🇹🇼

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

Anise Mazegill

Gloeophyllum odoratum

Least Concern

Powder-post checkered beetle

Tarsostenus univittatus

Not Evaluated

Algirosphaera robusta

Not Evaluated

irregular boomerang coral

Sandalolitha robusta

Least Concern

Afipia felis

Not Evaluated

cotton bollworm

Helicoverpa armigera

Not Evaluated

Acetobacter tropicalis

Not Evaluated

Italian stone pine

Pinus pinea

Least Concern

Acanthoica quattrospina

Not Evaluated

Ivory Barnacle

Amphibalanus eburneus

Not Evaluated

Ivy gourd

Coccinia grandis

Not Evaluated

Ivy-Leaf Morning-Glory

Ipomoea hederifolia

Not Evaluated

Ivy-leaved Speedwell

Veronica hederifolia

Least Concern

Jack bean

Canavalia ensiformis

Not Evaluated

Cylindrospermum stagnale

Not Evaluated

Cylindrotheca closterium

Not Evaluated

Jacob's coat

Acalypha wilkesiana

Not Evaluated

jagged germanderwort

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Vulnerable

Jaggery palm

Caryota urens

Least Concern

jalap

Ipomoea purga

Not Evaluated

Jameson'S Liverwort

Syzygiella autumnalis

Least Concern

Japanese apricot

Prunus mume

Least Concern

Buttercup

Narcissus pseudonarcissus

Least Concern

Methanosarcina mazei

Not Evaluated

Curtobacterium ammoniigenes

Not Evaluated

Craterium leucocephalum

Not Evaluated

Butter And Eggs

Linaria vulgaris

Least Concern

Japanese cedar

Cryptomeria japonica

Not Evaluated

Japanese cheesewood

Pittosporum tobira

Not Evaluated

Japanese Chestnut

Castanea crenata

Least Concern

Japanese climbing fern

Lygodium japonicum

Not Evaluated

Bearded Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum barbatum

Endangered

Japanese gray shark

Hemitriakis japanica

Endangered

Cortinarius salor

Vulnerable

Coralloluteibacterium stylophorae

Not Evaluated

Japanese jasmine

Jasminum mesnyi

Not Evaluated

Japanese leafhopper

Orientus ishidae

Not Evaluated

Japanese Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus xanthodryas

Least Concern

Japanese spindletree

Euonymus japonicus

Not Evaluated

redbird flower

Euphorbia tithymaloides

Not Evaluated

Japanese morning-glory

Ipomoea nil

Not Evaluated

Butler’s Rice Frog,Painted Chorus Frog,Tubercled Pygmy Frog

Microhyla butleri

Least Concern

Coprinopsis stercorea

Least Concern

Japanese Pearlwort

Sagina japonica

Not Evaluated

Japanese-pepper

Zanthoxylum piperitum

Not Evaluated

Japanese pink

Dianthus chinensis

Not Evaluated

Tiny Slitwort

Yamazakia pusilla

Least Concern

Bush Grass

Calamagrostis epigejos

Least Concern

Japanese Rose

Rosa rugosa

Not Evaluated

Bearded Dapperling

Cystolepiota seminuda

Least Concern

Japanese spurdog

Squalus japonicus

Endangered

Japanese Squid

Loliolus japonica

Data Deficient

Anise Hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Not Evaluated

Flavobacterium yanchengense

Not Evaluated

bush coral

Seriatopora hystrix

Least Concern

Jelly-Antler

Calocera viscosa

Least Concern

Japanese zelkova

Zelkova serrata

Near Threatened

Least Pepperwort

Lepidium virginicum

Not Evaluated

Jelly Rot

Phlebia tremellosa

Least Concern

Brown Mountain Leskea

Lescuraea incurvata

Least Concern

More Countries in Asia

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia