---
title: "Create a taxon name priority"
method: POST
path: "/taxon_name_priorities"
tags: ["TaxonNamePriorities"]
---

# Create a taxon name priority

`POST /taxon_name_priorities`

## Request body

- TaxonNamePrioritiesCreate
  - `fields` unknown
  - `taxon_name_priority` object, required
    - `place_id` integer, nullable
    - `lexicon` string, nullable, required

## Response `200`

The taxon name priority just created

- ResultsTaxonNamePriorities
  - `total_results` integer, required
  - `page` integer, required
  - `per_page` integer, required
  - `results` TaxonNamePriority[], required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `user_id` integer, required
    - `place_id` integer, nullable
    - `place` object
      - `id` integer, required
      - `uuid` string, uuid
      - `display_name` string, nullable
      - `name` string
    - `lexicon` string, nullable, required
    - `position` integer, nullable, required

---

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