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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
402
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 58
Endangered 118
Vulnerable 226
Near Threatened 173
Least Concern 1476
Data Deficient 101
Not Evaluated 3095
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

jumping spiders

Plexippus paykulli

Not Evaluated

Chinese fir

Cunninghamia lanceolata

Least Concern

ice fire

Acropora echinata

Vulnerable

branched cup coral

Blastomussa merleti

Least Concern

branched murex

Chicoreus ramosus

Not Evaluated

branched pipe coral

Carijoa riisei

Not Evaluated

Pink jasmine

Jasminum polyanthum

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora peltiformis

Near Threatened

net coral

Alveopora tizardi

Least Concern

hump coral

Porites lichen

Least Concern

Cattail

Typha angustifolia

Least Concern

Cattail Grass

Setaria pumila

Least Concern

Alisan's Salamander

Hynobius arisanensis

Endangered

Hen Pen

Bryopsis plumosa

Least Concern

Jew's-mallow

Corchorus olitorius

Not Evaluated

Green String Lettuce

Ulva linza

Least Concern

Flexuous Gutweed

Ulva flexuosa

Least Concern

Thread Weed

Ulva compressa

Least Concern

Sea Hair

Chaetomorpha linum

Least Concern

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora verrucosa

Least Concern

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora meandrina

Least Concern

Florida Pine

Pinus palustris

Endangered

Gut Weed

Ulva intestinalis

Least Concern

Lawn Marshpennywort

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Not Evaluated

Hainan clubtail

Asiagomphus hainanensis

Least Concern

Lesser Crestwort

Lophocolea minor

Least Concern

Cellar spider

Micropholcus fauroti

Not Evaluated

cellar spiders

Crossopriza lyoni

Not Evaluated

Brazilian peppertree

Schinus terebinthifolia

Not Evaluated

European birch aphid

Euceraphis punctipennis

Not Evaluated

net coral

Alveopora excelsa

Endangered

Bristle-Fruited Sedge

Carex echinata

Least Concern

Japanese Spiny Lobster

Panulirus japonicus

Data Deficient

pore coral

Montipora informis

Least Concern

Plum Mildew

Podosphaera tridactyla

Not Evaluated

crust coral

Leptastrea transversa

Least Concern

crust coral

Leptastrea bewickensis

Near Threatened

Coffin Tree

Taiwania cryptomerioides

Vulnerable

Ceylon gooseberry

Dovyalis hebecarpa

Not Evaluated

Ceylon-olive

Elaeocarpus serratus

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora grisea

Least Concern

Yellow-green Crab

Geothelphusa olea

Least Concern

Mountain ebony

Bauhinia variegata

Not Evaluated

Deceptive Earthtongue

Geoglossum fallax

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora mollis

Least Concern

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora elegans

Vulnerable

Paraguayan starbur

Acanthospermum australe

Not Evaluated

cauliflower coral

Pocillopora woodjonesi

Least Concern

Gossamer Wattle

Acacia floribunda

Least Concern

Wood's Whipwort

Mastigophora woodsii

Not Evaluated

circumcision cone

Conus circumcisus

Least Concern

Chanterelle

Cantharellus cibarius

Least Concern

fig cone

Conus figulinus

Least Concern

Polyoeca dichotoma

Not Evaluated

Fiji fan palm

Pritchardia pacifica

Not Evaluated

flame-violet

Episcia cupreata

Not Evaluated

plate coral

Heliofungia actiniformis

Vulnerable

Doum Palm

Hyphaene thebaica

Least Concern

Grassleaf spurge

Euphorbia graminea

Not Evaluated

White-flowered black mangrove

Lumnitzera racemosa

Least Concern

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