tax: Search taxonomic reference lists including concept synonomy...
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tax	R Documentation

Search taxonomic reference lists including concept synonomy and taxonomic hierarchy.

Description

Input is either species number (integer), shortletter (7 characters) or full (exact!) species name.

Usage

tax(x, refl, detailed = TRUE, syn = TRUE, concept = NULL, strict = FALSE,
                        simplify = FALSE, quiet = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

`x`	Species number, lettercode or species name(s)
`refl`	Taxonomic reference list
`detailed`	In old Turboveg versions detailed taxonomic information could only be given in an extra file which was called tax.dbf in GermanSL. Compatibility mode.
`syn`	Return also synonym names
`concept`	Name of the file with an alternative taxon view stored in the reference list directory, see details.
`strict`	Exact match or partial matching with `grep`
`simplify`	Should taxname.simplify be applied to find species
`quiet`	Hide screen messages
`...`	additional attributes for taxname.abbr or taxname.simplify

Details

concept: GermanSL is a list with a single taxon view according to the standard lists of the different taxon groups (e.g Wisskirchen and Haeupler for higher plants, see). Nevertheless a huge number of synonyms is included which allows in many cases the transformation into different concepts. For illustration the concept of Armeria maritima from Korneck 1996 is included, which accepts e.g. Armeria maritima ssp. bottendorfensis. parse.taxa: parse genus and epitheta from name strings. taxname.removeAuthors Remove name authors from full scientific name strings.