taxotools (version 0.0.35)

melt_canonical: Deconstruct canonical names

Description

Deconstruct canonical names into Genus, Species and Subspecies fields.

Usage

melt_canonical(dat, canonical = "", genus = "", species = "",
  subspecies = "")

Arguments

dat

data frame containing taxonomic list

canonical

field name for canonical names

genus

field name for Genus

species

field name for Species

subspecies

field name for Subspecies

Value

a data frame containing Genus, Species and Subspecies fields added or or repopulated using data in canonical name field.

See Also

Other Name functions: cast_canonical, check_scientific, expand_name, guess_taxo_level, list_higher_taxo

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
melt_canonical(mylist,"canonical","genus","species","subspecies")
# }

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