taxize (version 0.0.2)

itis: Use any function in ritis, searching by TSN or taxonomic name.

Description

Use any function in ritis, searching by TSN or taxonomic name.

Usage

itis(query, searchtype = NULL)

Arguments

query

Any common or scientific name (character), or taxonomic serial number (numeric). Can supply a single query or many.

searchtype

Specify one or more of: "getacceptednamesfromtsn","getanymatchcount","getcommentdetailfromtsn", "getcommonnamesfromtsn","getcoremetadatafromtsn","getcoveragefromtsn", "getcredibilityratingfromtsn","getcurrencyfromtsn","getdatedatafromtsn", "getexp

Value

• A variety of results can be returned depending on the ritis function called. If many queries or functions, or many of both, are provided, results will be returned in a list.

Examples

# Search by scientific name, can abbreviate
itis("Plethodon", "searchbysci")

# Bet an LSID code from TSN code
itis(202420, 'getlsidfromtsn')

# Get the full taxonomic hierarchy for a taxon from the TSN
itis(36616, "getfullhierarchyfromtsn")

# Search by scientific name, then use a TSN to get its parent TSN
itis("Ursus", "searchbyscientificname") # let's pick one of the TSN's
itis(203539, "getparenttsnfromtsn")
itis(203539, "getsynonymnamesfromtsn") # no synonyms in this case

# Use multiple queries on one call to the function
itis(c(203539, 202420), "getsynonymnamesfromtsn")

# Use multiple ritis functions
itis(203539, c("getsynonymnamesfromtsn","getcommonnamesfromtsn"))

# Use multiple ritis functions and multiple queries
itis(c(203539, 202420), searchtype=c("getsynonymnamesfromtsn","getcommonnamesfromtsn"))