abbreviate: Abbreviate taxon string
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abbreviate

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Abbreviate taxon string

Description

Functions to abbreviate taxon names by four first letters of the generic name and four first letters of the specific epithet of a Latin name. Abbreviations may be extended by another four letters in case of infraspecific taxa. Sensu strico (s.str.) taxa are expanded by expandSensuStricto. Sensu lato (s.lat.) taxa get "slat" appended after stripping stripSensuLato.

Usage

abbreviateTaxa(x)
abbreviateSensuLato(x)
abbreviateSensuStricto(x)
abbreviateSubspecies(x)
abbreviateVariety(x)
abbreviateHybrid(x)
abbreviateAffinis(x)
abbreviateAggregate(x)
abbreviateGenus(x)

Arguments

`x`	a character string, or a named list of character string, in which case names(x) are used

Details

abbreviateSensuLato: adds "slat"
abbreviateSensuStricto: expands "s.str." to infraspecific given by species epithet.
abbreviateSubspecies: drops ssp.
abbreviateVariety: drops var.
abbreviateHybrid: not implemented yet
abbreviateAffinis: not implemented yet
abbreviateGenus: adds "spec ies", this tries to ensure ambiguous abbreviations for taxa like Galeopsis speciosa.