get_taxon

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declared in 0.1.0

Fetch a full POWO (Plants of the World Online, by Kew) taxon record by its fqId (e.g. "urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304293-2", obtained from search_plants). Returns the taxon's classification, family/genus, taxonomic status, native distribution (TDWG region codes), accepted-name resolution (for synonyms), and synonym count. Keyless authoritative botanical taxonomy.

Parameters schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "fq_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "fq_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A POWO fqId like \"urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304293-2\" (from search_plants results)."
    }
  }
}

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