name_contains: return all taxa in which scientific name contains the text...

In taxadb: A High-Performance Local Taxonomic Database Interface

return all taxa in which scientific name contains the text provided

Description

return all taxa in which scientific name contains the text provided

Usage

name_contains(
  name,
  provider = getOption("taxadb_default_provider", "itis"),
  version = latest_version(),
  db = td_connect(),
  ignore_case = TRUE
)

Arguments

name	vector of names (scientific or common, see by) to be matched against.
provider	from which provider should the hierarchy be returned? Default is 'itis', which can also be configured using ⁠options(default_taxadb_provider=...")⁠. See ⁠[td_create]⁠ for a list of recognized providers.
version	Which version of the taxadb provider database should we use? defaults to latest. See tl_import for details.
db	a connection to the taxadb database. See details.
ignore_case	should we ignore case (capitalization) in matching names? Can be significantly slower to run.

Examples

  
name_contains("Chera")

taxadb documentation built on March 31, 2023, 10:20 p.m.