class_from_name(name, database, ...)
character
)
The name of a taxon. Not necessarily unique, but are interpretable by a particular database
.
Requires an internet connection.character
of length 1)
The name of the database that patterns given in parser
will apply to.
Valid databases include "ncbi", "itis", "eol", "col", "tropicos",
"nbn", and "none". "none"
will cause no database to be quired; use this if you want to not use the
internet. NOTE: Only "ncbi"
has been tested so far.list
of data.frame