Plant Compliance for Marketplaces

Check whether a plant is regulated at the buyer's location before checkout, catalogue approval, or shipment.

Covers 2,193 taxa across 106 jurisdictions · Current release 2026-10-07

For ecommerce platforms, marketplaces, nurseries and compliance teams that need plant regulation checks built into their own systems.

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How the service works

  1. Submit a plant and a destination

    The plant name as it appears in your catalogue, and the buyer's country and region.

  2. The name is matched

    Against scientific names, synonyms and common names, tolerating minor misspellings. Ambiguous names return suggestions to choose from rather than a guess.

  3. The regulation record is returned

    Whether the species is listed in that jurisdiction, with the regulating authority, its classification and the data release used. 

POST /v1/regulatory-check
{
  "plant_query": "Cortaderia jubata",
  "ship_to": { "country": "US", "region": "CA" }
}
Scope

The service reports regulation records. It does not determine whether a plant may legally be bought, sold or shipped; that decision remains with your compliance team and the relevant authority.

What the service provides

  • Screening of plant listings before checkout, catalogue approval or shipment.
  • Matching that handles the names plants are actually sold under.
  • A record behind every result: the authority, its classification and notes, and the release.
  • Versioned data releases, documented on the Method page.

Try a live check

The demo sends a request through the same API an integration would use.

Access and terms

Enterprise access is approved individually and uses an API token issued under written terms. Pricing, usage limits and support are agreed with each organisation.

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