Resolve names using Global Names Resolver.

Usage

gnr_resolve(names, data_source_ids = NULL, returndf = FALSE, url = "http://resolver.globalnames.org/name_resolvers")

Arguments

names

Quoted taxonomic names to be resolved in a vector.

data_source_ids

Supply data source IDs to specify what data source is searched. See example below.

returndf

Return data.frame or list (logical; default data.frame).

url

Base url for the API; leave as is.

Examples

gnr_resolve(names = c("Helianthus annuus", "Homo sapiens"), returndf = TRUE)
   data_source_id    submitted_name       name_string score                   title
1               4 Helianthus annuus Helianthus annuus 0.988                    NCBI
3              10 Helianthus annuus Helianthus annuus 0.988                Freebase
5              12 Helianthus annuus Helianthus annuus 0.988                     EOL
8             110 Helianthus annuus Helianthus annuus 0.988    Illinois Wildflowers
11            159 Helianthus annuus Helianthus annuus 0.988                 CU*STAR
13            166 Helianthus annuus Helianthus annuus 0.988                   nlbif
15            169 Helianthus annuus Helianthus annuus 0.988           uBio NameBank
2               4      Homo sapiens      Homo sapiens 0.988                    NCBI
4              10      Homo sapiens      Homo sapiens 0.988                Freebase
6              12      Homo sapiens      Homo sapiens 0.988                     EOL
7             107      Homo sapiens      Homo sapiens 0.988               AskNature
9             122      Homo sapiens      Homo sapiens 0.988                BioPedia
10            123      Homo sapiens      Homo sapiens 0.988                   AnAge
12            159      Homo sapiens      Homo sapiens 0.988                 CU*STAR
14            168      Homo sapiens      Homo sapiens 0.988 Index to Organism Names
16            169      Homo sapiens      Homo sapiens 0.988           uBio NameBank

gnr_resolve(names = c("Asteraceae", "Plantae"), returndf = TRUE)
   data_source_id submitted_name name_string score
1               1     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
4               3     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
6               4     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
8               7     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
10              9     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
14             12     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
16            107     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
18            145     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
20            157     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
21            159     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
22            169     Asteraceae  Asteraceae  0.75
2               1        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
3               2        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
5               3        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
7               5        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
9               8        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
11              9        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
12             10        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
13             11        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
15             12        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
17            107        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
19            157        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
23            169        Plantae     Plantae  0.75
                                                                    title
1                                                       Catalogue of Life
4                                                                    ITIS
6                                                                    NCBI
8                                                                 Union 4
10                                                                  WoRMS
14                                                                    EOL
16                                                              AskNature
18 Catalogue of Vascular Plant Species of Central and Northeastern Brazil
20                                                   Belgian Species List
21                                                                CU*STAR
22                                                          uBio NameBank
2                                                       Catalogue of Life
3                                                             Wikispecies
5                                                                    ITIS
7                                                          Index Fungorum
9                         Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
11                                                                  WoRMS
12                                                               Freebase
13                                                GBIF Taxonomic Backbone
15                                                                    EOL
17                                                              AskNature
19                                                   Belgian Species List
23                                                          uBio NameBank


# Using data source 12 (Encyclopedia of Life)
gnr_resolve(names = c("Helianthus annuus", "Homo sapiens"), data_source_ids="12", returndf = TRUE)
  data_source_id    submitted_name       name_string score title
1             12 Helianthus annuus Helianthus annuus 0.988   EOL
2             12      Homo sapiens      Homo sapiens 0.988   EOL

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