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Usbg Plant Structure

Structure documentation for United States Botanic Garden plant collection records

Type: object Properties: 0
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Usbg Plant Structure is a JSON Structure definition published by United States Botanic Garden.

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usbg-plant-structure.json Raw ↑
{
  "title": "USBG Plant Structure",
  "description": "Structure documentation for United States Botanic Garden plant collection records",
  "type": "object",
  "fields": [
    { "name": "accessionNumber", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Unique accession identifier" },
    { "name": "scientificName", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Full scientific name" },
    { "name": "genus", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Genus name" },
    { "name": "species", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Species epithet" },
    { "name": "family", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Plant family" },
    { "name": "commonName", "type": "array<string>", "required": false, "description": "Common name(s)" },
    { "name": "nativeRange", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Geographic native range" },
    { "name": "description", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Descriptive text" },
    { "name": "location", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Physical location in USBG" },
    { "name": "source", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Acquisition source" },
    { "name": "acquisitionDate", "type": "string (date)", "required": false, "description": "Date acquired" },
    { "name": "quantity", "type": "integer", "required": false, "description": "Number of individual plants" },
    { "name": "conservationStatus", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "IUCN conservation status" },
    { "name": "tags", "type": "array<string>", "required": false, "description": "Classification tags" }
  ]
}