taxize (version 0.9.4)

itis_hierarchy: ITIS hierarchy

Description

Get hierarchies from TSN values, full, upstream only, or immediate downstream only

Usage

itis_hierarchy(tsn, what = "full", ...)

Arguments

tsn

One or more TSN's (taxonomic serial number). Required.

what

One of full (full hierarchy), up (immediate upstream), or down (immediate downstream)

...

Further arguments passed on to hierarchy_full, hierarchy_up, or hierarchy_down

Details

Note that itis_downstream gets taxa downstream to a particular rank, while this function only gets immediate names downstream.

See Also

itis_downstream

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Get full hierarchy
itis_hierarchy(tsn=180543)

# Get hierarchy upstream
itis_hierarchy(tsn=180543, "up")

# Get hierarchy downstream
itis_hierarchy(tsn=180543, "down")

# Many tsn's
itis_hierarchy(tsn=c(180543,41074,36616))
# }