taxotools (version 0.0.79)

synonymize_subspecies: Convert all subspecies into synonyms of the species

Description

used in generating master lists

Usage

synonymize_subspecies(master, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

master

List of names with a field named canonical

verbose

display process messages, Default: FALSE

Value

Same list of names with id and accid fields added (or data updated the fields exists) with all subspecies linked to the species names as synonyms

Details

While dealing with taxonomic names only at specific level, to take advantage of sub-specific names already available in the lists are sometimes treated as synonyms of the names at species rank. To convert all the subspecies names as synonyms this function is very handy.

See Also

Other list functions: DwC2taxo(), match_lists()

Examples

# NOT RUN {
newmaster <- synonymize_subspecies(master)
# }