The "Scientific Name-String" represents a scientific biological name. The
generation of scientific names is governed by codes of nomenclature, including:

The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants
The International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
The International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature

However, these codes do not provide universal, strict rules on how names must
be spelled out. As a result, a scientific name can be represented by various
name-strings.

Examples of different representations for "Carex scirpoidea var.
convoluta" are:

Carex scirpoidea var. convoluta
Carex scirpoidea var. convoluta Kük.
Carex scirpoidea Michx. var. convoluta Kükenth.
Carex scirpoidea var. convoluta Kükenthal

It's important to note that the code for viruses does not follow binomial
nomenclature.

This endpoint resolves a specific spelling of a scientific name to data-source
records where that name-string was used. Appending the URL with the name-string
GlobalNames identifier, or the string itself will provide more details of the
"best match".
		
It is also possible to expand search to all relevant results, and
filter out results to particular data-sources by providing their IDs.

Example:

https://verifier.globalnames.org/api/v1/name_strings/0eeccd70-eaf2-5c51-ad8b-46cfb3db1645?all_matches=true&data_sources=1,11

The list of DataSource IDs can be found at

https://verifier.globalnames.org/api/v1/data_sources

or

https://verifier.globalnames.org/data_sources