bio.infer (version 1.3-6)

parse.taxon.name: Parse taxon name

Description

Parses taxon names from benthic count file to facilitate matching with ITIS.

Usage

parse.taxon.name(tname.orig)

Arguments

tname.orig

Character vector of taxon names

Value

Returns a matrix in which each row corresponds with a different element of the provided character vector, and each column corresponds to distinct strings in each element.

Details

Parses compound names typically found in benthic count files into a list of strings for each name.