check_names: 'check_names' to check plant species names in Wisconsin for...

In daijiang/dli55: Functions collected/wrote by Daijiang Li

Description

check_names to check plant species names in Wisconsin for typos and synonyms using UWSP herbarium as baseline.

Usage

check_names(sp.to.check, sp.dataset = sp_syn_uwsp)

Arguments

sp.to.check	A vector of plant species to check.
sp.dataset	species names and their synonyms from UWSP herbarium website.

Value

• sp.origin the original species names.

• sp.spell the closest correct species names after check for typos, if any.

• sp.final the updated species names after check for synonyms, if any.

• spell.correct logical, are the species names spelled correctly?

• syc.correct logical, are the species names updated?

Author(s)

Daijiang Li

Examples

check_names(sp.to.check = c('Acer rubrum', 'Quercus abla'))

daijiang/dli55 documentation built on Jan. 9, 2020, 3:30 p.m.