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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 59
Endangered 131
Vulnerable 246
Near Threatened 193
Least Concern 1651
Data Deficient 132
Not Evaluated 3127
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

Meadowsweet Rust

Triphragmium ulmariae

Not Evaluated

Yellow Map Lichen

Rhizocarpon geographicum

Least Concern

Foetid Russula

Russula foetens

Near Threatened

Farinose Cartilage Lichen

Ramalina farinacea

Least Concern

Scaly Knight

Tricholoma vaccinum

Least Concern

Lipstick Powderhorn

Cladonia macilenta

Least Concern

Violet Rust

Puccinia violae

Not Evaluated

Cotton Morningglory

Ipomoea trifida

Least Concern

Crater Lichen

Diploschistes scruposus

Vulnerable

Mothball Crust

Scytinostroma portentosum

Least Concern

Hairy Oysterling

Resupinatus trichotis

Least Concern

Green Starburst Lichen

Parmeliopsis ambigua

Least Concern

Brittle Bladder Fern Rust

Hyalopsora polypodii

Not Evaluated

Gibberella stalk rot

Fusarium graminearum

Not Evaluated

Jelly Ear

Auricularia auricula-judae

Not Evaluated

Red Beard Lichen

Usnea rubicunda

Not Evaluated

Coralloid Rosette-Lichen

Heterodermia obscurata

Not Evaluated

Cranberry cotoneaster

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Not Evaluated

Cranesbill

Geranium pusillum

Least Concern

Cream Pinkgill

Entoloma sericellum

Least Concern

Cream-Spot Ladybird

Calvia quatuordecimguttata

Least Concern

Creeping bentgrass

Agrostis stolonifera

Least Concern

Creeping Juniper

Juniperus procumbens

Not Evaluated

creeping fingerwort

Lepidozia reptans

Least Concern

Creeping lettuce

Ixeris stolonifera

Not Evaluated

creeping saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

Not Evaluated

Creeping water Primrose

Ludwigia adscendens

Least Concern

Creeping yellowcress

Rorippa sylvestris

Least Concern

Crenulate Rhabdoweisia Moss

Rhabdoweisia crenulata

Near Threatened

crescent-cup liverwort

Lunularia cruciata

Least Concern

Savigny's brittle star

Ophiactis savignyi

Not Evaluated

crust coral

Leptastrea inaequalis

Near Threatened

crimson cestrum

Cestrum elegans

Least Concern

crisped pincushion moss

Ulota crispa

Least Concern

crust coral

Leptastrea purpurea

Least Concern

Crisp Pondweed

Potamogeton crispus

Least Concern

Staph Aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

Not Evaluated

Crow-billed Drongo

Dicrurus annectans

Not Evaluated

Crowded Brittlegill

Russula densifolia

Least Concern

crown-of-thorns

Acanthaster planci

Not Evaluated

Crown-Tipped Coral Fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus

Endangered

African plume

Bauhinia galpinii

Least Concern

rock feather moss

Lescuraea saxicola

Least Concern

Cuba apple snail

Pomacea paludosa

Least Concern

Cucumber Cap

Macrocystidia cucumis

Least Concern

Cuban zephyrlily

Zephyranthes rosea

Least Concern

Cuman Ragweed

Ambrosia psilostachya

Not Evaluated

Curly Palm

Howea belmoreana

Vulnerable

Shewanella hafniensis

Not Evaluated

Curry Milkcap

Lactarius camphoratus

Least Concern

Curved Silk-Moss

Plagiothecium curvifolium

Least Concern

curved-beaked beardless moss

Hymenostylium recurvirostrum

Not Evaluated

Curve-leaved Ditrichum

Ditrichum heteromallum

Endangered

Cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose

Oenothera laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cut-leaved Dead-nettle

Lamium hybridum

Least Concern

cut notchwort

Tritomaria exsecta

Endangered

cylindrical cone

Conus cylindraceus

Least Concern

Cypress-Leaved Plait-Moss

Hypnum cupressiforme

Not Evaluated

Dancing Crane Cobra Lily

Arisaema heterophyllum

Least Concern

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