powoSpecies | R Documentation |
Produces a CSV file listing all accepted species and associated geographical distribution from any target genus or family of vascular plants at Plants of the World Online (POWO).
powoSpecies(family,
genus = NULL,
hybrid = FALSE,
synonyms = FALSE,
country = NULL,
verbose = TRUE,
rerun = FALSE,
save = FALSE,
dir = "results_powoSpecies",
filename = "output")
family |
Either one family name or a vector of multiple families that is present in POWO. |
genus |
Either one genus name or a vector of multiple genera that is present in POWO. If any genus name is not provided, then the function will search any species from all accepted genera known for the target family. |
hybrid |
Logical, if |
synonyms |
Logical, if |
country |
Either one country name or a vector of multiple countries. If country names are provided, then the function will return only the species that are native to such countries, according to POWO. |
verbose |
Logical, if |
rerun |
Logical, if |
save |
Logical, if |
dir |
Pathway to the computer's directory, where the file will be saved
provided that the argument |
filename |
Name of the output file to be saved. The default is to create a file entitled output. |
A table with the following fields: family, genus, species, taxon_name, authors, scientific_name, publication (information about the protologue of the species), native_to_country (original distribution according to political country), native_to_botanical_countries (original distribution according to botanical country), introduced_to_country (exotic distribution according to political country), introduced_to_botanical_countries (exotic distribution according to botanical country), kew_id (each species code within Kew's databases), powo_uri (the URI to access each species in POWO).
Debora Zuanny & Domingos Cardoso
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## Not run:
library(expowo)
powoSpecies(family = "Martyniaceae",
synonyms = TRUE,
country = c("Argentina", "Brazil", "French Guiana"),
save = FALSE,
dir = "Martyniaceae_results_powoSpecies",
filename = "Martyniaceae_spp")
## End(Not run)
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