluated

Peruvian primrose-willow

Ludwigia peruviana

Not Evaluated

turnip moth

Agrotis segetum

Least Concern

Rhizobium alamii

Not Evaluated

Twoflower passionflower

Passiflora biflora

Least Concern

two-horned pincerwort

Cephalozia bicuspidata

Vulnerable

udo

Aralia cordata

Not Evaluated

shrubby sophora

Sophora flavescens

Least Concern

Grand eucalyptus

Eucalyptus grandis

Least Concern

floating fern

Ceratopteris pteridoides

Not Evaluated

Devil weed

Sargassum horneri

Not Evaluated

Gray mangrove

Avicennia marina

Least Concern

Vampires Bane

Mycetinis scorodonius

Least Concern

Variable Crisp-moss

Trichostomum brachydontium

Not Evaluated

Variableleaf yellowcress

Rorippa indica

Not Evaluated

Stenotrophomonas panacihumi

Not Evaluated

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Least Concern

Veilwort

Pallavicinia lyellii

Vulnerable

Velvet Brittlegill

Russula violeipes

Least Concern

Ocean Turf Grass

Halophila beccarii

Vulnerable

Fluted Bird'S Nest

Cyathus striatus

Least Concern

Viet Nam cuttlefish

Sepia vietnamica

Data Deficient

Velvet Rollrim

Tapinella atrotomentosa

Least Concern

Velvet Shank

Flammulina velutipes

Least Concern

Velvet Shield

Pluteus umbrosus

Least Concern

Verdigris Agaric

Stropharia aeruginosa

Least Concern

Viper grass

Dinebra retroflexa

Not Evaluated

black spleenwort

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

Near Threatened

Violet Domecap

Calocybe ionides

Not Evaluated

violet-eyed swimming crab

Carupa tenuipes

Not Evaluated

violin spiders

Loxosceles rufescens

Not Evaluated

Ze Great Crab

Geothelphusa dolichopodes

Least Concern

Wahlenberg's nodding moss

Pohlia wahlenbergii

Least Concern

Wall Rue

Asplenium ruta-muraria

Least Concern

Wandflower

Sparaxis tricolor

Not Evaluated

Water Buffalo

Bubalus bubalis

Not Evaluated

Water Chickweed

Stellaria aquatica

Not Evaluated

waterlily aphid

Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae

Not Evaluated

water fern

Ceratopteris thalictroides

Not Evaluated

red calla

Zantedeschia rehmannii

Not Evaluated

Water-snowflake

Nymphoides indica

Least Concern

dwarf white bauhinia

Bauhinia acuminata

Least Concern

Waterthyme

Hydrilla verticillata

Not Evaluated

Wax mallow

Malvaviscus arboreus

Not Evaluated

weasel cone

Conus mustelinus

Least Concern

Weeping fig

Ficus benjamina

Not Evaluated

Pygmy Slipper Lobster

Biarctus sordidus

Least Concern

Fragrant manjack

Cordia dichotoma

Least Concern

Ceratium extensum

Not Evaluated

Northern Catalpa

Catalpa speciosa

Least Concern

Wenzel s notchwort

Lophozia wenzelii

Least Concern

Black Teatfish

Holothuria nobilis

Endangered

Western Hemlock-spruce

Tsuga heterophylla

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora porites

Near Threatened

Powdered Speckled Shield Lichen

Punctelia subrudecta

Near Threatened

Common Liverwort

Marchantia polymorpha

Not Evaluated

Rust fungus

Puccinia hemerocallidis

Not Evaluated

West Indian rattlebox

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

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