melt_canonical {taxotools} | R Documentation |
Deconstruct canonical names
Description
Deconstruct canonical names into Genus, Species and Subspecies fields
Usage
melt_canonical(
dat,
canonical = "",
genus = "",
species = "",
subspecies = "",
verbose = FALSE
)
Arguments
dat |
data frame containing taxonomic list |
canonical |
field name for canonical names |
genus |
field name for Genus |
species |
field name for Species |
subspecies |
field name for Subspecies |
verbose |
verbose output, Default: FALSE |
Value
a data frame containing Genus, Species and Subspecies fields added or repopulated using data in canonical name field. If unable to parse the name Genus, Species and Subspecies fields will have NA.
See Also
Other Name functions:
build_gen_syn()
,
cast_canonical()
,
cast_scientificname()
,
check_scientific()
,
expand_name()
,
get_accepted_names()
,
guess_taxo_rank()
,
list_higher_taxo()
,
melt_scientificname()
,
resolve_names()
,
taxo_fuzzy_match()
Examples
mylist <- data.frame("canonical" = c("Abrothrix longipilis",
"Acodon hirtus",
"Akodon longipilis apta",
"AKODON LONGIPILIS CASTANEUS",
"Chroeomys jelskii",
"Acodon jelskii pyrrhotis"),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE)
melt_canonical(mylist,"canonical","genus","species","subspecies")
[Package taxotools version 0.0.148 Index]