Arguments
name
The string to search for. Only exact matches found the name given
will be returned, unless one or wildcards are included in the search
string. An * (asterisk) character denotes a wildcard; acharacter may also be used. The name must be at least 3 chara
id
The record ID of the specific record to return (only for scientific
names of species or infraspecific taxa)
format
format of the results returned. Valid values are format=xml and
format=php; if the format parameter is omitted, the results are returned
in the default XML format. If format=php then results are returned as a
PHP array in serialized string format,
start
The first record to return. If omitted, the results are returned
from the first record (start=0). This is useful if the total number of
results is larger than the maximum number of results returned by a single
Web service query (currently the maximum numb
checklist
The year of the checklist to query, if you want a specific
year's checklist instead of the lastest as default (numeric).