Return summary data a taxon name with a given id.

Usage

tp_summary(id, format = "json", output = "df", url = "http://services.tropicos.org/Name/",
  key = NULL)

Arguments

id

the taxon identifier code

format

return in json or xml format (defaults to json)

output

raw = json or xml; or df = data.frame

url

The Tropicos url for the function (should be left to default).

key

Your Tropicos API key; loads from .Rprofile.

Examples

tp_summary(id = 25509881)
http://services.tropicos.org/Name/25509881?apikey=f3e499d4-1519-42c9-afd1-685a16882f5a&format=json
                         .id
1                     NameId
2             ScientificName
3  ScientificNameWithAuthors
4                     Family
5               SynonymCount
6          AcceptedNameCount
7                       Rank
8           RankAbbreviation
9       NomenclatureStatusID
10    NomenclatureStatusName
11                    Symbol
12                     Genus
13            SpeciesEpithet
14                    Source
15                  Citation
16                 Copyright
17                    Author
                                                                                                   V1
1                                                                                            25509881
2                                                                                           Poa annua
3                                                                                        Poa annua L.
4                                                                                             Poaceae
5                                                                                                  88
6                                                                                                   0
7                                                                                             species
8                                                                                                 sp.
9                                                                                                   1
10                                                                                         Legitimate
11                                                                                                  !
12                                                                                                Poa
13                                                                                              annua
14                                                              http://www.tropicos.org/Name/25509881
15 Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 20 Jan 2013 <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/25509881>
16               © 2013 Missouri Botanical Garden - 4344 Shaw Boulevard - Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
17                                                                                                 L.

tp_summary(id = 25509881, output = 'raw')
http://services.tropicos.org/Name/25509881?apikey=f3e499d4-1519-42c9-afd1-685a16882f5a&format=json
$NameId
[1] 25509881

$ScientificName
[1] "Poa annua"

$ScientificNameWithAuthors
[1] "Poa annua L."

$Family
[1] "Poaceae"

$SynonymCount
[1] "88"

$AcceptedNameCount
[1] "0"

$Rank
[1] "species"

$RankAbbreviation
[1] "sp."

$NomenclatureStatusID
[1] 1

$NomenclatureStatusName
[1] "Legitimate"

$Symbol
[1] "!"

$Genus
[1] "Poa"

$SpeciesEpithet
[1] "annua"

$Source
[1] "http://www.tropicos.org/Name/25509881"

$Citation
[1] "Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 20 Jan 2013 <http://www.tropicos.org/Name/25509881>"

$Copyright
[1] "© 2013 Missouri Botanical Garden - 4344 Shaw Boulevard - Saint Louis, Missouri 63110"

$Author
[1] "L."