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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

flag cone

Conus vexillum

Least Concern

Flaming Scalycap

Pholiota flammans

Least Concern

Dragon Horn

Cladonia squamosa

Near Threatened

forked veilwort

Metzgeria furcata

Least Concern

bastard guelder

Premna serratifolia

Least Concern

Flathead Lobster

Thenus orientalis

Least Concern

Barley Leaf Rust

Puccinia hordei

Not Evaluated

flea-bite cone

Conus pulicarius

Least Concern

Floating Fern

Salvinia natans

Not Evaluated

Floating Heart

Nymphoides peltata

Endangered

Thermomonas brevis

Not Evaluated

Sphingomonas sanxanigenens

Not Evaluated

40-Mile Per Hour Lichen

Flavoparmelia caperata

Least Concern

Mesorhizobium atlanticum

Not Evaluated

7-Spot Ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least Concern

Abutilon

Abutilon indicum

Not Evaluated

Acanthoeca spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Acanthoica quattrospina

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter aceti

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter cibinongensis

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter fabarum

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter ghanensis

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter lovaniensis

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter malorum

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter pasteurianus

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter senegalensis

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter tropicalis

Not Evaluated

Achlya americana

Not Evaluated

Achlya caroliniana

Not Evaluated

Achlya diffusa

Not Evaluated

Achlya prolifera

Not Evaluated

Achlya proliferoides

Not Evaluated

Acinetobacter baumannii

Not Evaluated

Actinoplanes italicus

Not Evaluated

Active gray pine needle aphid

Eulachnus rileyi

Not Evaluated

Acutenose skate

Dipturus tengu

Near Threatened

Acute spikerush

Eleocharis acutangula

Not Evaluated

Adam's Leedle

Yucca gloriosa

Not Evaluated

Adlafia suchlandtii

Not Evaluated

Aeromonas hydrophila

Not Evaluated

Aesop Slipper Lobster

Scyllarides haanii

Least Concern

Afipia felis

Not Evaluated

African Black Wattle

Peltophorum africanum

Least Concern

African-boxwood

Myrsine africana

Extinct

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata

Least Concern

African pillow coral

Siderastrea savignyana

Least Concern

African Rice

Oryza glaberrima

Least Concern

African tuliptree

Spathodea campanulata

Not Evaluated

African winged-bean

Psophocarpus palustris

Not Evaluated

Ageratum

Ageratum houstonianum

Not Evaluated

Agrimony Rust

Pucciniastrum agrimoniae

Not Evaluated

Agrobacterium rubi

Not Evaluated

Agrobacterium salinitolerans

Not Evaluated

Agrococcus carbonis

Not Evaluated

Agrococcus jenensis

Not Evaluated

Agrococcus lahaulensis

Not Evaluated

Agromyces italicus

Not Evaluated

Agromyces mediolanus

Not Evaluated

Agromyces subtropicus

Not Evaluated

akaika

Ommastrephes bartramii

Not Evaluated

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