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Tropicos Web Services

Get Synonyms

Return all Synonyms for a Name with a given id

Pattern

Name/{id}/Synonyms?apikey={apikey}&format={format}

  • id (required): The Name Id
  • apikey (required): Your api key that was given to you
  • format (required): Use the word \"xml\" or \"json\" to choose how you want your output to be formatted

Example

Name/25509881/Synonyms?apikey=D1CC4285-279D-4B5C-B469-861F4C1F4020&format=xml

Sample Response

<Synonyms>
  <Synonym>
    <SynonymName>
      <NameId>25503923</NameId>
      <ScientificName>Aira pumila</ScientificName>
      <ScientificNameWithAuthors>Aira pumila Pursh</ScientificNameWithAuthors>
      <Family>Poaceae</Family>
    </SynonymName>
    <AcceptedName>
      <NameId>25509881</NameId>
      <ScientificName>Poa annua</ScientificName>
      <ScientificNameWithAuthors>Poa annua L.</ScientificNameWithAuthors>
      <Family>Poaceae</Family>
    </AcceptedName>
    <Reference>
      <ReferenceId>46337</ReferenceId>
      <PublicationId>605</PublicationId>
      <AuthorString>Soreng, R. J., L. M. Giussani & M. A. Negritto</AuthorString>
      <ArticleTitle>~Poa~. In Catalogue of New World Grasses</ArticleTitle>
      <Collation>48: 505-580</Collation>
      <AbbreviatedTitle>Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.</AbbreviatedTitle>
      <YearPublished>2003</YearPublished>
    </Reference>
  </Synonym>
</Synonyms>