taxotools (version 0.0.23)

make_canonical: Construct canonical names

Description

Construct canonical names using Genus, Species and Subspecies fields. At times due to spaces or NAs in the data fields, it makes it tricky to generate canonical names.

Usage

make_canonical(dat, genus = "", species = "", subspecies = "")

Arguments

dat

data frame containing taxonomic list

genus

field name for Genus field

species

field name for Species field

subspecies

field name for Subspecies field

Value

a data frame containing Canonical names field added or repopulated using filed names for Genus, Species and Subspecies specified in parameters

Examples

# NOT RUN {
make_canonical(mylist,"genus","species","subspecies")
# }