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datelife (version 0.6.8)

get_ott_lineage: Get the Open Tree of Life Taxonomic identifier (OTT id) and name of all lineages from one or more input taxa.

Description

Get the Open Tree of Life Taxonomic identifier (OTT id) and name of all lineages from one or more input taxa.

Usage

get_ott_lineage(input = NULL, ott_ids = NULL)

Value

A list of named numeric vectors of ott ids from input and all the clades it belongs to.

Arguments

input

Optional. A character vector of names or a datelifeQuery object.

ott_ids

If not NULL, it takes this argument and ignores input. A numeric vector of ott ids obtained with rotl::taxonomy_taxon_info() or rotl::tnrs_match_names() or tnrs_match().

Examples

Run this code
if (FALSE)  # This is a flag for package development. You are welcome to run the example.

taxa <- c("Homo", "Bacillus anthracis", "Apis", "Salvia")
lin <- get_ott_lineage(taxa)
lin

# Look up an unknown OTT id:
get_ott_lineage(ott_id = 454749)

 # end dontrun

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