taxa_search: Search for traits by taxa names

In traits: Species Trait Data from Around the Web

Search for traits by taxa names

Description

Search for traits by taxa names

Usage

taxa_search(x, db, ...)

Arguments

x	(character) Taxonomic name(s) to search for
db	(character) only 'ncbi' for now - other options maybe in the future
...	Curl options passed on to GET

Value

A data.frame

Author(s)

Scott Chamberlain

Examples

# Fails fast on unsupported databases (no HTTP request)
try(taxa_search("Poa annua", db = "invalid_db"))


if (interactive()) {
  taxa_search("Poa annua", db = "ncbi")
}

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