Cortexa research tool·genomics·powo

POWO Get Taxon

Get detailed taxonomic information for a specific plant species from Plants of the World Online (POWO). Returns comprehensive data including taxonomic classification, accepted name, synonyms, geographic distribution by region, morphological descriptions, and images. Use POWO_search_plants to find the fqId (fully qualified ID) first.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 107msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 107ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "fqId": {
      "description": "Fully qualified taxon ID from POWO. Format: 'urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:XXXXXXX-X'. Example: 'urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:717960-1' (Rosa canina). Obtained from POWO_search_plants results.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "fqId"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default POWO Get Taxon call

public-safeinput

{
  "fqId": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_POWO_get_taxon
Tool name: POWO_get_taxon
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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