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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
326
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 52
Endangered 101
Vulnerable 173
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1378
Data Deficient 102
Not Evaluated 3040
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

Nepal Knotweed

Persicaria nepalensis

Not Evaluated

net coral

Alveopora spongiosa

Near Threatened

sesbania-pea

Sesbania javanica

Least Concern

Two-veined Hickory

Acacia binervata

Least Concern

peach-leaf-poisonbush

Trema tomentosum

Least Concern

New Garden Bumblebee

Bombus hypnorum

Least Concern

Hairy Slitwort

Bonnaya ciliata

Least Concern

mukutree

Aphananthe aspera

Least Concern

Klinki Pine

Araucaria hunsteinii

Near Threatened

Duckbill Pimpernel

Bonnaya ruellioides

Least Concern

horned nerite

Clithon corona

Least Concern

Lanyu Banana

Musa insularimontana

Critically Endangered

Long-tailed Blue

Lampides boeticus

Not Evaluated

Globe Kyllinga

Cyperus brevifolius

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora foveolata

Near Threatened

Oricola cellulosilytica

Not Evaluated

Humpback cat shark

Apristurus gibbosus

Least Concern

Florida Keys nut-rush

Scleria lithosperma

Least Concern

New Zealand-spinach

Tetragonia tetragonoides

Not Evaluated

New Zealand tea tree

Leptospermum scoparium

Least Concern

ngai camphor

Blumea balsamifera

Least Concern

Niger

Guizotia abyssinica

Not Evaluated

Aminobacter niigataensis

Not Evaluated

Giant Bur Rush

Actinoscirpus grossus

Least Concern

Night-Blooming Cereus

Selenicereus grandiflorus

Least Concern

Crimson Seeded Sedge

Carex baccans

Least Concern

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora hodgsoni

Vulnerable

Fishpoison

Tephrosia purpurea

Not Evaluated

Roundfruit blyxa

Blyxa aubertii

Least Concern

lady-of-the-night

Brunfelsia americana

Not Evaluated

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

Nipple fruit

Solanum mammosum

Not Evaluated

noble cone

Conus nobilis

Least Concern

Aminobacter anthyllidis

Not Evaluated

giant timber bamboo

Bambusa oldhamii

Not Evaluated

Nodding Catchfly

Silene pendula

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora capricornis

Vulnerable

Sphingobium ummariense

Not Evaluated

Bracted strawflower

Xerochrysum bracteatum

Not Evaluated

Norfolk Bladder-moss

Physcomitrium eurystomum

Critically Endangered

Norfolk island pine

Araucaria heterophylla

Vulnerable

berry cone

Conus coccineus

Least Concern

marsh pennywort

Hydrocotyle vulgaris

Near Threatened

white silk cottontree

Ceiba pentandra

Least Concern

Thurston grass

Urochloa glumaris

Not Evaluated

pitted beard grass

Bothriochloa macra

Not Evaluated

starry cup coral

Acanthastrea hemprichii

Vulnerable

long pepper

Piper longum

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora verruculosa

Vulnerable

northern-cottonwood

Bombax ceiba

Least Concern

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Not Evaluated

Fleeceflower

Reynoutria japonica

Not Evaluated

Cellar Fungus

Coniophora puteana

Least Concern

Clavate Bent

Agrostis clavata

Least Concern

Yellowdrop Milkcap

Lactarius chrysorrheus

Least Concern

stone-leaf coral

Lithophyllon undulatum

Near Threatened

Praxelis

Praxelis clematidea

Not Evaluated

Centipede

Pachymerium ferrugineum

Least Concern

Sphingobium quisquiliarum

Not Evaluated

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