italic_description {ritalic} | R Documentation |
Get descriptions of lichen taxa
Description
Retrieves morphological descriptions and additional taxonomic or ecological notes about lichen taxa present in the Checklist of the Lichens of Italy. Only accepts names that exist in the database of ITALIC.
Usage
italic_description(sp_names)
Arguments
sp_names |
Character vector of accepted names |
Value
A data frame with columns:
- scientific_name
The scientific name provided as input
- description
Morphological description
- notes
Additional taxonomic or ecological information
Note
Before using this function with a list of names, first obtain their accepted names
using italic_match()
.
Example workflow:
names_matched <- italic_match(your_names) descriptions <- italic_description(names_matched$accepted_name)
Examples
## Not run:
italic_description("Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. subsp. islandica")
## End(Not run)
[Package ritalic version 0.11.0 Index]