ITIS hierarchy — itis_hierarchy • taxize

Get hierarchies from TSN values, full, upstream only, or immediate downstream only

itis_hierarchy(tsn, what = "full", ...)

Arguments

tsn: One or more TSN's (taxonomic serial number). Required.
what: One of full (full hierarchy), up (immediate upstream), or down (immediate downstream)
...: Further arguments passed on to ritis::hierarchy_full() ritis::hierarchy_up() or ritis::hierarchy_down()

Details

Note that itis_downstream() gets taxa downstream to a particular rank, while this function only gets immediate names downstream.

See also

itis_downstream()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
# Get full hierarchy
itis_hierarchy(tsn=180543)

# Get hierarchy upstream
itis_hierarchy(tsn=180543, "up")

# Get hierarchy downstream
itis_hierarchy(tsn=180543, "down")

# Many tsn's
itis_hierarchy(tsn=c(180543,41074,36616))
}