rgbif (version 0.4.0)

name_backbone: Lookup names in the GBIF backbone taxonomy.

Description

Lookup names in the GBIF backbone taxonomy.

Usage

name_backbone(name, rank = NULL, kingdom = NULL,
    phylum = NULL, class = NULL, order = NULL,
    family = NULL, genus = NULL, strict = FALSE,
    verbose = FALSE, start = NULL, limit = 20,
    callopts = list())

Arguments

callopts

Pass on options to httr::GET for more refined control of http calls, and error handling

limit

Number of records to return

start

Record number to start at

name

Full scientific name potentially with authorship

rank

The rank given as our rank enum.

kingdom

If provided default matching will also try to match against this if no direct match is found for the name alone.

phylum

If provided default matching will also try to match against this if no direct match is found for the name alone.

class

If provided default matching will also try to match against this if no direct match is found for the name alone.

order

If provided default matching will also try to match against this if no direct match is found for the name alone.

family

If provided default matching will also try to match against this if no direct match is found for the name alone.

genus

If provided default matching will also try to match against this if no direct match is found for the name alone.

strict

If TRUE it (fuzzy) matches only the given name, but never a taxon in the upper classification

verbose

If TRUE show alternative matches considered which had been rejected.

Value

• A list.

References

http://www.gbif.org/developer/summary

Examples

name_backbone(name='Helianthus annuus', kingdom='plants')
name_backbone(name='Helianthus', rank='genus', kingdom='plants')
name_backbone(name='Helianthus annuus', kingdom='plants', verbose=TRUE)