check_redbooklist {redbookperu}

Check Species Names in the Red Book of Endemic Plants of Peru

Description

This function checks a list of species names against the Red Book of Endemic Plants of Peru database and provides information about whether a species was recorded as endemic, and checks for misspelling typos (fuzzy match).

Usage

check_redbooklist(splist, dist = 0.02)

Arguments

splist

A character vector containing the species names to be checked.

dist

Maximum allowed distance for fuzzy matching of species names.

Details

This function checks each species name in the provided list against the Red Book of Endemic Plants of Peru database using fuzzy matching based on the specified maximum distance (dist). It provides information about the endemic status of each species and flags if the recorded name needs updating. It also counts the number of exact and fuzzy matches found.

Value

A character vector indicating if each input species name is listed as "endemic" in the Red Book of Endemic Plants of Peru database. Returns "endemic" if the species name is listed and "not endemic" if no matching entry is found.

References

Red Book of Endemic Plants of Peru The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Taxonomic Name Resolution Service - TNRS Plants of the World Online - Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens - Kew.

Examples

# Example usage of the function
splist <- c("Aphelandra cuscoenses",
            "Piper stevensi",
            "Sanchezia ovata",
            "Verbesina andina",
            "Festuca dentiflora",
            "Eucrosia bicolor var. plowmanii",
            "Hydrocotyle bonplandii var. hirtipes",
            "Persea americana")

# Basic usage
check_redbooklist(splist = splist, dist = 0.2)

# Using base R with a data frame
plant_list <- data.frame(splist = splist)
plant_list$label <- check_redbooklist(plant_list$splist, dist = 0.2)
plant_list