get_common_name: Retrieve Vernacular Names for a Given Species

In iucnr: IUCN Red List Data

Retrieve Vernacular Names for a Given Species

Description

This function retrieves vernacular (common) names for a given species using IUCN data. It filters vernacular names based on matching internal_taxon_id and merges them with species metadata.

Usage

get_common_name(splist)

Arguments

splist

A character vector containing the scientific names of species for which vernacular names are to be retrieved.

Details

The function retrieves IUCN data for the input species, extracts the corresponding core_id, filters the vernacular name dataset using the core_id, and concatenates all unique vernacular names for each species.

Value

A data.table or data.frame with columns:

submitted_name

The scientific name of the species as submitted.

vernacular_names

A character string that contains the concatenated vernacular names for each species, separated by " - ".

Examples

species <- c("Panthera uncia", "Cedrela odorata")
result <- get_common_name(splist = species)
print(result)

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