species_common_name: Common name of a species in a specified database

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Common name of a species in a specified database

Description

species_common name() accepts the scientific name of a species and a database inventory and returns the common name of that species. Either a numeric database ID from universalfqa.org or a homemade inventory with the same format may be specified.

Usage

species_common_name(species, database_id = NULL, database_inventory = NULL)

Arguments

species	The scientific name of the plant species of interest
database_id	ID number of an existing database on universalfqa.org. Use index_fqa_databases() to see a list of all such databases.
database_inventory	An inventory of species having the same form as one created using database_inventory(), that is, a data frame with 9 columns: scientific_name (character) family (character) acronym (character) nativity (character) c (numeric) w (numeric) physiognomy (character) duration (character) common_name (character)

Value

The common name of the given species within the given database.

Examples

species_common_name("Anemone canadensis", database_id = 149)

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