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This function returns a list of pre-defined taxonomic contexts (i.e. clades) which can be used to limit the scope of tnrs queries.

Usage

tnrs_contexts(...)

Arguments

...

additional arguments to customize the API request (see rotl package documentation).

Value

Returns invisibly a list for each major clades (e.g., animals, microbes, plants, fungi, life) whose elements contains the possible contexts.

Details

Taxonomic contexts are available to limit the scope of TNRS searches. These contexts correspond to uncontested higher taxa such as 'Animals' or 'Land plants'. This service returns a list containing all available taxonomic context names, which may be used as input (via the context_name argument in other functions) to limit the search scope of other services including tnrs_match_names.