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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
436
CR + EN + VU
Population
23816775
Area
36193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 59
Endangered 131
Vulnerable 246
Near Threatened 193
Least Concern 1651
Data Deficient 132
Not Evaluated 3127
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

pore coral

Montipora porites

Near Threatened

Powdered Speckled Shield Lichen

Punctelia subrudecta

Near Threatened

Common Liverwort

Marchantia polymorpha

Not Evaluated

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

Least Concern

Rust fungus

Puccinia hemerocallidis

Not Evaluated

West indian gherkin

Cucumis anguria

Not Evaluated

West Indian mahogany

Swietenia mahagoni

Near Threatened

West Indian rattlebox

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

West Indian sage

Salvia occidentalis

Not Evaluated

West Indian scale

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona

Not Evaluated

West indian woodnettle

Laportea aestuans

Extinct

Indian-rhododendron

Melastoma malabathricum

Not Evaluated

whiskerplant

Orthosiphon aristatus

Not Evaluated

Whisk Fern

Psilotum nudum

Least Concern

White Beak Sedge

Rhynchospora alba

Vulnerable

Foolproofplant

Billbergia pyramidalis

Not Evaluated

Push Pin Slime Mold

Hemitrichia calyculata

Not Evaluated

Rapid ohia death/ohia wilt

Ceratocystis fimbriata

Not Evaluated

mother-of-pearl-plant

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Not Evaluated

Tussock dropseed

Sporobolus diandrus

Not Evaluated

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

Rainbow Cactus

Echinocereus pectinatus

Least Concern

Cigarette beetle

Lasioderma serricorne

Not Evaluated

false bird of paradise

Heliconia rostrata

Not Evaluated

Common oat

Avena sativa

Not Evaluated

Common Onion

Allium cepa

Not Evaluated

Small carpgrass

Arthraxon hispidus

Not Evaluated

Stinkvine

Paederia foetida

Not Evaluated

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 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

Canary Island Date Palm

Phoenix canariensis

Least Concern

Euglena hemichromata

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

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

Kurthia zopfii

Not Evaluated

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