Fetch Synonyms from Wikipedia and clean them for use
list_wiki_syn(namelist)
list of scientific names
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
# NOT RUN { list_wiki_syn("Abrothrix illutea") #list_wiki_syn(c("Abditomys latidens", "Abeomelomys sevia", "Abrocoma schistacea")) # }
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