taxotools (version 0.0.35)

GetWikiSyn: Get Wikipedia Synonyms for list of names

Description

This function is depreciated. Please use list_wiki_syn

Usage

GetWikiSyn(namelist)

Arguments

namelist

list of scientific names

Value

a data frame containing names, Wikipedian names, synonyms and Canonical synonyms matched with GBIF backbone taxonomy

• Name : Scientific name

• WikiName : Wikipedia page name

• OrigSyn : Original synonym returned by Wikipedia

• Syn : Synonym in canonical form, matched with GBIF

Details

Fetch Synonyms from Wikipedia and clean them for use

See Also

Other Discontinued functions: BuildCSList, CheckScientificName, ExpandSyn, GuessTaxoLevel, MakeCanonical, MatchLists, make_canonical

Examples

# NOT RUN {
#GetWikiSyn("Abrothrix illutea")
#GetWikiSyn(c("Abditomys latidens", "Abeomelomys sevia", "Abrocoma schistacea"))

# }