select_by_vernacular {florabr}

Search for taxa using vernacular names

Description

Search for taxa using vernacular names

Usage

select_by_vernacular(data, names, exact = FALSE)

Arguments

data

(data.frame) the data.frame imported with the load_florabr function or generated with the function select_species.

names

(character) vernacular name ("Nome comum") of the species to be searched

exact

(logic) if TRUE, the function will search only for exact matches. For example, if names = "pinheiro" and exact = TRUE, the function will return only the species popularly known as "pinheiro". On the other hand, if names = "pinheiro" and exact = FALSE, the function will return other results as "pinheiro-do-parana". Default = FALSE

Value

a data.frame with the species with vernacular names that match the input names

References

Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at: http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/

Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at: http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/

Examples

data("bf_data") #Load Flora e Funga do Brasil data
#Search for species whose vernacular name is 'pinheiro'
pinheiro_exact <- select_by_vernacular(data = bf_data,
                                       names = "pinheiro",
                                       exact = TRUE)
pinheiro_exact
#Search for species whose vernacular name is 'pinheiro', allowing non-exact
#matches
pinheiro_not_exact <- select_by_vernacular(data = bf_data,
                                          names = "pinheiro",
                                          exact = FALSE)
head(pinheiro_not_exact)