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This function standardizes species names and fixes a number of common typos and mistakes that commonly occur due to OCR.
process_species_names(species, processing = "all", enforce = FALSE)
character. A string with the standardized species name.
character. String with the name of the species to be processed.
character. One of "trim", "sp nov", "hyphen broken", "abbreviate", "spacing" and "all". By default set to "all", performing every edit.
"trim"
"sp nov"
"hyphen broken"
"abbreviate"
"spacing"
"all"
boolean. Remove non-conforming entries before returning.
process_species_names("macro - thele calpeiana sp. nov.")
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