Trefle Genus API

Retrieve plant genus classification data.

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trefle-genus-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Trefle Distributions Genus API
  description: Trefle is an open, freely accessible botanical data source and REST API for plant information. The API provides access to data on kingdoms, subkingdoms, divisions, plant families, genus, plant species, and geographic distributions. Over 400,000 plant species are available. Authentication uses a personal access token passed as a query parameter or Authorization header.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Trefle Support
    url: https://trefle.io
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/treflehq/trefle-api/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://trefle.io/api/v1
  description: Trefle Production API
security:
- tokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: Genus
  description: Retrieve plant genus classification data.
paths:
  /genus:
    get:
      operationId: listGenus
      summary: List Genus
      description: Returns a paginated list of plant genera.
      tags:
      - Genus
      parameters:
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Genera returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Genus'
                  links:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /genus/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getGenus
      summary: Get Genus
      description: Retrieves details of a specific plant genus.
      tags:
      - Genus
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Genus returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Genus'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    Genus:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        slug:
          type: string
        family:
          type: object
        links:
          type: object
    PaginationLinks:
      type: object
      properties:
        self:
          type: string
        first:
          type: string
        next:
          type: string
        prev:
          type: string
        last:
          type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed. Access token missing, invalid, or expired.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              error:
                type: string
              message:
                type: string
  securitySchemes:
    tokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: token
      description: 'Trefle personal access token obtained by registering at trefle.io. Can be passed as a query parameter (?token=YOUR_TOKEN) or in the Authorization header (Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN).'