taxize (version 0.1.5)

comm2sci: Get scientific names from common names.

Description

Get scientific names from common names.

Usage

comm2sci(commnames, db = "eol", itisby = "search", ...)

Arguments

commnames

One or more common names or partial names.

db

Data source, one of eol (default), itis, or tropicos

itisby

Search for common names across entire names (search, default), at beginning of names (begin), or at end of names (end).

...

Further arguments passed on to functions...

Value

• List of data.frame's.

See Also

searchbycommonname, searchbycommonnamebeginswith, searchbycommonnameendswith, eol_search, tp_search

sci2comm

Examples

comm2sci(commnames='black bear')
comm2sci(commnames='black bear', db='itis')
comm2sci(commnames='inch', db='itis', itisby='begin')
comm2sci(commnames='snake', db='itis', itisby='end')
comm2sci(commnames='annual blue grass', db='tropicos')
comm2sci(commnames=c('annual blue grass','tree of heaven'), db='tropicos')
do.call(rbind.fill, comm2sci(commnames=c('annual blue grass','tree of heaven'), db='tropicos'))
comm2sci(commnames=c('black bear', 'roe deer'))

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