name_parse {rgbif}

Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.

Description

Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.

Usage

name_parse(scientificname, curlopts = list())

Arguments

scientificname

A character vector of scientific names.

curlopts

list of named curl options passed on to HttpClient. see curl::curl_options for curl options

Value

A data.frame containing fields extracted from parsed taxon names. Fields returned are the union of fields extracted from all species names in scientificname.

Author(s)

John Baumgartner ([e-mail])

References

https://www.gbif.org/developer/species#parser

Examples

## Not run: 
name_parse(scientificname='x Agropogon littoralis')
name_parse(c('Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius',
             'Secale cereale subsp. cereale', 'Secale cereale ssp. cereale',
             'Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)'))
name_parse("Ajuga pyramidata")
name_parse("Ajuga pyramidata x reptans")

# Pass on curl options
# res <- name_parse(c('Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius',
#          'Secale cereale subsp. cereale', 'Secale cereale ssp. cereale',
#          'Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)'), curlopts=list(verbose=TRUE))

## End(Not run)