apg_lookup {taxize}

Lookup in the APGIII taxonomy and replace family names

Description

Lookup in the APGIII taxonomy and replace family names

Usage

apg_lookup(taxa, rank = "family")

Arguments

taxa

(character) Taxonomic name to lookup a synonym for in APGIII taxonomy.

rank

(character) Taxonomic rank to lookup a synonym for. One of family or order.

Details

Internally in this function, we use the datasets apg_families and apg_orders - see their descriptions for the data in them. The functions apgOrders() apgFamilies() are for scraping current content from the http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ website

The datasets used in this function are from the most recent version of APGIII, Version 14 (http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/)

Value

A APGIII family or order name, the original name if the name is the same as APG has, or NA if no match found

Examples

# New name found
apg_lookup(taxa = "Hyacinthaceae", rank = "family")
# Name is the same
apg_lookup(taxa = "Poaceae", rank = "family")
apg_lookup(taxa = "Asteraceae", rank = "family")
# Name not found
apg_lookup(taxa = "Foobar", rank = "family")

# New name found
apg_lookup(taxa = "Acerales", rank = "order")
# Name is the same
apg_lookup(taxa = "Acorales", rank = "order")
# Name not found
apg_lookup(taxa = "Foobar", rank = "order")