Get rank for a given taxonomic name.
tax_rank(sci_id, db = NULL, rows = NA, x = NULL, ...)(character) Vector of one or more taxon names (character) or
IDs (character or numeric) to query. Or objects returned from get_*()
functions like get_tsn()
(character) database to query. either ncbi, itis, eol,
tropicos, gbif,nbn, worms, natserv, bold. Note that each
taxonomic data source has their own identifiers, so that if you provide the
wrong db value for the identifier you may get a result, but it will
likely be wrong (not what you were expecting). If using ncbi we
recommend getting an API key; see taxize-authentication
numeric; Any number from 1 to infinity. If the default NA,
all rows are considered. passed down to get_*() functions.
Deprecated, see sci_id
Additional arguments to classification()
A named list of character vectors with ranks (all lower-cased)
While tax_name() returns the name of a specified
rank, tax_rank() returns the actual rank of the taxon.
if (FALSE) {
tax_rank("Helianthus annuus", db = "itis")
tax_rank("Helianthus annuus", db = "natserv")
tax_rank(get_tsn("Helianthus annuus"))
tax_rank(c("Helianthus", "Pinus", "Poa"), db = "itis")
tax_rank(get_boldid("Helianthus annuus"))
tax_rank("421377", db = "bold")
tax_rank(421377, db = "bold")
tax_rank(c("Plantae", "Helianthus annuus",
"Puma", "Homo sapiens"), db = 'itis')
tax_rank(c("Helianthus annuus", "Quercus", "Fabaceae"), db = 'tropicos')
tax_rank(names_list("species"), db = 'gbif')
tax_rank(names_list("family"), db = 'gbif')
tax_rank(c("Gadus morhua", "Lichenopora neapolitana"),
db = "worms")
}