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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

Balm

Melissa officinalis

Not Evaluated

Balsampear

Momordica charantia

Extinct

Bamboo longhorn beetle

Chlorophorus annularis

Not Evaluated

bamboo mussel-scale

Pinnaspis buxi

Not Evaluated

Bamboo orchid

Arundina graminifolia

Not Evaluated

Bamboo pit scale

Bambusaspis bambusae

Not Evaluated

Banana shrub

Magnolia figo

Least Concern

banana water-lily

Nymphaea mexicana

Not Evaluated

bandana-of-the-Everglades

Canna flaccida

Not Evaluated

Banded greenhouse thrips

Hercinothrips femoralis

Not Evaluated

Banded thrip

Franklinothrips vespiformis

Not Evaluated

Banded Whip Lobster

Puerulus angulatus

Least Concern

Bangkimtsing Frog

Odorrana swinhoana

Least Concern

Bankor Toad

Bufo bankorensis

Least Concern

Banksian Pine

Pinus banksiana

Not Evaluated

Barbados aloe

Aloe vera

Not Evaluated

Barbados Cherry

Malpighia glabra

Least Concern

Barbados nut

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

Barbary fig

Opuntia ficus-indica

Not Evaluated

Bareskin dogfish

Centroscyllium kamoharai

Least Concern

Bark Beetle

Xylosandrus germanus

Not Evaluated

Barley Brome

Bromus hordeaceus

Least Concern

Barn Funnel Weaver

Tegenaria domestica

Least Concern

Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa crus-galli

Not Evaluated

Barred bull-head shark

Heterodontus zebra

Least Concern

bastard-box

Eucalyptus longifolia

Vulnerable

Bastard Cress

Thlaspi arvense

Least Concern

Bathroom Moth Fly

Clogmia albipunctatus

Not Evaluated

Bat-Wing Coral Tree

Erythrina vespertilio

Least Concern

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye

Sphagneticola trilobata

Not Evaluated

bay-cedar

Suriana maritima

Least Concern

Beach Bean

Canavalia rosea

Least Concern

Beach Dropseed

Sporobolus virginicus

Least Concern

beach evening-primrose

Oenothera drummondii

Not Evaluated

Beach moonflower

Ipomoea violacea

Not Evaluated

beach palm

Bactris major

Least Concern

Beach sheoak

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

beaked bow moss

Dicranodontium denudatum

Not Evaluated

Beaked Iris

Iris ensata

Not Evaluated

beaked tasselweed

Ruppia maritima

Extinct

Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Beanweed

Scytosiphon lomentaria

Least Concern

bearberry cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dammeri

Not Evaluated

Bearded Dapperling

Cystolepiota seminuda

Least Concern

Bearded Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum barbatum

Endangered

bearded pawwort

Barbilophozia barbata

Critically Endangered

Bearded Tooth

Hericium erinaceus

Critically Endangered

Beautiful Blistered Jelly Lichen

Collema pulcellum

Not Evaluated

Beauty Of The Night

Mirabilis jalapa

Least Concern

Beauveria bassiana

Not Evaluated

Beavertail Prickly-pear

Opuntia basilaris

Least Concern

Beech Fern

Phegopteris connectilis

Critically Endangered

Bee Plant

Borago officinalis

Not Evaluated

Beet

Beta vulgaris

Vulnerable

Beet Armyworm

Spodoptera exigua

Not Evaluated

Beetle

Byturus tomentosus

Least Concern

Beet Webworm

Spoladea recurvalis

Not Evaluated

Blackbelly lanternshark

Etmopterus molleri

Data Deficient

black bloom moss

Schistidium trichodon

Least Concern

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