Families: Plant family lookup vector

Description Format Source Examples

Description

Built-in vector useful for determining the plant family for a particular plant genus.

Format

A named character vector matching 13,584 genus names with their respective families. Vector names are primarily genus names, although the 408 family names are also included for self-referential lookups.

Source

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Examples

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Families["Liriodendron"]

# Matching on family "Asteraceae" simply returns itself
Families["Asteraceae"]

ecoPD documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:22 p.m.