taxotools (version 0.0.43)

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 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

# NOT RUN {
mylist <- data.frame("canonical" = c("Abrothrix longipilis",
                                    "Acodon hirtus",
                                    "Akodon longipilis apta",
                                    "AKODON LONGIPILIS CASTANEUS",
                                    "Chroeomys jelskii",
                                    "Acodon jelskii pyrrhotis"),
                    stringsAsFactors = F)
melt_canonical(mylist,"canonical","genus","species","subspecies")
# }

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