get_itis: Retrieve specific taxon information from ITIS based on...

In adamdsmith/itistools: Retrieve specific taxon information from ITIS based on scientific name query

Description

Retrieve specific taxon information from ITIS based on scientific name query

Usage

get_itis(scientific_names, timeout = 20L)

Arguments

scientific_names	string of scientific names with which to query ITIS
timeout	integer indicating time, in seconds, to allow for HTTP requests to process. Default is 30 seconds, which should be more than adequate for most requests.

Value

tibble containing the queried scientific name, the valid ITIS scientific name if the taxon is of 'Species' rank, the ITIS common name (if present), and the ITIS taxon rank of the queried scientific name

Examples

## Not run: 
sn <- c("Thryothorus ludovicianus", "Cardinalis cardinalis", "Bidens alba",
        "Pachydiplax longipennis", "Cladonia evansii", "Ischnura hastata",
        "Smilax bona-nox", "Plantae", "Malvaviscus", "Anaxyrus", "Gulo gulo")
get_itis(sn)

## End(Not run)

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