name_search_gbif: Search plant name against GBIF names backbone

In stevenpbachman/LCRapid: Generate a rapid Least Concern Red List assessment for plant species

Description

This function uses the rgbif package https://docs.ropensci.org/rgbif/index.html to query a scientific plant name against the GBIF names backbone - see https://www.gbif.org/. It restricts the result to species rank constrained to kingdom = 'Plantae'. This function uses the rgbif::name_backbone_verbose function.

Usage

name_search_gbif(name)

Arguments

name	A scientific plant species name. Better results can be obtained when author is included e.g. Poa annua L.

Value

Returns a data frame with initial search term searchName, GBIF taxon key usageKey, GBIF scientific name scientificName, and a measure of confidence in the match. When there is no match it returns a value of "no_match" under the confidence field.

Examples

# single name search
name_search_gbif("Poa annua L.")

# Or, search multiple names using purrr::map_dfr
names <- c("Poa annua L.", "Welwitschia mirabilis Hook.f.")

if (requireNamespace("purrr", quietly = TRUE)) {
names_out <- purrr::map_dfr(names, name_search_gbif)
}

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