filter_clade: Filter a vector of taxa to those belonging to a given clade
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filter_clade

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Filter a vector of taxa to those belonging to a given clade

Description

Given a vector of taxon names and a clade name, returns only those taxa whose lineage includes the specified clade.

Usage

filter_clade(taxa, clade, verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

`taxa`	A character vector of taxon names.
`clade`	A character string giving the clade to filter by.
`verbose`	Logical. If `TRUE`, prints progress messages. Default `FALSE`.

Value

A character vector of taxa that are members of the specified clade.

Examples


taxa <- c("Tyrannosaurus", "Triceratops", "Velociraptor",
          "Brachiosaurus", "Homo")
filter_clade(taxa, "Theropoda")
filter_clade(taxa, "Dinosauria")

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