flora (version 0.3.4)

remove.authors: Remove the author(s) from a taxon name.

Description

This attempts to remove the authorities of a taxonomic name.

Usage

remove.authors(taxon)

Arguments

taxon

a character vector containing a single taxon

Value

a character vector

Examples

# NOT RUN {
remove.authors("Coffea arabica L.")
remove.authors("Chrysophyllum argenteum subsp. nitidum (G.F.W.Meyer) T.D.Penn.")
# }