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exsic (version 1.1.1)

Convenience Functions for Botanists to Create Specimens Indices

Description

The package provides tools for botanists, plant taxonomists, curators of plant genebanks and perhaps other biological collections.

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install.packages('exsic')

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Version

1.1.1

License

MIT + file LICENSE

Maintainer

Reinhard Simon

Last Published

October 1st, 2014

Functions in exsic (1.1.1)

sort.specs

A sorting and filtering configuration data.frame
coll.cite

Constructs a final citation of collector names.
read.exsic

Reads a table in .csv format.
exsic

Creates three botanical indices (exsiccatae or index of specimens; numerical list of species; index to numbered collections).
is.format

Checks if the data frame conforms to the expectations to a formatting configuration data frame.
write.exsic

Writes the exsiccatae text
index.species

Creates a simple index of species.
format.SBMG

A formatting scheme following SBMG (Systematic Botany Monographs) conventions for an exsiccatae record.
index.countries

Creates a simple index of countries.
potato

Wild potato specimen sample list
prepare.table

Prepare exsic table
format.NYBG

A formatting scheme following NYBG (New York Botanical Garden) conventions for an exsiccatae record.
is.exsic

Checks table format
is.sortfilter

Checks if the data frame conforms to the expectations to sort and filter the exsic database.
exsic-package

Provides botanists with convenience functions to create exsiccatae indices
format.ASPT

A formatting scheme following ASPT (American Society of Plant Taxonomists) conventions for an exsiccatae record.
index.species.short

A condensed list of species (listed within a line).
index.collections

Creates the index of collectors and their specimes.
format.PK

A formatting scheme following PK (Phytokeys) conventions for an exsiccatae record.
section.exsic

Creates a section header
strip.final.dot

Strips a text of any final dots.
index.citations

Creates an index of specimen citations