taxize (version 0.1.8)

tp_search: Search Tropicos by scientific name, common name, or Tropicos ID.

Description

Search Tropicos by scientific name, common name, or Tropicos ID.

Usage

tp_search(name = NULL, commonname = NULL, nameid = NULL, orderby = NULL,
  sortorder = NULL, pagesize = NULL, startrow = NULL, type = NULL,
  key = NULL, callopts = list())

Arguments

name

Your search string. For instance "poa annua"

commonname

Your search string. For instance "annual blue grass"

nameid

Your search string. For instance "25509881"

orderby

Your search string. For instance "1"

sortorder

Your search string. For instance "ascending"

pagesize

Your search string. For instance "100"

startrow

Your search string. For instance "1"

type

Type of search, "wildcard" (default) will add a wildcard to the end of your search string. "exact" will use your search string exactly.

key

Your Tropicos API key; loads from .Rprofile.

callopts

Further args passed on to httr::GET

Value

• List or dataframe.

References

http://services.tropicos.org/help?method=SearchNameXml

Examples

tp_search(name = 'Poa annua')