SoilTaxonomy (version 0.2.3)

explainST: Explain a taxon name using formative elements

Description

Explain a taxon name using formative elements

Usage

explainST(x, format = c("text", "html"), viewer = TRUE)

Value

a block of text, suitable for display in fixed-width font

Arguments

x

a Subgroup, Great Group, Suborder or Order-level taxonomic name; matching is exact and case-insensitive

format

output format: 'text' | 'html'

viewer

show format = 'html' output in browser? default: TRUE

Examples

cat(explainST("ids"), "\n\n")              #  -ids (order suffix) 
cat(explainST("aridisols"), "\n\n")        # Aridisols (order name)
cat(explainST("argids"), "\n\n")           # Arg- (suborder) 
cat(explainST("haplargids"), "\n\n")       # Hap- (great group)
cat(explainST("typic haplargids"), "\n\n") # Typic (subgroup)