taxize (version 0.5.2)

ubio_search: This function will return NameBankIDs that match given search terms

Description

This function will return NameBankIDs that match given search terms

Usage

ubio_search(searchName = NULL, searchAuth = NULL, searchYear = NULL,
  order = NULL, sci = 1, vern = 1, keyCode = NULL, callopts = list())

Arguments

searchName

(character) - term to search within name string

searchAuth

(character) - term to search within name authorship

searchYear

(character) - term to search within name year

order

(character) - (name or namebankID) field by which the results will be sorted (default is namebankID)

sci

(integer) - O (no) or 1 (yes; default) to include scientific name results (default is all)

vern

(integer) - O (no) or 1 (yes; default) to include common name (vernacular) results

keyCode

(character) Your uBio API key; loads from .Rprofile. If you don't have one, obtain one at http://www.ubio.org/index.php?pagename=form.

callopts

(list) Parameters passed on to httr::GET call.

Value

• A data.frame.

Examples

ubio_search(searchName = 'elephant')
ubio_search(searchName = 'elephant', sci = 1, vern = 0)
ubio_search(searchName = 'Astragalus aduncus', sci = 1, vern = 0)
ubio_search(searchName = 'puma concolor', sci=1, vern=0)