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ubio_namebank: Search uBio namebank.

Description

Search uBio namebank.

Usage

ubio_namebank(searchName = NULL, searchAuth = NULL,
    searchYear = NULL, order = NULL, sci = NULL,
    vern = NULL, keyCode = NULL)

Arguments

searchName
(string) - term to search within name string
searchAuth
(string) - term to search within name authorship
searchYear
(string) - term to search within name year
order
(string) - (name or namebankID) field by which the results will be sorted (default is namebankID)
sci
(int) - (sci, vern, or all) type of results to be returned (default is all)
vern
(int) - (limit 1000) maximum number of results to be returned (default is 1000)
keyCode
Your uBio API key; loads from .Rprofile. If you don't have one, obtain one at http://www.ubio.org/index.php?pagename=form.

Value

  • List or dataframe of XXXX.

Details

Can't seem to get json format results along with specifiying an API key, so if you use json your key is not specified at the moment

Examples

Run this code
ubio_namebank(searchName = 'elephant', sci = 1, vern = 0)
ubio_namebank(searchName = 'Astragalus aduncus', sci = 1, vern = 0)

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