pykew 0.1.3

Description:

pykew 0.1.3

Library for easy access to Kew’s nomenclatural and taxonomic services. Hides the
intricacies of using the HTTP API.



IPNI
Module for searching IPNI data and looking up individual records.

Simple search
import pykew.ipni as ipni

result = ipni.search('Poa annua')


Advanced search
import pykew.ipni as ipni
from pykew.ipni_terms import Name

query = { Name.genus: 'Poa', Name.species: 'annua' }
res = ipni.search(query)

Available Search Terms
To build complex queries, use the search terms available in ipni_terms. Query term are grouped into
the modules Name, Author, and Publication.

Name

added
author
basionym
basionym_author
bibliographic_reference
citation_type
collection_number
collectors
distribution
family
full_name
genus
in_powo
infrafamily
infragenus
infraspecies
modified
name_status
published
published_in
publishing_author
rank
scientific_name
species
species_author
version



Author

forename
full_name
standard_form
surname



Publication

standard_form
bph_number
date
isbn
issn
lc_number
preceded_by
superceded_by
title
tl2_author
tl2_number





Filtering
You can filter a given result set by taxonomic rank.
import pykew.ipni as ipni
from pykew.ipni_terms import Filters

res = ipni.search('Poa', filters = Filters.infraspecific)

Available Filters
Filters

familial
infrafamilial
generic
infrageneric
specific
infraspecific




Using results
Results sets are returned as an iterator which can be manipulated as you generally would in python. The result object
also implements size() efficiently - it does not fetch all results to count them.
import pykew.ipni as ipni
from pykew.ipni_terms import Name

query = { Name.genus: 'Poa', Name.species: 'annua' }
res = ipni.search(query)

res.size()
[r['name'] for r in res if 'name' in r]



POWO
Module for searching POWO data and looking up individual records. Taxonomic data is
returned by default, but other associated such as distributions and descriptive text can
also be retrieved.

Simple search
import pykew.powo as powo

result = powo.search('Poa annua')


Advanced search
import pykew.powo as powo
from pykew.powo_terms import Name

query = { Name.genus: 'Poa', Name.species: 'annua' }
res = powo.search(query)

Available Search Terms
To build complex queries, use the search terms available in powo_terms. Query term are grouped into
the modules Name, Characteristic, and Geography.

Name

full_name
common_name
kingdom
family
genus
species
author



Characteristic

summary
appearance
characteristic
flower
fruit
leaf
inflorescence
seed
cloning
use



Geography

distribution





Filtering
You can filter a given result set by accepted taxa, taxa with images, and taxonomic rank.
import pykew.powo as powo
from pykew.powo_terms import Filters

res = powo.search('Poa', filters = [Filters.accepted, Filters.species])

Available Filters
Filters

accepted
has_images
families
genera
species
infraspecies




Individual record
import pykew.powo as powo

res = powo.lookup('urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:320035-2')

Extra Data
The standard data returned by the POWO api includes taxonomic and nomenclatural information, but there
are other data you can request.
Currently you can only retrieve distribution data, but other data should be exposed in the future.
import pykew.powo as powo

res = powo.lookup('urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:320035-2', include=['distribution'])
native_to = [d['name'] for d in res['distribution']['natives']]



Using results
Results sets are returned as an iterator which can be manipulated as you generally would in python. The result object
also implements size() efficiently - it does not fetch all results to count them.
import pykew.powo as powo
from pykew.powo_terms import Name, Geography

query = { Name.genus: 'Poa', Geography.distribution: 'Africa' }
res = powo.search(query)

res.size()
[r['name'] for r in res if 'name' in r]