flora (version 0.1)

Botanical-info: Retrieve the taxonomical information of a botanical name.

Description

Retrieve the taxonomical information of a botanical name from the Flora do Brasil website.

Usage

taxon.author(spp)
taxon.citation(spp)
taxon.family(spp)
lower.taxa(spp)
taxon.synonyms(spp)

Arguments

spp

A character string containing a botanical name to be looked up on Flora do Brasil.

Value

• A character string or logical value.

References

http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/jabot/

See Also

is.accepted suggest.names get.taxon.info

Examples

taxon.author("Miconia albicans")
taxon.author("Myrcia")
taxon.citation("Myrcia")
taxon.family("Coffea arabica")
taxon.family("Anadenanthera")
lower.taxa("Melastomataceae")
lower.taxa("Ouratea")
taxon.synonyms("Myrcia guianensis")