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Returns the synonyms that are associated with a given accepted taxon name.
getSynonymsFromAccepted(sp, db)getSynonymsFromAccepted returns a vector of synonyms for the
specified accepted species name.
genus and species
appropriate synonyms database: squamates, birds, mammals, amphibians
The squamate database is a local copy of the Reptile Database (http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/), which will be updated periodically. The list of accepted names within this R package are those that are listed as such on the website.
The bird database is the BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8.0 as downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/taxonomy.
The mammal database is Wilson and Reeder's Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, downloaded from http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/.
The amphibian database is a local copy of the AmphibiaWeb taxonomy (https://amphibiaweb.org/taxonomy/index.html), which will be updated periodically.
To see when these datasets were last updated for this R package, run
downloadDates.
Citation:
BirdLife International. 2015. The BirdLife checklist of the birds of the world: Version 8. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/BirdLife_Checklist_Version_80.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB].
Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
Uetz P., Hosek, J. (ed.). 2016. The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org (accessed 30 April 2016).
Pascal Title
synonymMatch
getSynonymsFromAccepted('Phrynosoma_coronatum', db = 'squamates')
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