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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

Carolina bristlemallow

Modiola caroliniana

Not Evaluated

Carolina fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana

Not Evaluated

Carolina Hemlock

Tsuga caroliniana

Near Threatened

Carolina Hornwort

Phaeoceros carolinianus

Near Threatened

Carolina mosquitofern

Azolla caroliniana

Least Concern

carrot fern

Onychium japonicum

Not Evaluated

carrot-willow aphid

Cavariella aegopodii

Not Evaluated

Caryophanon tenue

Not Evaluated

Cassava

Manihot esculenta

Not Evaluated

Cellulophaga fucicola

Not Evaluated

Ceratium inflatum

Not Evaluated

Ceratium teres

Not Evaluated

Cercospora beticola

Not Evaluated

Cereal rye

Secale cereale

Not Evaluated

Ceriporia reticulata

Least Concern

Ceriporia viridans

Least Concern

Chaetoceros anastomosans

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros borealis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros brevis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros castracanei

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros compressus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros constrictus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros curvisetus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros decipiens

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros didymus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros lauderi

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros socialis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros subtilis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros vistulae

Not Evaluated

chaffweed

Lysimachia minima

Vulnerable

Chak Ko Shan Crab

Geothelphusa monticola

Least Concern

Chalk Comb-Moss

Ctenidium molluscum

Endangered

Challenger skate

Bathyraja isotrachys

Least Concern

Chamber bitter

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

Chameleon

Houttuynia cordata

Not Evaluated

Champak

Magnolia champaca

Least Concern

Chandelier plant

Kalanchoe delagoensis

Not Evaluated

Change angel shark

Squatina japonica

Critically Endangered

Characteristic Cone

Conus caracteristicus

Least Concern

Cheilymenia theleboloides

Least Concern

Chelativorans multitrophicus

Not Evaluated

Chenopodium aphid

Hayhurstia atriplicis

Not Evaluated

Cherimoya

Annona cherimola

Not Evaluated

Cherokee rose

Rosa laevigata

Not Evaluated

Chestnut Blight

Cryphonectria parasitica

Not Evaluated

Chestnut Brittlestem

Homophron spadiceum

Least Concern

Chinese elm

Ulmus parvifolia

Least Concern

Chinese evergreen

Aglaonema costatum

Not Evaluated

Chinese Foxtail

Setaria faberi

Not Evaluated

Chinese gall

Rhus chinensis

Least Concern

Chinese ginseng

Panax ginseng

Not Evaluated

Chinese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

Chinese Hound'S Tongue

Cynoglossum amabile

Not Evaluated

Chinese jumper worm

Amynthas gracilis

Not Evaluated

Chinese lovegrass

Eragrostis unioloides

Least Concern

Chinese Mallow

Malva verticillata

Not Evaluated

Chinese numbfish

Narcine lingula

Vulnerable

Chinese parasoltree

Firmiana simplex

Least Concern

Chinese Parsley

Coriandrum sativum

Not Evaluated

Chinese Peony

Paeonia lactiflora

Not Evaluated

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