taxize (version 0.9.91)

apg_lookup: Lookup in the APGIII taxonomy and replace family names

Description

Lookup in the APGIII taxonomy and replace family names

Usage

apg_lookup(taxa, rank = "family")

Arguments

taxa

(character) Taxonomic name to lookup a synonym for in APGIII taxonomy.

rank

(character) Taxonomic rank to lookup a synonym for. One of family or order.

Value

A APGIII family or order name, or the original name if no match.

Details

Internally in this function, we use the datasets apg_families and apg_orders - see their descriptions for the data in them. The functions apgOrders() apgFamilies() are for scraping current content from the http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ website.

BEWARE: The datasets used in this function are (I think) from Version 12 of the data on http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ - I'll update data asap.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# New name found
apg_lookup(taxa = "Hyacinthaceae", rank = "family")
apg_lookup(taxa = "Poaceae", rank = "family")

# Name not found
apg_lookup(taxa = "Asteraceae", rank = "family")
# }