taxotools (version 0.0.35)

list_wiki_syn: Get Wikipedia Synonyms for list of names

Description

Fetch Synonyms from Wikipedia and clean them for use

Usage

list_wiki_syn(namelist)

Arguments

namelist

list of scientific names

Value

a data frame containing names, synonyms and Canonical synonyms matched with GBIF backbone taxonomy

  • Name : Scientific name

  • WikiName : Wikipedia page name

  • OrigSyn : Original synonym returned by Wikipedia

  • Syn : Synonym in canonical form, matched with GBIF

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
list_wiki_syn("Abrothrix illutea")
#list_wiki_syn(c("Abditomys latidens", "Abeomelomys sevia", "Abrocoma schistacea"))

# }

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