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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

Grass And Cereal Powdery Mildew

Blumeria graminis

Not Evaluated

Umbellifer Mildew

Erysiphe heraclei

Not Evaluated

Pebbled Pixie Cup

Cladonia pyxidata

Least Concern

Corn

Zea mays

Not Evaluated

Coreopsis

Coreopsis lanceolata

Not Evaluated

Cork bark oak

Quercus suber

Least Concern

Corn poppy

Papaver rhoeas

Least Concern

Corn speedwell

Veronica arvensis

Least Concern

Corn spurry

Spergula arvensis

Least Concern

coronated cone

Conus coronatus

Least Concern

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

Cosmos

Cosmos sulphureus

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

Crab Finger Grass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Not Evaluated

Crabgrass

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

Cranberry cotoneaster

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Not Evaluated

Cranesbill

Geranium pusillum

Least Concern

Japanese-holly

Ardisia crispa

Not Evaluated

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 indigo

Indigofera spicata

Not Evaluated

Creeping lettuce

Ixeris stolonifera

Not Evaluated

creeping saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

Not Evaluated

Creeping water Primrose

Ludwigia adscendens

Least Concern

Creeping White Clover

Trifolium repens

Least Concern

Creeping yellowcress

Rorippa sylvestris

Least Concern

Crenulate Rhabdoweisia Moss

Rhabdoweisia crenulata

Near Threatened

crescent-cup liverwort

Lunularia cruciata

Least Concern

Crested Philippine violet

Barleria cristata

Not Evaluated

Crested Ibis

Nipponia nippon

Endangered

Savigny's brittle star

Ophiactis savignyi

Not Evaluated

crust coral

Leptastrea inaequalis

Near Threatened

crimson cestrum

Cestrum elegans

Least Concern

Crimson Flax

Linum grandiflorum

Not Evaluated

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

crisped pincushion moss

Ulota crispa

Least Concern

crust coral

Leptastrea purpurea

Least Concern

Crisp Pondweed

Potamogeton crispus

Least Concern

Crocodile shark

Pseudocarcharias kamoharai

Least Concern

Staph Aureus

Staphylococcus aureus

Not Evaluated

Crowded Brittlegill

Russula densifolia

Least Concern

crown-of-thorns

Acanthaster planci

Not Evaluated

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