Retrieve trees taxonomy — getTaxonomy • BIOMASS

From given genus, the function finds the APG III family, and optionally the order, from the genusFamily database and the apgFamilies dataset

Usage

getTaxonomy(genus, findOrder = FALSE)

Arguments

genus: Vector of genus names
findOrder: (Boolean) If TRUE, the output will contain the taxonomical orders of the families.

Value

Data frame with the order (if findOrder is TRUE), family and genus.

Author

Ariane TANGUY, Arthur PERE, Maxime REJOU-MECHAIN

Examples

# Find the Family of the Aphelandra genus
getTaxonomy("Aphelandra")
#>   inputGenus      family
#> 1 Aphelandra Acanthaceae
# ... and the order
# \donttest{
getTaxonomy("Aphelandra", findOrder = TRUE)
#>   inputGenus      family    order
#> 1 Aphelandra Acanthaceae Lamiales
# }