rgbif (version 0.9.7)

parsenames: Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.

Description

Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.

Usage

parsenames(scientificname, ...)

Arguments

scientificname

A character vector of scientific names.

...

Further named parameters, such as query, path, etc, passed on to modify_url within GET call. Unnamed parameters will be combined with config.

Value

A data.frame containing fields extracted from parsed taxon names. Fields returned are the union of fields extracted from all species names in scientificname.

References

http://www.gbif.org/developer/species#parser

Examples

## Not run: 
# parsenames('x Agropogon littoralis')
# parsenames(c('Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius',
#              'Secale cereale subsp. cereale', 'Secale cereale ssp. cereale',
#              'Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)'))
# parsenames("Ajuga pyramidata")
# parsenames("Ajuga pyramidata x reptans")
# 
# # Pass on options to httr
# # library('httr')
# # res <- parsenames(c('Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius',
# #             'Secale cereale subsp. cereale', 'Secale cereale ssp. cereale',
# #             'Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)'), config=progress())
# ## End(Not run)