Data sources currently implemented in taxize
| Souce | Function prefix | API Docs | API key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Encylopedia of Life |
eol
|
link | none |
| Integrated Taxonomic Information Service |
itis
|
link | none |
| Global Names Resolver |
gnr
|
link | none |
| Global Names Index |
gni
|
link | none |
| IUCN Red List |
iucn
|
link | link |
| Tropicos |
tp
|
link | link |
| Theplantlist dot org |
tpl
|
** | none |
| National Center for Biotechnology Information |
ncbi
|
none | none |
| CANADENSYS Vascan name search API |
vascan
|
link | none |
| International Plant Names Index (IPNI) |
ipni
|
none | none |
| Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) |
bold
|
link | none |
| National Biodiversity Network (UK) |
nbn
|
link | none |
| Index Fungorum |
fg
|
none | none |
| EU BON |
eubon
|
link | none |
| Index of Names (ION) |
ion
|
link | none |
| Open Tree of Life (TOL) |
tol
|
link | none |
| World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) |
worms
|
link | none |
| NatureServe |
natserv
|
link | link |
| Wikipedia |
wiki
|
link | none |
| Kew’s Plants of the World |
pow
|
none | none |
**: There are none! We suggest using TPL and
TPLck functions in the taxonstand
package. We provide two functions to get bulk data:
tpl_families and tpl_get.
***: There are none! The function scrapes the web directly.
May be in taxize in the future: See the datasources
label (https://github.com/ropensci/taxize/labels/datasources)
in the issue tracker