n_supertaxa: Get number of supertaxa

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Get number of supertaxa

Description

Get number of supertaxa for each taxon in an object of type [taxonomy()] or [taxmap()].

obj$n_supertaxa()
n_supertaxa(obj)

Arguments

obj	([taxonomy()] or [taxmap()])

Value

numeric

See Also

Other taxonomy data functions: classifications(), id_classifications(), is_branch(), is_internode(), is_leaf(), is_root(), is_stem(), map_data(), map_data_(), n_leaves(), n_leaves_1(), n_subtaxa(), n_subtaxa_1(), n_supertaxa_1(), taxon_ids(), taxon_indexes(), taxon_names(), taxon_ranks()

Examples

# Count number of supertaxa that contain each taxon
n_supertaxa(ex_taxmap)

# Filter taxa based on the number of supertaxa
#  (this command removes all root taxa)
filter_taxa(ex_taxmap, n_supertaxa > 0)

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