GIFT_species_lookup {GIFT} | R Documentation |
Species list in GIFT
Description
Retrieve all name matching information for one taxonomic name. All results are returned, where the name is either found in the unstandardized or taxonomically standardized names.
Usage
GIFT_species_lookup(
genus = "",
epithet = "",
namesmatched = FALSE,
api = "https://gift.uni-goettingen.de/api/extended/",
GIFT_version = "latest"
)
Arguments
genus |
character string defining the genus name to be looked for. |
epithet |
character string defining the specific epithet to be looked for. |
namesmatched |
Logical |
api |
character string defining from which API the data will be retrieved. |
GIFT_version |
character string defining the version of the GIFT
database to use. The function retrieves by default the |
Details
Here is what each column refers to:
orig_ID - Identification number of the species before taxonomic
harmonization
orig_genus - Genus before taxonomic harmonization
name_ID - Identification number of the genus before taxonomic
harmonization
cf_genus- Whether the genus name is uncertain
genus- Genus before taxonomic harmonization
cf_species- Whether the species' epithet is uncertain
aff_species- Species' epithet uncertain
species_epithet- Epithet of the species before taxonomic
harmonization
subtaxon- Subtaxon of the species before taxonomic harmonization
author- Author who described the species (before taxonomic
harmonization)
matched- Is the species matched in the taxonomic backbone
epithetscore- Matching score for the epithet
overallscore- Overall matching score for the species
resolved- Is the species name resolved in the taxonomic backbone
synonym- Is the species name a synonym in the taxonomic backbone
matched_subtaxon- Is the subtaxon matched in the taxonomic backbone
accepted- Is the species name accepted in the taxonomic backbone
service- Service use for the taxonomic harmonization
work_ID- Identification number of the species after taxonomic
harmonization
taxon_ID- Identification number of the taxonomic group
work_genus- Identification number of the genus after taxonomic
harmonization
work_species_epithet- Identification number of the species epithet
after taxonomic harmonization
work_species - Species name (after taxonomic harmonization)
work_author- Author who described the species (after taxonomic
harmonization)
Value
A data frame with 19 columns (or 24 if namesmatched = TRUE).
References
Denelle, P., Weigelt, P., & Kreft, H. (2023). GIFT—An R package to access the Global Inventory of Floras and Traits. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, 2738-2748. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14213 Weigelt, P, König, C, Kreft, H. GIFT – A Global Inventory of Floras and Traits for macroecology and biogeography. J Biogeogr. 2020; 47: 16– 43. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13623
See Also
Examples
ex <- GIFT_species_lookup(genus = "Fagus", epithet = "sylvatica")