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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
326
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 52
Endangered 101
Vulnerable 173
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1378
Data Deficient 102
Not Evaluated 3040
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

Mougeot's yoke moss

Amphidium mougeotii

Least Concern

Mountain brome

Bromus carinatus

Not Evaluated

sacred anisetree

Illicium anisatum

Not Evaluated

Southern Grey Physcia

Physcia tribacioides

Not Evaluated

Sawtooth oak

Quercus acutissima

Least Concern

Salted Ruffle Lichen

Parmotrema crinitum

Vulnerable

reed grass

Arundinella nepalensis

Least Concern

mountain-pepper

Litsea cubeba

Least Concern

Guadeloupe trumpet-tree

Tabebuia obtusifolia

Not Evaluated

mountain soursop

Annona montana

Not Evaluated

Dotted Hornwort

Anthoceros punctatus

Vulnerable

Crimson bottlebrush

Callistemon citrinus

Not Evaluated

Diatom

Coscinodiscus wailesii

Not Evaluated

Filimonas endophytica

Not Evaluated

Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus

Not Evaluated

Elastic grass

Eragrostis tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Indian murainagrass

Polytrias indica

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora taiwanensis

Data Deficient

Short-tail lantern shark

Etmopterus brachyurus

Data Deficient

Stargrass

Cynodon plectostachyus

Not Evaluated

Maidenhair Spleenwort

Asplenium trichomanes

Least Concern

Dumortier's Liverwort

Dumortiera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora mactanensis

Vulnerable

Slender dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus alsinoides

Not Evaluated

Golden Leather Fern

Acrostichum aureum

Not Evaluated

Spottedheart

Stictocardia tiliifolia

Least Concern

Largeleaf maidenhair

Adiantum macrophyllum

Not Evaluated

magical cone

Conus magus

Least Concern

Anabaenopsis circularis

Not Evaluated

Red algae

Acanthophora spicifera

Not Evaluated

Isopterygium Moss

Isopterygium tenerum

Not Evaluated

golden shrimp-plant

Pachystachys lutea

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora efflorescens

Near Threatened

Bristle Dock

Rumex maritimus

Endangered

Milo's fissidens moss

Fissidens curvatus

Not Evaluated

Beach Bean

Canavalia rosea

Least Concern

Glossy shower

Senna surattensis

Least Concern

Angled Burr Cucumber

Sicyos angulatus

Not Evaluated

Flowering banana

Musa ornata

Least Concern

pore coral

Montipora palawanensis

Near Threatened

evodia

Tetradium ruticarpum

Least Concern

Hump-backed fly

Dohrniphora cornuta

Not Evaluated

pore coral

Montipora cactus

Vulnerable

pore coral

Montipora stellata

Least Concern

Showy pigeonpea

Cajanus scarabaeoides

Least Concern

Magellan's peat moss

Sphagnum magellanicum

Not Evaluated

Synechocystis aquatilis

Not Evaluated

Anabaena birgei

Not Evaluated

Sacramento burbark

Triumfetta semitriloba

Least Concern

Muehlenbeck's broom moss

Dicranum muehlenbeckii

Extinct

Arcyria incarnata

Not Evaluated

branching larkspur

Delphinium consolida

Not Evaluated

Mulberry

Morus alba

Not Evaluated

Madwoman'S Milk

Euphorbia helioscopia

Least Concern

Slender Cyperus

Cyperus distans

Not Evaluated

Angulomicrobium tetraedale

Not Evaluated

Two-spotted Cricket

Gryllus bimaculatus

Not Evaluated

Mu oil tree

Vernicia montana

Least Concern

slender carpetweed

Glinus oppositifolius

Least Concern

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