match_species: Match species names to their GBIF backbone ids

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Match species names to their GBIF backbone ids

Description

Match species names to their GBIF backbone ids using rgbif::name_backbone_checklist().

Usage

match_species(speciesnames, exact = FALSE, returnids = TRUE, omit = TRUE)

Arguments

speciesnames	a vector of species names to match to the GBIF backbone.
exact	whether to only return exact species matches.
returnids	return the GBIF taxon ids only (otherwise return the full lookup dataframe).
omit	omit missing taxon ids (inactive when returnids = FALSE).

Value

The GBIF taxonids associated with speciesnames or the full GBIF lookup dataframe if returnids = TRUE.

Note

If exact = TRUE and you search for a genus name, this will not be returned. If you want more control over id filtering, use returnids = FALSE to get the source dataframe.

Author(s)

Francis Windram

Examples

match_species(c("Araneus diadematus", "Aedes aegypti"))

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