parse.taxon.name {bio.infer}

Parse taxon name

Description

Parses taxon names from benthic count file to facilitate matching with ITIS.

Usage

parse.taxon.name(tname.orig)

Arguments

tname.orig

Character vector of taxon names

Details

Parses compound names typically found in benthic count files into a list of strings for each name.

Value

Returns a matrix in which each row corresponds with a different element of the provided character vector, and each column corresponds to distinct strings in each element.

Author(s)

Lester L. Yuan