MCP server exposing 2 tools for powo.
This URL is a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint over HTTP. Issue POST requests with a JSON-RPC body. Browsers and search crawlers land here on GET.
POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/powo/mcp
Content-Type: application/json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}search_plants — Search POWO (Plants of the World Online, by Kew) — the authoritative global plant taxonomy database — for accepted plant names and synonyms by scientific or common name. Returns matching taxa with their family, rank, whether the name is accepted, and a POWO fqId you can pass to get_taxon. Keyless. Complements GBIF/iNaturalist with curated botanical taxonomy.get_taxon — 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.Code samples (curl / TypeScript / one-click client install), schemas, and the live playground are on the pack page:
https://pipeworx.io/packs/powo/
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