metacoder (version 0.3.7)

taxon_rank: Taxon rank class

Description

Stores the rank of a taxon. This is typically used to store where taxon information came from in [taxon()] objects.

Usage

taxon_rank(name, database = NULL)

Value

An `R6Class` object of class `TaxonRank`

Arguments

name

(character) rank name. required

database

(character) database class object, optional

See Also

Other classes: hierarchies(), hierarchy(), taxa(), taxmap(), taxon(), taxon_database(), taxon_id(), taxon_name(), taxonomy()

Examples

taxon_rank("species")
taxon_rank("genus")
taxon_rank("kingdom")

(x <- taxon_rank(
  "species",
  database_list$ncbi
))
x$rank
x$database

# a null taxon_name object
taxon_name(NULL)