taxize (version 0.0.5)

classification: Get taxonomic hierarchy for a given taxon ID.

Description

Get taxonomic hierarchy for a given taxon ID.

Usage

classification(x, ID = NULL, ...)
  ## S3 method for class 'tsn':
classification(x, ...)
  ## S3 method for class 'uid':
classification(x, ...)

Arguments

x

IDs from get_tsn() or get_uid().

ID

type of identifier, either 'uid' or 'tsn'

...

Currently not used

Value

• Classification of taxons in a list of data.frames.

Examples

classification(get_uid(c("Chironomus riparius", "aaa vva")))
classification(get_tsn(c("Chironomus riparius", "aaa vva"), "sciname"))

# must specify Identifier, when not used with get_*()
classification(315576, ID = "uid")
classification(180544, "tsn")