italic_checklist: Get species names in the checklist of the lichens of Italy

In ritalic: Interface to the ITALIC Database of Lichen Biodiversity

Get species names in the checklist of the lichens of Italy

Description

Retrieves the complete list of accepted scientific names from the Checklist of the Lichens of Italy in ITALIC. The function returns all accepted names of species occurring in Italy. If the parameter include_bordering_countries is set to TRUE the function returns all the accepted names of species in ITALIC occurring both in Italy and in bordering countries.

Usage

italic_checklist(
  include_bordering_countries = FALSE,
  genus = NULL,
  family = NULL,
  order = NULL,
  class = NULL,
  phylum = NULL
)

Arguments

include_bordering_countries	Optional. Default FALSE. If TRUE the result includes also taxa occurring in bordering countries.
genus	Optional. A genus name to filter the checklist.
family	Optional. A family name to filter the checklist.
order	Optional. An order name to filter the checklist.
class	Optional. A class name to filter the checklist.
phylum	Optional. A phylum name to filter the checklist.

Value

A character vector containing all accepted scientific names from the checklist of ITALIC.

References

ITALIC - The Information System on Italian Lichens: checklist https://italic.units.it/index.php?procedure=checklist

Examples

## Not run: 
# Get the complete checklist of Italy
italic_checklist()
# Get the complete checklist of Italy and bordering countries
italic_checklist(include_bordering_countries=TRUE)
# Get the checklist of the species of genus Lecanora
italic_checklist(genus ="Lecanora")

## End(Not run)

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