SoilTaxonomy (version 0.2.7)

getChildTaxa: Get the lower (child) taxa for a taxon name or code

Description

Get the lower (child) taxa for a taxon name or code

Usage

getChildTaxa(
  taxon = NULL,
  code = NULL,
  convert = TRUE,
  level = c("order", "suborder", "greatgroup", "subgroup")
)

Value

A named list, where names are taxon codes and values are character vectors representing parent taxa

Arguments

taxon

A character vector of taxa (case-insensitive)

code

A character vector of taxon codes (case sensitive)

convert

Convert results from taxon codes to taxon names? Default: TRUE

level

Filter results to specific level? Default: "order","suborder","greatgroup","subgroup"

Examples

# suborder children of "Mollisols"
getChildTaxa("Mollisols", level = "suborder")

# get all children within a great group, given a subgroup
getChildTaxa(getTaxonAtLevel("Ultic Haploxeralfs", "greatgroup"))