plot.taxodist_cluster: Plot method for taxodist_cluster objects

In taxodist: Taxonomic Distance and Phylogenetic Lineage Computation

Plot method for taxodist_cluster objects

Description

Plots the hierarchical clustering dendrogram produced by taxo_cluster().

Usage

## S3 method for class 'taxodist_cluster'
plot(
  x,
  main = "Taxonomic Clustering",
  xlab = "",
  sub = paste("Method:", if (!is.null(x$hclust)) x$hclust$method else "None"),
  ...
)

Arguments

x	A taxodist_cluster object from taxo_cluster().
main	Plot title. Default: "Taxonomic Clustering".
xlab	X-axis label. Default: "".
sub	Subtitle. Default: clustering method used.
...	Additional arguments passed to stats::plot.hclust().

Value

Invisibly returns x. Called for side effects (plotting).

Examples

taxa <- c("Tyrannosaurus", "Velociraptor", "Triceratops", "Brachiosaurus")
cl <- taxo_cluster(taxa)
plot(cl)

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