| standardise_names {APCalign} | R Documentation |
Standardise taxon names
Description
Standardises taxon names by performing a series of text substitutions to remove common inconsistencies in taxonomic nomenclature.
The function takes a character vector of taxon names as input and returns a character vector of taxon names using standardised taxonomic syntax as output.
Usage
standardise_names(taxon_names)
Arguments
taxon_names |
A character vector of taxon names that need to be standardised. |
Details
It removes stray punctuation at the start and end of a character string.
It standardises unusual characters and symbols to ASCII equivalents.
It standardises taxon rank abbreviations and qualifiers (subsp., var., f.), as people use many variants of these terms.
It standardises or removes a few additional filler words used within taxon names (affinis becomes aff.; s.l. and s.s. are removed).
Value
A character vector of standardised taxon names.
Examples
standardise_names(c("Quercus suber",
"Eucalyptus sp.",
"Eucalyptus spp.",
"Agave americana var. marginata",
"Agave americana v marginata",
"Notelaea longifolia forma longifolia",
"Notelaea longifolia f longifolia"))