tax_available_name: Return available taxonomical records

In bd-R/bdchecks: Biodiversity Data Checks

Description

'tax_available_name()' is a function that checks if given records are within specified rank. It requires two inputs 'name' of taxonimal records and 'rank_orig' (taxonimical rank). Output is subset of names that were within given rank.

Usage

tax_available_name(name = NULL, rank_orig = "class", db = "gbif")

Arguments

name	A character vector of taxonomical records (e.g. 'c("Animalia", "Aves")').
rank_orig	A string for taxonimical rank (e.g. 'class')
db	A string for reference database (passed to 'tax_available_name')

Value

A character vector of available names within given rank.

Examples

my_name <- c("Animalia", "Chordata", "Aves", "Mammalia")
my_rank <- "class"
tax_available_name(my_name, my_rank)

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