name_starts_with: scientific name starts with

In taxadb: A High-Performance Local Taxonomic Database Interface

scientific name starts with

Description

scientific name starts with

Usage

name_starts_with(
  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_starts_with("Chera")

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