Connects Claude to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew's Plants of the World Online database through the Pipeworx gateway. The source doesn't list specific tools, but this hooks into POWO's botanical data, which typically includes plant taxonomy, distributions, and nomenclature lookups. Hosted as a streamable HTTP endpoint, so no local setup required. You can use it standalone for plant queries or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway to combine botanical data with 826+ other sources. Includes an ask_pipeworx wrapper that handles natural language queries instead of direct tool calls. Reach for this when you need authoritative plant identification or taxonomic data in your AI workflows.
POWO (Plants of the World Online, by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) MCP.
Part of Pipeworx — an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to 826+ live data sources.
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Add to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.):
{
"mcpServers": {
"powo": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/powo/mcp"
}
}
}
Or connect to the full Pipeworx gateway for access to all 826+ data sources:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pipeworx": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp"
}
}
}
Instead of calling tools directly, you can ask questions in plain English:
ask_pipeworx({ question: "your question about Powo data" })
The gateway picks the right tool and fills the arguments automatically.
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