This online tool allows to divide scientific names into their components and to check them against the taxonomic backbone used by GBIF. It can be used to automate some processes while digitizing or curating lists of scientific names.

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Endpoint

http://api.gbif.org/v1/parser/name

Example

Parse names in GET parameters

JSON Response

Example of a parsed name json object:

{\n\t\t\"original\": \"Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S.F.Blake cv. 'Turesson'\",\n\t\t\"type\": \"cultivar\",\n\t\t\"authorsParsed\": true,\n\t\t\"genus\": \"Symphoricarpos\",\n\t\t\"infraGeneric\": null,\n\t\t\"specific\": \"albus\",\n\t\t\"rank\": \"cv.\",\n\t\t\"infraSpecific\": null,\n\t\t\"authorship\": \"S.F.Blake\",\n\t\t\"year\": null,\n\t\t\"bracketAuthorship\": \"L.\",\n\t\t\"bracketYear\": null,\n\t\t\"nothoRank\": null,\n\t\t\"cultivar\": \"Turesson\",\n\t\t\"sensu\": null,\n\t\t\"nomStatus\": null,\n\t\t\"remarks\": null,\n\t\t\"standard\": \"Symphoricarpos albus cv. (L.) S.F.Blake 'Turesson'\",\n\t\t\"canonical\": \"Symphoricarpos albus cv. 'Turesson'\"\n }\n

Response fields

original

The original name as it was submitted. \n

type

One of the following:\n\nSCIENTIFIC\n    A scientific Latin name that might contain authorship but is not any of the other name types below (virus, hybrid, cultivar, etc).\nVIRUS\n    A virus name.\nHYBRID\n    A hybrid formula (not a hybrid name).\nINFORMAL\n    A scientific name with some informal addition like \"cf.\" or indetermined like Abies spec.\nCULTIVAR\n    A cultivated plant name.\nCANDIDATUS\n    A component of the taxonomic name for a bacterium that cannot be maintained in a Bacteriology Culture Collection.\nDOUBTFUL\n    Doubtful whether this is a scientific name at all.\nPLACEHOLDER\n    A placeholder name like \"incertae sedis\" or \"unknown genus\".\nNO_NAME\n    Surely not a scientific name of any kind.\n

authorsParsed

A boolean flag to indicate whether the full parser was applied and author names have been parsed. For some names only the canonical name parts can be parsed and this flag will be false. \n

genus

The genus of the name. \n

infraGeneric

Any infrageneric part above species level of the name, mostly the subgenus or section. \n

specific

The specific epithet. \n

rank

The rank marker used in an infraspecific name. \n

infraSpecific

The infraspecific epithet of the lowest ranked name part, e.g variety or subspecies. \n

authorship

The authorship with no brackets. Usually the combination authorship. \n

year

The year without bracket. Usually the year of publication of the combination. \n

bracketAuthorship

The authorship in brackets. Usually the authorship of the original name, e.g the basionym. \n

bracketYear

The year in brackets. Usually the year of publication of the original name, e.g the basionym. \n

nothoRank

A property indicating a named hybrid and giving the name part that the hybrid marker applies to. One of the following: Generic   Infrageneric   Specific   Infraspecific   \n

cultivar

The cultivar name cited in single quotes, e.g Turesson as in Symphoricarpos albus 'Turesson' \n

sensu

The dwc:taxonAccordingTo part of a taxon concept. E.g. sec. Berendsohn 2001 or sensu latu. \n

nomStatus

A nomenclatural status remark such as nom.illeg., usually starting with nom. or nomen. \n

remarks

Other, mostly identification related remarks such as cf. \n

standard

The standard representation of the name. Tries to be compliant with the best practices of the nomenclatural codes and reduces names consisting of more than one infraspecific epithet to the lowest ranked one. \n

canonical

The canonical form of the name. This form has no authorship or more than 3 name parts. \n

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