Input is either species number (integer), shortletter (7 characters) or full (exact!) species name.
tax(x, refl, detailed = TRUE, syn = TRUE, concept = NULL, strict = FALSE,
simplify = FALSE, quiet = FALSE, ...)Species number, lettercode or species name(s)
Taxonomic reference list
In old Turboveg versions detailed taxonomic information could only be given in an extra file which was called tax.dbf in GermanSL. Compatibility mode.
Return also synonym names
Name of the file with an alternative taxon view stored in the reference list directory, see details.
Exact match or partial matching with grep
Should taxname.simplify be applied to find species
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additional attributes for taxname.abbr or taxname.simplify
Florian Jansen florian.jansen@uni-rostock.de
concept: GermanSL is a list with a single taxon view according to the standard lists of the different taxon groups (e.g Wisskirchen and Haeupler for higher plants, see). Nevertheless a huge number of synonyms is included which allows in many cases the transformation into different concepts. For illustration the concept of Armeria maritima from Korneck 1996 is included, which accepts e.g. Armeria maritima ssp. bottendorfensis. parse.taxa: parse genus and epitheta from name strings. taxname.removeAuthors Remove name authors from full scientific name strings.
Jansen, F. and Dengler, J. (2008) GermanSL - eine universelle taxonomische Referenzliste für Vegetationsdatenbanken. Tuexenia, 28, 239-253.