taxize (version 0.1.5)

ubio_search: This function will return NameBankIDs that match given search terms

Description

This function will return NameBankIDs that match given search terms

Usage

ubio_search(searchName = NULL, searchAuth = NULL,
    searchYear = NULL, order = NULL, sci = NULL,
    vern = NULL, keyCode = NULL, callopts = list())

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.

callopts

Parameters passed on to httr::GET call.

Value

• A data.frame.

Examples

ubio_search(searchName = 'elephant', sci = 1, vern = 0)
ubio_search(searchName = 'Astragalus aduncus', sci = 1, vern = 0)