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Get external identifiers for data associated with an Open Tree taxon

Source: R/external_data.R
taxon_external_IDs.Rd

The Open Tree taxonomy is a synthesis of multiple reference taxonomies. This function retrieves identifiers to external taxonomic records that have contributed the rank, position and definition of a given Open Tree taxon.

Usage

taxon_external_IDs(taxon_id)

Arguments

taxon_id

An open tree study ID

Value

a data.frame in which each row represents a unique record in an external database. The column "source" provides and abbreviated name for the database, and "id" the unique ID for the record.

See also

tnrs_matchnames, which can be used to search for taxa by name.

taxonomy_taxon, for more information about a given taxon.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
   gibbon_IDs <- taxon_external_IDs(712902)
}