Trefle Species API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Trefle Distributions Species 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: Species
  description: Access detailed species information including taxonomy, morphology, growth characteristics, soil requirements, and geographic distributions.
paths:
  /species:
    get:
      operationId: listSpecies
      summary: List Species
      description: Returns a paginated list of plant species with detailed taxonomic, morphological, and growth data. Supports extensive filtering by growth habit, bloom period, soil type, and other attributes.
      tags:
      - Species
      parameters:
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Page number for pagination
      - name: filter[common_name]
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter by common name
      - name: filter[scientific_name]
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter by scientific name
      - name: filter[genus_id]
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Filter by genus ID
      - name: filter[family_common_name]
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter by plant family common name
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Species list returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SpeciesSummary'
                  links:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks'
                  meta:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationMeta'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /species/search:
    get:
      operationId: searchSpecies
      summary: Search Species
      description: Search for species by common name or scientific name. Designed for fast autocomplete-style queries.
      tags:
      - Species
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Search query
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/SpeciesSummary'
                  links:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationLinks'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /species/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getSpecies
      summary: Get Species
      description: Retrieves comprehensive data for a specific plant species, including full taxonomy, morphology (flowers, foliage, fruit, seeds), growth characteristics, soil and light requirements, and distribution data.
      tags:
      - Species
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The species Trefle ID or slug
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Species details returned
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Species'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          description: Species not found
components:
  schemas:
    Measurement:
      type: object
      properties:
        cm:
          type: number
          description: Measurement in centimeters
    Species:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SpeciesSummary'
      - type: object
        properties:
          common_names:
            type: object
            description: Common names by language code
          distribution:
            type: object
            properties:
              native:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              introduced:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              naturalised:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
          distributions:
            type: object
            description: Detailed distribution zone objects
          edible:
            type: boolean
          edible_part:
            type: array
            items:
              type: string
          vegetable:
            type: boolean
          observations:
            type: string
          growth:
            type: object
            properties:
              days_to_harvest:
                type: integer
              row_spacing:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Measurement'
              spread:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Measurement'
              ph_maximum:
                type: number
              ph_minimum:
                type: number
              light:
                type: integer
              atmospheric_humidity:
                type: integer
              bloom_months:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              fruit_months:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              soil_humidity:
                type: integer
              soil_nutriments:
                type: integer
              soil_salinity:
                type: integer
              soil_texture:
                type: integer
          specifications:
            type: object
            properties:
              ligneous_type:
                type: string
              growth_form:
                type: string
              growth_habit:
                type: string
              growth_rate:
                type: string
              average_height:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Measurement'
              maximum_height:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Measurement'
              nitrogen_fixation:
                type: string
              shape_and_orientation:
                type: string
              toxicity:
                type: string
          flower:
            type: object
            properties:
              color:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              conspicuous:
                type: boolean
          foliage:
            type: object
            properties:
              texture:
                type: string
              color:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              leaf_retention:
                type: boolean
          fruit_or_seed:
            type: object
            properties:
              conspicuous:
                type: boolean
              color:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              shape:
                type: string
              seed_persistence:
                type: boolean
    SpeciesSummary:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        common_name:
          type: string
        slug:
          type: string
        scientific_name:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        rank:
          type: string
        family_common_name:
          type: string
        family:
          type: string
        genus_id:
          type: integer
        genus:
          type: string
        image_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        synonyms:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        links:
          type: object
    PaginationLinks:
      type: object
      properties:
        self:
          type: string
        first:
          type: string
        next:
          type: string
        prev:
          type: string
        last:
          type: string
    PaginationMeta:
      type: object
      properties:
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of records matching the query
  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).'