ITIS
Provides authoritative taxonomic data on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes through a searchable index of over 900,000 scientific and common names with classification hierarchy. Supports queries by taxonomic serial number, scientific or common name, kingdom, and rank via a Solr-based interface.
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itis.gov:itisBase URL:
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Tutorials
- Getting Started with ITIS — I can look up authoritative taxonomic data — scientific names, synonymy, accepted vs. deprecated status, full lineage from kingdom to variety, and common names — from the ITIS database via a single Solr-based GET, but I need to parse its dollar-delimited hierarchy and vernacular strings myself.
Skills
- Access reclassified — I can check whether a scientific name has been reclassified or synonymized and find the currently accepted replacement — via ITIS in a single unauthenticated GET, but I need the TSN first.
- Look up itis taxonomic data — I can look up authoritative taxonomic data — scientific names, synonymy, accepted status, full lineage, and common names — from the ITIS database via a single unauthenticated Solr GET, but I need to parse dollar-delimited hierarchy and vernacular strings myself.
- Search itis taxonomy — I can search authoritative taxonomic data — scientific names, synonymy, accepted vs. deprecated status, full lineage, and common names — from the ITIS database via a single Solr-based GET, but I need to parse dollar-delimited hierarchy and vernacular strings myself.