taxize 0.0.3

Get the TSN code for a search term.

Usage

get_tsn(searchterm, searchtype = "sciname", verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

searchterm
A vector of common or scientific names.
searchtype
One of 'sciname', 'anymatch', 'comnamebeg', 'comname', 'comnameend'.
verbose
should progress be printed?

Value

A vector of taxonomic serial numbers (TSN). If a species is not found NA. If more than one TSN is found the function asks for user input. See functions in the itis function.

Description

get_tsn uses a variety of functions from the itis function.

Examples

get_tsn(searchterm="Quercus douglasii", searchtype="sciname")



Retrieving data for species ' Quercus douglasii '



      1 
"19322" 
attr(,"class")
[1] "tsn"



get_tsn(searchterm="Chironomus riparius", searchtype="sciname")



Retrieving data for species ' Chironomus riparius '



       1 
"129313" 
attr(,"class")
[1] "tsn"



get_tsn(searchterm="polar bear", searchtype="comname")



Retrieving data for species ' polar bear '



       1 
"180542" 
attr(,"class")
[1] "tsn"



get_tsn(c("Chironomus riparius","Quercus douglasii"), "sciname")



Retrieving data for species ' Chironomus riparius '

Retrieving data for species ' Quercus douglasii '



[1] "129313" "19322" 
attr(,"class")
[1] "tsn"



get_tsn(c("aa aa", "Chironomus riparius"), searchtype="sciname")



Retrieving data for species ' aa aa '

Retrieving data for species ' Chironomus riparius '



[1] NA       "129313"
attr(,"class")
[1] "tsn"



splist <- c("annona cherimola", 'annona muricata', "quercus robur",
"shorea robusta", "pandanus patina", "oryza sativa", "durio zibethinus")
get_tsn(splist,"sciname")



Retrieving data for species ' annona cherimola '

Retrieving data for species ' annona muricata '

Retrieving data for species ' quercus robur '

Retrieving data for species ' shorea robusta '

Retrieving data for species ' pandanus patina '

Retrieving data for species ' oryza sativa '

Retrieving data for species ' durio zibethinus '



[1] "506198" "18098"  "19405"  "506787" "507376" "41976"  "506099"
attr(,"class")
[1] "tsn"