Use type="acceptedNameUsageID"
to return all rows
for which this ID is the accepted ID, including both synonyms and
and accepted names (since both all synonyms of a name share the
same acceptedNameUsageID
.) Use taxonID
(default) to only return
those rows for which the Scientific name corresponds to the taxonID.
Some providers (e.g. ITIS) assign taxonIDs to synonyms, most others
only assign IDs to accepted names. In the latter case, this means
requesting taxonID
will only match accepted names, while requesting
matches to the acceptedNameUsageID
will also return any known synonyms.
See examples.