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exsic (version 1.0)

Convenience functions for botanist to create exsiccatae indices

Description

The package provides some tools for botanists, plant taxonomists, curators of plant genebanks and perhaps other biological collections.

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install.packages('exsic')

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Version

1.0

License

GPL (>= 3)

Maintainer

Reinhard Simon

Last Published

March 26th, 2013

Functions in exsic (1.0)

is.format

Checks if the data frame conforms to the expectations to a formatting configuration data frame.

write.exsic

Writes the exsiccatae text

coll.cite

Constructs a final citation of collector names.

index.species

Creates a simple index of species.

sort.specs

A sorting and filtering configuration data.frame

is.sortfilter

Checks if the data frame conforms to the expectations to sort and filter the exsic database.

index.collections

Creates the index of collectors and their specimes.

exsic

Creates three botanical indices (exsiccatae or index of specimens; numerical list of species; index to numbered collections).

format.PK

A formatting scheme following PK (Phytokeys) conventions for an exsiccatae record.

section.exsic

Creates a section header

strip.final.dot

Strips a text of any final dots.

format.ASPT

A formatting scheme following ASPT (American Society of Plant Taxonomists) conventions for an exsiccatae record.

potato

Wild potato specimen sample list

format.SBMG

A formatting scheme following SBMG (Systematic Botany Monographs) conventions for an exsiccatae record.

index.citations

Creates an index of specimen citations

format.NYBG

A formatting scheme following NYBG (New York Botanical Garden) conventions for an exsiccatae record.

read.exsic

Reads a table in .csv format.

A condensed list of species (listed within a line).

exsic-package

Provides botanists with convenience functions to create exsiccatae indices

index.countries

Creates a simple index of countries.