taxotools (version 0.0.43)

expand_name: Expands Scientific name

Description

At times the genus is specified with first character and '.' rather then repeating genus names every time. These are either synonyms or species of the same genus listed one bellow another. To convert these names to canonical names, we need to expand the genus name (typically) using previous entry in the list.

Usage

expand_name(fullname, shortname)

Arguments

fullname

full scientific name

shortname

scientific name with short form genus name to expand the Genus

Value

scientific name with Genus expanded using reference name provided as parameter

See Also

Other Name functions: cast_canonical(), check_scientific(), guess_taxo_level(), list_higher_taxo(), melt_canonical()

Examples

# NOT RUN {
expand_name("Addax gibbosa", "A. mytilopes")
expand_name("Oryx addax", "O. nasomaculatus")

# }

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