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POWO Search Plants

Search the Plants of the World Online (POWO) database maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. POWO is the most comprehensive global checklist of vascular plants with 1.3+ million names and 350,000+ accepted species. Search by plant name, genus, family, or common name. Returns taxonomic information including accepted names, synonyms, distribution, and images. Essential for plant taxonomy, botany, and biodiversity research.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 1207msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 1207ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "cursor": {
      "description": "Pagination cursor from previous response",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "f": {
      "description": "Filter facets (comma-separated). Common filters: 'species_f:true' (species only), 'accepted_names:true' (only accepted names). Example: 'species_f:true'",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "perPage": {
      "description": "Results per page (default 24, max 500)",
      "type": [
        "integer",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "q": {
      "description": "Search query. Can be scientific name, common name, genus, or family. Examples: 'rosa canina', 'orchid', 'Asteraceae', 'oak'",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default POWO Search Plants call

public-safeinput

{
  "q": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_POWO_search_plants
Tool name: POWO_search_plants
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

POWO Search Plants

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 1207msCortexa

Schema

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

{ "properties": { "cursor": { "description": "Pagination cursor from previous response", "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "f": { "description": "Filter facets (comma-separated). Common filters: 'species_f:true' (species only), 'accepted_names:true' (only accepted names). Example: 'species_f:true'", "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "perPage": { "description": "Results per page (default 24, max 500)", "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "q": { "description": "Search query. Can be scientific name, common name, genus, or family. Examples: 'rosa canina', 'orchid', 'Asteraceae', 'oak'", "type": "string" } }, "required": [ "q" ], "type": "object" }