taxadb: A High-Performance Taxonomic Database Interface

Provides fast access to many commonly used taxonomic authorities in a uniform Darwin Core format. Tables are read directly from versioned Parquet snapshots, streamed from cloud storage or from a local copy, and queried with familiar 'dplyr' verbs.

Package details

AuthorCarl Boettiger [aut, cre] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1642-628X>), Kari Norman [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2029-2325>), Jorrit Poelen [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-4118>), Scott Chamberlain [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-9135>), Noam Ross [ctb] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2136-0000>), Mattia Ghilardi [ctb] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9592-7252>)
MaintainerCarl Boettiger <cboettig@gmail.com>
LicenseMIT + file LICENSE
Version0.3.0
URL <https://docs.ropensci.org/taxadb/> <https://github.com/ropensci/taxadb>
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("taxadb")

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taxadb documentation built on Aug. 31, 2026, 5:07 p.m.