labelnodes: Function to interactively label nodes of a plotted tree

In phytools: Phylogenetic Tools for Comparative Biology (and Other Things)

Function to interactively label nodes of a plotted tree

Description

Adds node labels to a plotted object of class "phylo".

Usage

labelnodes(text, node=NULL, interactive=TRUE, shape=c("circle","ellipse",
   "rect"), ...)

Arguments

text	text string or vector to be used as labels.
node	node numbers (indices) for the labels.
interactive	logical value indicating whether or not nodes should be supplied interactively. (I.e., by clicking on the nodes.)
shape	shape to plot around the plotted node label(s).
...	optional arguments.

Details

The nodes to be labels can be selected interactively by the user (i.e., by clicking on the corresponding nodes of the plotted tree).

Value

Invisibly returns a vector of the node indices for the labeled nodes.

Author(s)

Liam Revell [e-mail]

References

Revell, L. J. (2024) phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things). PeerJ, 12, e16505.

See Also

cladelabels, nodelabels

phytools documentation built on April 3, 2025, 10:43 p.m.