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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

Lysobacter dokdonensis

Not Evaluated

Pedobacter kyungheensis

Not Evaluated

Pedobacter suwonensis

Not Evaluated

Staphylococcus saccharolyticus

Not Evaluated

Photobacterium halotolerans

Not Evaluated

Physarum pusillum

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia mesolepta

Not Evaluated

Capronia pilosella

Least Concern

Physarum psittacinum

Not Evaluated

Photobacterium ganghwense

Not Evaluated

Lysinibacillus acetophenoni

Not Evaluated

Luteimonas compostus

Not Evaluated

Phacus hamelii

Not Evaluated

Physarum viride

Not Evaluated

Pseudanabaena limnetica

Not Evaluated

Planomicrobium chinense

Not Evaluated

Planomicrobium okeanokoites

Not Evaluated

Porphyrobacter colymbi

Not Evaluated

Pseudo-nitzschia pungens

Not Evaluated

Planococcus rifietoensis

Not Evaluated

Planomicrobium flavidum

Not Evaluated

Planomicrobium psychrophilum

Not Evaluated

Cape leadwort

Plumbago auriculata

Not Evaluated

Pontibacter aurantiacus

Not Evaluated

Pontibacter korlensis

Not Evaluated

Porphyrobacter tepidarius

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas taiwanensis

Not Evaluated

Blackfin gulper shark

Centrophorus atromarginatus

Critically Endangered

Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis

Not Evaluated

Puccinia polygoni-amphibii

Not Evaluated

Quinqueloculina seminulum

Not Evaluated

Annual Sea-Blite

Suaeda maritima

Near Threatened

Lysobacter enzymogenes

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas indica

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas mexicana

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas sangjuensis

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas spadix

Not Evaluated

Pseudoxanthomonas wuyuanensis

Not Evaluated

red-veined darter

Sympetrum fonscolombii

Least Concern

Lysobacter daejeonensis

Not Evaluated

California scale

Diaspidiotus perniciosus

Not Evaluated

Lysinibacillus odysseyi

Not Evaluated

Lysinibacillus macroides

Not Evaluated

calico-plant

Alternanthera bettzickiana

Not Evaluated

Caldimonas taiwanensis

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium laguerreae

Not Evaluated

Rhodoplanes elegans

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium multihospitium

Not Evaluated

Lysinibacillus massiliensis

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium gallicum

Not Evaluated

Luteimonas mephitis

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium pongamiae

Not Evaluated

Rhizobium wenxiniae

Not Evaluated

Rothia koreensis

Not Evaluated

Calcidiscus leptoporus

Not Evaluated

Rummeliibacillus pycnus

Not Evaluated

Salinicoccus sesuvii

Not Evaluated

Salinicoccus roseus

Not Evaluated

Rummeliibacillus suwonensis

Not Evaluated

Black Eyed Susan

Thunbergia alata

Not Evaluated

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