taxize (version 0.2.0)

get_gbifid: Get the GBIF backbone taxon ID from taxonomic names.

Description

Get the GBIF backbone taxon ID from taxonomic names.

Usage

get_gbifid(sciname, ask = TRUE, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

sciname

character; scientific name.

ask

logical; should get_colid be run in interactive mode? If TRUE and more than one ID is found for the species, the user is asked for input. If FALSE NA is returned for multiple matches.

verbose

logical; If TRUE the actual taxon queried is printed on the console.

Value

• A vector of unique identifiers. If a taxon is not found NA. If more than one ID is found the function asks for user input.

Details

Internally in this function we use a function to search GBIF's taxonomy, and if we find an exact match we return the ID for that match. If there isn't an exact match we return the options to you to pick from.

See Also

get_tsn, get_uid, get_tpsid, get_eolid, get_colid

Examples

get_gbifid(sciname='Poa annua')
get_gbifid(sciname='Pinus contorta')
get_gbifid(sciname='Puma concolor')

get_gbifid(c("Poa annua", "Pinus contorta"))

# When not found
get_gbifid(sciname="uaudnadndj")
get_gbifid(c("Chironomus riparius", "uaudnadndj"))