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vegdata (version 1.9.15)

tax: Search taxonomic reference lists including concept synonomy and taxonomic hierarchy.

Description

Input is either species number (integer), shortletter (7 characters) or full (exact!) species name.

Usage

tax(x, refl = tax.refl(), syn = TRUE, concept = NULL, strict = FALSE, idtype)

Arguments

x

Species number, lettercode or species name(s)

refl

Taxonomic reference list

syn

Return also synonym names

concept

Name of the file with an alternative taxon view stored in the reference list directory, see details.

strict

Exact match or partial matching with grep

idtype

is x of type 'is_id', 'is_shortletter', or 'is_scientific'

Author

Florian Jansen florian.jansen@uni-rostock.de

Details

concept: GermanSL is a list with a single taxon view according to the standard lists of the different taxon groups (e.g Wisskirchen and Haeupler for higher plants, see). Nevertheless a huge number of synonyms is included which allows in many cases the transformation into different concepts. For illustration the concept of Armeria maritima from Korneck 1996 is included, which accepts e.g. Armeria maritima ssp. bottendorfensis. parse.taxa: parse genus and epitheta from name strings. taxname.removeAuthors Remove name authors from full scientific name strings.

References

Jansen, F. and Dengler, J. (2008) GermanSL - eine universelle taxonomische Referenzliste für Vegetationsdatenbanken. Tuexenia, 28, 239-253.