load_taxonomic_resources: Load taxonomic reference lists, APC & APNI

In APCalign: Resolving Plant Taxon Names Using the Australian Plant Census

Load taxonomic reference lists, APC & APNI

Description

This function loads two taxonomic datasets for Australia's vascular plants, the APC and APNI, into the global environment. It creates several data frames by filtering and selecting data from the loaded lists.

Usage

load_taxonomic_resources(
  stable_or_current_data = "stable",
  version = default_version(),
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

stable_or_current_data	Type of dataset to access. The default is "stable", which loads the dataset from a github archived file. If set to "current", the dataset will be loaded from a URL which is the cutting edge version, but this may change at any time without notice.
version	The version number of the dataset to use. Defaults to the default version.
quiet	A logical indicating whether to print status of loading to screen. Defaults to FALSE.

Details

• It accesses taxonomic data from a dataset using the provided version number or the default version.

• The output is several dataframes that include subsets of the APC/APNI based on taxon rank and taxonomic status.

Value

The taxonomic resources data loaded into the global environment.

Examples

load_taxonomic_resources(stable_or_current_data="stable", 
version="0.0.2.9000")

APCalign documentation built on Sept. 12, 2024, 6:58 a.m.