FirstTwo: Get Binomial Nomenclature

Description

This function strips a taxon name to the first two words. Many times, and EOL species name will come in with additional data (such as the describer, subspecies, variety, etc). This will prune it down to just two names.

Usage

FirstTwo(name)

Arguments

name

any taxonomic unit

Value

Returns a name

Examples

Run this code

	FirstTwo("Galanthus cilicicus Baker")
	FirstTwo("Galanthus peshmenii A.P.Davis & C.D.Brickell")
	FirstTwo("Galanthus")

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