Plant concepts
Get plant concept
Retrieve a single plant concept using its pc_code.
get/plant-concepts/{pc_code}
Path parameters
pc_codestring required
Query parameters
status'any' | 'current' | 'accepted' | 'current_accepted'
Status criterion for returned plant concepts and their children:
- any: Returns matching concepts regardless of status
- current: Only returns concepts that don't have (past) status stop dates
- accepted: Only returns concepts that have an accepted status
- current_accepted: Only returns concepts that are both current and accepted
with_nestedboolean
Whether to include nested fields in the response
create_parquetboolean
If true, return data payload in binary Parquet format
Response
Matching plant concept(s), with fields based on parameters:
- detail=full&with_nested=false: Extended fields, no nested array fields
- detail=full&with_nested=true: Extended fields + nested array fields
Example response
{
"count": 115000,
"data": [
{
"pc_code": "pc.1",
"plant_name": "Acer rubrum",
"plant_code": "ACRU",
"plant_description": "Named for the Cahaba River",
"concept_rf_code": "rf.1",
"concept_rf_label": "USDA Plants 2002",
"status_rf_code": "rf.1",
"status_rf_label": "USDA Plants 2002",
"obs_count": 17,
"plant_level": "Genus",
"status": "accepted",
"start_date": "2006-05-30",
"stop_date": "2006-05-30",
"current_accepted": true,
"py_code": "py.1",
"party_label": "USDA-NRCS-PLANTS (organization)",
"plant_party_comments": "present at plants.usda.gov as a higher level taxon",
"parent_pc_code": "pc.1",
"parent_name": "Acer"
}
]
}