taxize (version 0.1.5)

synonyms: Retrieve synonyms from various sources given input taxonomic names or identifiers.

Description

Retrieve synonyms from various sources given input taxonomic names or identifiers.

Usage

synonyms(...)
  ## S3 method for class 'default':
synonyms(x, db = NULL, ...)
  ## S3 method for class 'tsn':
synonyms(id, ...)
  ## S3 method for class 'tpsid':
synonyms(id, ...)
  ## S3 method for class 'ids':
synonyms(id, ...)

Arguments

x

character; taxons to query.

db

character; database to query. either itis or tropicos.

id

character; identifiers, returned by get_tsn or get_tpsid

...

Other passed arguments.

Value

• A named list of data.frames with the synonyms of every supplied taxa.

See Also

get_tsn, get_tpsid

Examples

# Plug in taxon names directly
synonyms("Poa annua", db="itis")
synonyms(c("Poa annua",'Pinus contorta','Puma concolor'), db="itis")
synonyms("Poa annua", db="tropicos")
synonyms("Pinus contorta", db="tropicos")
synonyms(c("Poa annua",'Pinus contorta'), db="tropicos")

# Use methods for get_uid and get_tsn
synonyms(get_tsn("Poa annua"))

# Pass many ids from class "ids"
out <- get_ids(names="Poa annua", db = c('itis','tropicos'))
synonyms(out)