Taxonomic aggregation service

mentaxonomy API

mentaxonomy API provides a unified REST interface for taxonomic name resolution, offering a normalized data model that is independent of the taxonomic information provider being used.

Developers

API documentation

Explore the available endpoints, inspect the normalized data model and execute live requests using Swagger UI.

Open documentation → OpenAPI 3.1

OpenAPI 3.1 specification

Access the OpenAPI specification for the current version of the public API.

View specification → Project

About mentaxonomy

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Taxonomic coverage

Supported providers

LPSN Prokaryotic nomenclature

Available

MycoBank Fungal nomenclature

Pending

GBIF Plants and animals

Planned

Data provenance

Information sources

mentaxonomy aggregates, normalizes and caches taxonomic information obtained from specialist providers, but it is not the authoritative taxonomic source and does not replace the original databases.

Ecosystem

menta® Solutions for biological collection management

mentaxonomy.org Platform for aggregating and normalizing taxonomic information. mentabase.com Management system for biological collections and laboratories. mentasoluciones.com Software solutions for laboratories and scientific organizations.