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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

Shinella granuli

Not Evaluated

owl's-eye

Mammillaria parkinsonii

Endangered

Oysterling Pinkgill

Entoloma byssisedum

Least Concern

Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus ostreatus

Least Concern

Long-tailed Blue

Lampides boeticus

Not Evaluated

Many-Fruited Pelt Lichen

Peltigera polydactylon

Data Deficient

Sphingobium ummariense

Not Evaluated

Pacific jewel box

Chama pacifica

Not Evaluated

Bracted strawflower

Xerochrysum bracteatum

Not Evaluated

Clouded Agaric

Clitocybe nebularis

Least Concern

clouded-bordered brindle

Apamea crenata

Least Concern

Japanese pear rust

Gymnosporangium asiaticum

Not Evaluated

Bonpland's croton

Croton bonplandianus

Not Evaluated

Pacific pearl-oyster

Pinctada margaritifera

Not Evaluated

paddle grass

Halophila decipiens

Least Concern

Paddlenose chimaera

Rhinochimaera africana

Data Deficient

long pepper

Piper longum

Not Evaluated

Fleeceflower

Reynoutria japonica

Not Evaluated

pagoda-tree

Plumeria rubra

Not Evaluated

Painted Spiny Lobster

Panulirus versicolor

Least Concern

Sphingobium quisquiliarum

Not Evaluated

Brassica Downy Mildew

Hyaloperonospora brassicae

Not Evaluated

Magic Treeflute Lichen

Menegazzia terebrata

Near Threatened

Asian soybean rust

Phakopsora pachyrhizi

Not Evaluated

slender pondweed

Potamogeton gayi

Not Evaluated

Corm dry rot

Rigidoporus vinctus

Not Evaluated

Sphingobacterium zeae

Not Evaluated

Saffron Soldiers

Trichia scabra

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Ephedrus persicae

Not Evaluated

Chinese Spiny Lobster

Panulirus stimpsoni

Data Deficient

bastard-box

Eucalyptus longifolia

Vulnerable

Mustard Lichen

Pyxine subcinerea

Not Evaluated

saffron spike

Aphelandra squarrosa

Not Evaluated

Leaf rust of coffee

Hemileia vastatrix

Not Evaluated

Onion Smudge Fungus

Colletotrichum circinans

Not Evaluated

Snow Fungus

Tremella fuciformis

Not Evaluated

Painted Suillus

Suillus spraguei

Not Evaluated

Broadleaved bristlegrass

Setaria palmifolia

Not Evaluated

long-leaved fork moss

Paraleucobryum longifolium

Least Concern

Pale-edged stingray

Telatrygon zugei

Vulnerable

Poison Ivy Rust

Pileolaria brevipes

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Sepedophilus testaceus

Least Concern

starflower coral

Astreopora incrustans

Vulnerable

Chicita'S Sea Storm Lichen

Cetrelia chicitae

Not Evaluated

Asian Jumpseed

Persicaria filiformis

Not Evaluated

Pale galingale, Tall flatsedge

Cyperus eragrostis

Not Evaluated

Flea

Leptopsylla segnis

Not Evaluated

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

Not Evaluated

Slash pine

Pinus elliottii

Least Concern

geographer cone

Conus geographus

Least Concern

Longheaded eagle ray

Aetobatus ocellatus

Vulnerable

violet crown cactus

Rebutia minuscula

Least Concern

Tuberous Polypore

Polyporus tuberaster

Least Concern

Common Club Rush Rust

Puccinia scirpi

Not Evaluated

Vibrio mimicus

Not Evaluated

Palisade signalgrass

Urochloa brizantha

Not Evaluated

Braconid wasp

Cremnops desertor

Not Evaluated

Palmate Germanderwort

Riccardia palmata

Vulnerable

Vectis moss

Chenia leptophylla

Not Evaluated

Long-Flower Tobacco

Nicotiana longiflora

Not Evaluated

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