taxize (version 0.7.9)

iucn_id: Get an ID for a IUCN listed taxon

Description

Get an ID for a IUCN listed taxon

Usage

iucn_id(sciname, ...)

Arguments

sciname

character; Scientific name. Should be cleand and in the format . One or more.

...

Curl options passed on to GET

Value

A named list (names are input taxa names) of one or more IUCN IDs. Taxa that aren't found are silently dropped.

Examples

## Not run: 
# iucn_id("Branta canadensis")
# iucn_id("Branta bernicla")
# iucn_id("Panthera uncia")
# iucn_id("Lynx lynx")
# 
# # many names
# iucn_id(c("Panthera uncia", "Lynx lynx"))
# 
# # many names, some not found
# iucn_id(c("Panthera uncia", "Lynx lynx", "foo bar", "hello world"))
# 
# # a name not found
# iucn_id("Foo bar")
# 
# # curl options
# library("httr")
# iucn_id("Branta canadensis", config = verbose())
# ## End(Not run)