taxa_common_to_scientific: Convert common names to scientific names.

In phylotastic/rphylotastic: An R Interface to 'Phylotastic' Web Services

Convert common names to scientific names.

Description

Convert common names to scientific names.

Usage

taxa_common_to_scientific(taxa, service = "NCBI", multiple = FALSE)

Arguments

taxa	A character vector of common names. Binomials can be spaced with underscore or white space.
service	Which service to use: NCBI, ITIS, or TROPICOS
multiple	If TRUE, then the service will return multiple matches (if available) for each common name in the input list.

Value

A vector of scientific names. Output order may not correspond to input order.

See Also

taxize package for name resolution in general and its sci2comm function.

Examples

taxa <- c("blue_whale", "swordfish", "killer whale")
scientific <- taxa_common_to_scientific(taxa)
print(scientific)

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