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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

West Indian sage

Salvia occidentalis

Not Evaluated

West Indian scale

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona

Not Evaluated

Mount Morrison Spruce

Picea morrisonicola

Vulnerable

Indian-rhododendron

Melastoma malabathricum

Not Evaluated

Taiwanese Mole Shrew

Anourosorex yamashinai

Least Concern

Whisk Fern

Psilotum nudum

Least Concern

White Beak Sedge

Rhynchospora alba

Vulnerable

Foolproofplant

Billbergia pyramidalis

Not Evaluated

Push Pin Slime Mold

Hemitrichia calyculata

Not Evaluated

Rapid ohia death/ohia wilt

Ceratocystis fimbriata

Not Evaluated

Whiteberry Yew

Pseudotaxus chienii

Vulnerable

mother-of-pearl-plant

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Not Evaluated

Tussock dropseed

Sporobolus diandrus

Not Evaluated

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

Rainbow Cactus

Echinocereus pectinatus

Least Concern

Cigarette beetle

Lasioderma serricorne

Not Evaluated

false bird of paradise

Heliconia rostrata

Not Evaluated

Small carpgrass

Arthraxon hispidus

Not Evaluated

Stinkvine

Paederia foetida

Not Evaluated

Chinese Wisteria

Wisteria sinensis

Not Evaluated

Large Leaf Watercress Algae

Halimeda discoidea

Not Evaluated

White Carnival Candy Slime Mold

Arcyria cinerea

Not Evaluated

Orchid

Dendrobium crumenatum

Not Evaluated

chrysanthemum aphid

Macrosiphoniella sanborni

Not Evaluated

White Dapperling

Leucoagaricus leucothites

Least Concern

White-eared Sibia

Heterophasia auricularis

Least Concern

white earwort

Diplophyllum albicans

Vulnerable

White-foot Bell

Epiblema foenella

Least Concern

whiteleg shrimp

Penaeus vannamei

Not Evaluated

Shinella zoogloeoides

Not Evaluated

White-marked spider beetle

Ptinus fur

Least Concern

White moneywort

Alysicarpus vaginalis

Not Evaluated

white mugwort

Artemisia lactiflora

Not Evaluated

Olive Frog

Nidirana adenopleura

Least Concern

Euglena hemichromata

Not Evaluated

White-rumped Shama

Copsychus malabaricus

Not Evaluated

White-shouldered house moth

Endrosis sarcitrella

Not Evaluated

Dahlberg's daisy

Thymophylla tenuiloba

Not Evaluated

Himalayan Clematis

Clematis montana

Not Evaluated

Impatiens Downy Mildew

Plasmopara obducens

Not Evaluated

White tephrosia

Tephrosia candida

Not Evaluated

White-throated Rock-Thrush

Monticola gularis

Least Concern

Tachinid fly

Pseudogonia rufifrons

Not Evaluated

Skullcap Dapperling

Leucocoprinus brebissonii

Least Concern

Rhizobium cauense

Not Evaluated

White-whiskered Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron morrisonianum

Least Concern

Kurthia zopfii

Not Evaluated

Orange Rock Hair

Trentepohlia aurea

Least Concern

Wild bushbean

Macroptilium lathyroides

Least Concern

Willow Bracket

Phellinus igniarius

Least Concern

Pseudoxanthomonas japonensis

Not Evaluated

Wonderful firefly squid

Lampadioteuthis megaleia

Least Concern

Chimaera

Chimaera phantasma

Vulnerable

coral beadplant

Nertera granadensis

Least Concern

wire crabgrass

Digitaria longiflora

Not Evaluated

Wood Mushroom

Agaricus sylvicola

Least Concern

wiry fern moss

Abietinella abietina

Vulnerable

lemon bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana

Critically Endangered

wood rustwort

Nowellia curvifolia

Vulnerable

Woodsy Silk-Moss

Plagiothecium nemorale

Vulnerable

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