subset_species {florabr}

Extract a subset of species from Flora e Funga do Brasil database

Description

Returns a data.frame with a subset of species from Flora e Funga do Brasil database

Usage

subset_species(data, species,
                      include_subspecies = FALSE,
                      include_variety = FALSE,
                      kingdom = "Plantae")

Arguments

data

(data.frame) the data.frame imported with the load_florabr function.

species

(character) names of the species to be extracted from Flora e Funga do Brasil database.

include_subspecies

(logical) include subspecies? Default = FALSE

include_variety

(logical) include varieties of the species? Default = FALSE

kingdom

(character) The kingdom for filtering the dataset. It can be "Plantae" or "Fungi". Default = "Plantae". To include both, use c("Plantae", "Fungi")

Value

A data.frame with the selected species.

References

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
#Species to extract from database
spp <- c("Araucaria angustifolia", "Adesmia paranensis")
spp_bf <- subset_species(data = bf_data, species = spp,
                      include_subspecies = FALSE,
                      include_variety = FALSE)
spp_bf