guess_taxo_rank: Guess the taxonomic rank of Scientific Name

In taxotools: Taxonomic List Processing

Guess the taxonomic rank of Scientific Name

Description

Guesses the taxonomic rank i.e. Genus, Species or Subspecies based on number of words

Usage

guess_taxo_rank(name)

Arguments

name	scientific name string to be checked

Value

"Genus or above"

= single word

"Species"

= two words

"Subspecies"

= three words

"Unknown"

= zero or more than three words

See Also

Other Name functions: build_gen_syn(), cast_canonical(), cast_scientificname(), check_scientific(), expand_name(), get_accepted_names(), list_higher_taxo(), melt_canonical(), melt_scientificname(), resolve_names(), taxo_fuzzy_match()

Examples

guess_taxo_rank("")
guess_taxo_rank("Akodon longipilis")
guess_taxo_rank("Akodon")
guess_taxo_rank("Abrocoma cinerea shistacea")
guess_taxo_rank("Abrocoma cinerea shistacea shistacea")

taxotools documentation built on June 8, 2025, 11:17 a.m.