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latestOpenAPI 3.0.12026-08-063340143.9 KBParse a scientific name
Parses a scientific name string and returns the ParsedName version of it.
Accepts multiple parameters each with a single name. Make sure you URL encode the names properly.
Query parameters
A scientific name to parse. Repeat to parse several names
Response
Parsed name usages
The key for this parsed name object.
The exact verbatim, full scientific name as given before parsing.
A coarse classification of names helping to deal with different syntactical name string structures.
The genus part of a bi/trinomial or the monomial in case of names of higher ranks.
The infrageneric part of a name, often given in parentheses between genus and species epithet, e.g. for a subgenus
The specific epithet of the name
The infraspecific part of a name.
The cultivar, cultivar group or grex part of a cultivated plant name.
If given the name should be of type CULTIVAR
The strain or isolate name. Usually a capital collection code string followed by an accession number.
See List of culture collection codes. If given the name should be of type STRAIN.
For hybrid names notho indicates which part of the name is considered a hybrid, i.e. genus, species or infraspecific epithet.
The original author of this name, e.g. basionym or recombination author.
The year of publication as given in the authorship.
The authorship of the original name, i.e. basionym, given in brackets.
The code relevant year of publication of the original name, i.e. basionym, given in brackets.
Taxon concept references as part of the name, e.g. “MSW2006” for Gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847) sec. MSW2005
A flag indicating if a name could not be parsed at all.
If false, only the scientific name, rank and potentially the name type is given.
The GBIF name parser cannot always parse the entire name.
This is often the case when taxonomic, nomenclatural or identification notes are added to the end of the name. In such cases when the name was only partially parsed (NameUsageIssue.PARTIALLY_PARSABLE) this flag should be true.
If the name was not parsed at all this will be false.
Any nomenclatoral remarks given in this name, e.g. nom. illeg.
Any further remarks found.
The canonical name sensu strictu with nothing else but three name parts at most (genus, species, infraspecific).
No rank or hybrid markers and no authorship, cultivar or strain information.
Infrageneric names are represented without a leading genus.
Unicode characters are replaced by their matching ASCII characters.
The code-compliant, canonical name with three name parts at max (genus, species, infraspecific), a rank marker for infraspecific names and cultivar or strain epithets. The canonical name can be a 1, 2 or 3 parted name, but does not include any informal notes or authorships. Notho taxa will have the hybrid marker.
Unicode characters will be replaced by their matching ASCII characters.
The code-compliant, canonical name with rank and hybrid marker, authorship and cultivar or strain name included. Informal or nomenclatoral notes, concept references, subgenus and non-terminal authorships are removed.
The taxonomic rank of the name.