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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

Crown-Tipped Coral Fungus

Artomyces pyxidatus

Endangered

African plume

Bauhinia galpinii

Least Concern

rock feather moss

Lescuraea saxicola

Least Concern

Cuba apple snail

Pomacea paludosa

Least Concern

Cucumber Cap

Macrocystidia cucumis

Least Concern

Cuban zephyrlily

Zephyranthes rosea

Least Concern

cubeb

Piper cubeba

Not Evaluated

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Not Evaluated

Cultivated Garlic

Allium sativum

Not Evaluated

Cultivated radish

Raphanus sativus

Not Evaluated

Cultivated tobacco

Nicotiana tabacum

Not Evaluated

Cuman Ragweed

Ambrosia psilostachya

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

Curly Palm

Howea belmoreana

Vulnerable

Shewanella hafniensis

Not Evaluated

Curry Milkcap

Lactarius camphoratus

Least Concern

Curved Silk-Moss

Plagiothecium curvifolium

Least Concern

curved-beaked beardless moss

Hymenostylium recurvirostrum

Not Evaluated

Curve-leaved Ditrichum

Ditrichum heteromallum

Endangered

Custard Apple

Annona reticulata

Not Evaluated

Cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose

Oenothera laciniata

Not Evaluated

Cut-leaved Dead-nettle

Lamium hybridum

Least Concern

cut notchwort

Tritomaria exsecta

Endangered

cylindrical cone

Conus cylindraceus

Least Concern

Cypress-Leaved Plait-Moss

Hypnum cupressiforme

Not Evaluated

Cyprus Turpentine

Pistacia terebinthus

Least Concern

Dahlia

Dahlia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Dallisgrass

Paspalum dilatatum

Not Evaluated

Damascus Hellebore

Nigella damascena

Not Evaluated

Dancing Crane Cobra Lily

Arisaema heterophyllum

Least Concern

Darkening Brittlegill

Russula vinosa

Least Concern

Darkface arion

Arion distinctus

Least Concern

dark-green flapwort

Jungermannia atrovirens

Least Concern

darkie charlie

Dalatias licha

Vulnerable

Texas silverleaf

Leucophyllum frutescens

Not Evaluated

dark spectacle

Abrostola triplasia

Near Threatened

erect-fruited iris moss

Distichium capillaceum

Not Evaluated

Date palm

Phoenix dactylifera

Not Evaluated

Davie's stingray

Plesiobatis daviesi

Least Concern

dawn redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Not Evaluated

Dead Man'S Fingers

Xylaria polymorpha

Least Concern

dead-rat-tree

Adansonia digitata

Not Evaluated

Deceiving Knight

Tricholoma sejunctum

Endangered

deepsea squid

Bathyteuthis abyssicola

Least Concern

Deep-sea Pacific knife-nose chimaera

Rhinochimaera pacifica

Least Concern

Deepsea spiny dogfish

Centrophorus squamosus

Endangered

deepsea squid

Bathothauma lyromma

Least Concern

Delanat's Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum delenatii

Critically Endangered

delicate germanderwort

Riccardia multifida

Endangered

Delta maidenhair fern

Adiantum raddianum

Not Evaluated

Deodar

Cedrus deodara

Least Concern

Desert horsepurslane

Trianthema portulacastrum

Not Evaluated

Devil's backbone

Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Not Evaluated

Diamond burbark

Triumfetta rhomboidea

Not Evaluated

diamond squid

Thysanoteuthis rhombus

Least Concern

Leifsonia naganoensis

Not Evaluated

Dictyospermum scale

Chrysomphalus dictyospermi

Not Evaluated

Dilated Scalewort

Frullania dilatata

Least Concern

Dun Tube-nosed Bat

Murina recondita

Least Concern

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