italic_name_usage {ritalic} | R Documentation |
Get details of species names
Description
Retrieves information for a scientific name used in ITALIC, including name id, taxonomic status, Index Fungorum id and related taxon id.
Usage
italic_name_usage(sp_names)
Arguments
sp_names |
Character vector of matched names or accepted names |
Value
A data frame with columns:
- input_name
The scientific name provided as input
- scientific_name_id
Unique identifier of ITALIC for the scientific name
- index_fungorum_id
Corresponding Index Fungorum identifier
- scientific_name_full
Complete scientific name including authority
- scientific_name
Scientific name without authority
- authorship
Author of the name
- notes
Additional notes about the taxon, if any
- rank
Taxonomic rank of the name
- status
Taxonomic status ('accepted', 'synonym' or 'basionym')
- related_accepted_name_id
ID of the currently accepted name related to the input name in ITALIC
- related_accepted_name
Full accepted name
- related_taxon_id
ID of the related taxon in ITALIC
Note
Before using this function with a list of names, first obtain their matched names or
accepted names using italic_match()
.
Example workflow:
names_matched <- italic_match(your_names) name_data <- italic_name_usage(names_matched$matched_name) # or accepted_name_data <- italic_name_usage(names_matched$accepted_name)
Examples
## Not run:
italic_name_usage(c("Cetraria islandica (L.) Ach. subsp. islandica", "Secoliga annexa Arnold"))
## End(Not run)