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Trefle

An open, freely accessible botanical data source and REST API for plant information covering over 400,000 plant species with taxonomy, morphology, growth requirements, and geographic distributions.

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AgricultureBotanyOpen DataPlantsScience

APIs

Trefle API

An open, freely accessible botanical data source and REST API for plant information with taxonomy, species, distributions, and growth data.

Capabilities

Trefle Botanical Data

Workflow capability for Trefle botanical data covering plant search, species detail retrieval, taxonomy navigation, and geographic distribution analysis. Designed for gardening ...

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Semantic Vocabularies

Trefle Context

44 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

API Governance Rules

Trefle API Rules

9 rules · 3 errors 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Resources

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Website
Website
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Documentation
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Vocabulary
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Sources

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aid: trefle
name: Trefle
description: An open, freely accessible botanical data source and REST API for plant information covering over 400,000 plant species with taxonomy, morphology, growth requirements, and geographic distributions.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Agriculture
  - Botany
  - Open Data
  - Plants
  - Science
created: '2025-02-24'
modified: '2026-05-03'
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trefle/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: trefle:trefle
    name: Trefle API
    description: An open, freely accessible botanical data source and REST API for plant information with taxonomy, species, distributions, and growth data.
    humanURL: https://trefle.io/
    baseURL: https://trefle.io/api/v1
    tags:
      - Botany
      - Open Data
      - Plants
      - Science
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.trefle.io/
      - type: Getting Started
        url: https://docs.trefle.io/docs/guides/getting-started
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/trefle-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/trefle-plant-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/trefle-species-schema.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/trefle-context.jsonld
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/trefle-species-structure.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/trefle-search-plants-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/trefle-get-species-example.json
      - type: SpectralRuleset
        url: rules/trefle-rules.yml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/shared/trefle-api.yaml
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://trefle.io/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.trefle.io/
  - type: Sign Up
    url: https://trefle.io/users/sign_in
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/treflehq
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/botanical-data.yaml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/trefle-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]