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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
243
CR + EN + VU
Population
23.816.775
Area
36.193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 24
Endangered 74
Vulnerable 145
Near Threatened 125
Least Concern 856
Data Deficient 90
Not Evaluated 2280
Extinct 15

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

Chinese Wisteria

Wisteria sinensis

Not Evaluated

Large Leaf Watercress Algae

Halimeda discoidea

Not Evaluated

Common Rose-Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

Least Concern

White Carnival Candy Slime Mold

Arcyria cinerea

Not Evaluated

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

Orchid

Dendrobium crumenatum

Not Evaluated

chrysanthemum aphid

Macrosiphoniella sanborni

Not Evaluated

White Dapperling

Leucoagaricus leucothites

Least Concern

White-eared Sibia

Heterophasia auricularis

Least Concern

white earwort

Diplophyllum albicans

Vulnerable

Whitelady

Thunbergia fragrans

Not Evaluated

White-foot Bell

Epiblema foenella

Least Concern

White-Footed Slime

Diachea leucopodia

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

whiteleg shrimp

Penaeus vannamei

Not Evaluated

Shinella zoogloeoides

Not Evaluated

White Lupin

Lupinus albus

Not Evaluated

White-marked spider beetle

Ptinus fur

Least Concern

White moneywort

Alysicarpus vaginalis

Not Evaluated

white mugwort

Artemisia lactiflora

Not Evaluated

Olive Frog

Nidirana adenopleura

Least Concern

Canary Island Date Palm

Phoenix canariensis

Least Concern

Euglena hemichromata

Not Evaluated

White-rumped Shama

Copsychus malabaricus

Not Evaluated

White-shouldered house moth

Endrosis sarcitrella

Not Evaluated

Dahlberg's daisy

Thymophylla tenuiloba

Not Evaluated

Himalayan Clematis

Clematis montana

Not Evaluated

Impatiens Downy Mildew

Plasmopara obducens

Not Evaluated

White tephrosia

Tephrosia candida

Not Evaluated

White-throated Rock-Thrush

Monticola gularis

Least Concern

Tachinid fly

Pseudogonia rufifrons

Not Evaluated

Skullcap Dapperling

Leucocoprinus brebissonii

Least Concern

whitetip reef shark

Triaenodon obesus

Vulnerable

Marguerite

Argyranthemum frutescens

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium cauense

Not Evaluated

White-whiskered Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron morrisonianum

Least Concern

Kurthia zopfii

Not Evaluated

Candlenut tree

Aleurites moluccanus

Least Concern

Orange Rock Hair

Trentepohlia aurea

Least Concern

Wild bushbean

Macroptilium lathyroides

Least Concern

wild celery

Apium graveolens

Not Evaluated

Wild Lettuce

Lactuca indica

Not Evaluated

Wild sugarcane

Saccharum spontaneum

Least Concern

Willow Bracket

Phellinus igniarius

Least Concern

Pseudoxanthomonas japonensis

Not Evaluated

Wonderful firefly squid

Lampadioteuthis megaleia

Least Concern

Chimaera

Chimaera phantasma

Vulnerable

coral beadplant

Nertera granadensis

Least Concern

wire crabgrass

Digitaria longiflora

Not Evaluated

Wood Mushroom

Agaricus sylvicola

Least Concern

wiry fern moss

Abietinella abietina

Vulnerable

lemon bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana

Critically Endangered

Wolf'S Milk

Lycogala epidendrum

Not Evaluated

Woman's tongue

Albizia lebbeck

Not Evaluated

wood rustwort

Nowellia curvifolia

Vulnerable

Woodsy Silk-Moss

Plagiothecium nemorale

Vulnerable

woolly jelly palm

Butia eriospatha

Vulnerable

woolly liverwort

Trichocolea tomentella

Vulnerable

Wormwood Plume

Hellinsia lienigianus

Least Concern

wrinkle coral

Coscinaraea monile

Least Concern

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