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Powo

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POWO (Plants of the World Online, by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) MCP.

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About Powo

Powo is an MCP server published by pipeworx-io in the Other category: pOWO (Plants of the World Online, by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) MCP.

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Install

From source
git clone https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-powo

This server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.

Tools (2)

get_taxonFetch a full POWO (Plants of the World Online, by Kew) taxon record by its fqId (e.g. "urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:304293-2", obtained from search_plants). Returns the taxon's classification, family/genus, taxonomic status, native distribution (TDWG region codes), accepted-name resolution (for synonyms), and synonym count. Keyless authoritative botanical taxonomy.

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search_plantsSearch POWO (Plants of the World Online, by Kew) — the authoritative global plant taxonomy database — for accepted plant names and synonyms by scientific or common name. Returns matching taxa with their family, rank, whether the name is accepted, and a POWO fqId you can pass to get_taxon. Keyless. Complements GBIF/iNaturalist with curated botanical taxonomy.

Parameters not published.

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About Powo

How do I install Powo?

No package has been published for this server, so install it from source: clone the repository and follow its README.

Is Powo safe to use with an AI agent?

Its trust score is 34 out of 100 (low). Conduid hasn't run static security checks on this repository yet, so review the source yourself before granting it credentials. It has no ConduID identity yet, so agent calls to it are not receipted.

Is Powo still maintained?

Yes — the last commit was 26 days ago. The repository has 0 stars and 0 forks.