synonyms_smml: Downloads synonym data from SMML Nomenclature DB

In rusda: Interface to USDA Databases

Description

Searches and downloads synonym data from SMML Nomenclature database

Usage

synonyms_smml(x, spec_type = c("plant", "fungus"), clean = TRUE,
  process = TRUE)

Arguments

x	a vector of class character containing fungal or plant species or genus names
spec_type	a character string specifying the type of x. Can be either "plant" or "fungus"
clean	logical, if TRUE a cleaning step is run of the resulting associations list
process	logical, if TRUE downloading and extraction process is displayed

Value

an object of class list containing synonyms for x

Author(s)

Franz-Sebastian Krah

Examples

## Not run: 
x <- "Solanum tuberosum"
synonyms_usda(x, spec_type = "plant", process = TRUE, clean = TRUE)
x <- c("Phytophthora infestans", "Polyporus badius")
synonyms_usda(x, spec_type = "fungus", process = TRUE, clean = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

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