search_plants
Pack: powo · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/powo/mcp
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.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | yes | Scientific or common plant name, e.g. “Quercus robur” or “English oak”. |
limit | number | no | Max results to return (default 15). |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/powo/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_plants","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"powo": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/powo/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.