rgbif (version 1.3.0)

parsenames: Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.

Description

Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.

Usage

parsenames(scientificname, curlopts = list())

Arguments

scientificname

A character vector of scientific names.

curlopts

list of named curl options passed on to HttpClient. see curl_options for curl options

Value

A data.frame containing fields extracted from parsed taxon names. Fields returned are the union of fields extracted from all species names in scientificname.

References

http://www.gbif.org/developer/species#parser

Examples

# NOT RUN {
parsenames(scientificname='x Agropogon littoralis')
parsenames(c('Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius',
             'Secale cereale subsp. cereale', 'Secale cereale ssp. cereale',
             'Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)'))
parsenames("Ajuga pyramidata")
parsenames("Ajuga pyramidata x reptans")

# Pass on curl options
# res <- parsenames(c('Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius',
#          'Secale cereale subsp. cereale', 'Secale cereale ssp. cereale',
#          'Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)'), curlopts=list(verbose=TRUE))
# }