in.ITIS {bio.infer}

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Check to see if taxon name is in ITIS

Description

Checks to see if taxon names are listed in the ITIS taxon table.

Usage

in.ITIS(df.parse, get.tax.env, col.sel = NULL)

Arguments

df.parse	Character vector or matrix character vectors of names that need to be checked for presence in ITIS
get.tax.env	Environment variable where the full ITIS taxon table is available
col.sel	Integer allowing selection of a particular column of the matrix of names to check.

Value

Returns a list in which each element of the list is a successive character string from the parsed names.

Author(s)

Lester L. Yuan

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