Search for taxonomic name details using the Global Names Index.

Usage

gni_details(id = NULL, all_records = NULL, url = "http://gni.globalnames.org/name_strings/")

Arguments

id

Name id.

all_records

If all_records is 1, GNI returns all records from all repositories for the name string (takes 0, or 1, default is 1).

url

Base url for the API; leave as is.

Examples

gni_details(id = 17802847)
                 created_at                updated_at global_id
1 2009/09/27 10:27:31 +0000 2009/09/27 10:27:31 +0000      none
                                                    url kingdom_id original_name_string
1 http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=2521957       none                 none
         id name_rank_id name_index_id record_hash local_id nomenclatural_code_id
1 127858346            2      98448788        none  2521957                  none

ldply(list(1265133, 17802847), gni_details)
                 created_at                updated_at
1 2009/06/30 14:58:03 +0000 2009/06/30 14:58:03 +0000
2 2009/07/01 00:16:42 +0000 2009/07/01 00:16:42 +0000
3 2009/07/01 02:33:11 +0000 2009/07/01 02:33:11 +0000
4 2010/06/02 18:38:01 +0000 2010/06/02 18:38:01 +0000
5 2009/09/27 10:27:31 +0000 2009/09/27 10:27:31 +0000
                           global_id
1                               none
2                               none
3 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:8619022
4                               none
5                               none
                                                                                                       url
1                                                                    http://data.gbif.org/species/15376752
2 http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?&output_format=lsid-metadata&show_history=true&id=109888-2
3                                               http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=8619022
4                                                                     http://www.tropicos.org/Name/8300641
5                                                    http://www.organismnames.com/details.htm?lsid=2521957
  kingdom_id original_name_string        id name_rank_id name_index_id record_hash
1          2                 none  78553857            2      58383755        none
2       none                 none  93753916         none      64823765        none
3       none                 none 101441027         none      72497009        none
4          2                 none 144988815            2     115750797        none
5       none                 none 127858346            2      98448788        none
                            local_id nomenclatural_code_id
1                           15376752                  none
2                           109888-2                  none
3 urn:lsid:ubio.org:namebank:8619022                  none
4                            8300641                  none
5                            2521957                  none

See also

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