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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)
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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.
prepare.table
Prepare exsic table
is.exsic
Checks table format
index.species.short
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.