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Parse scientific names using Global Names Parser

Usage

gn_parse(names, ...)

Arguments

names

A vector of length 1 or more taxonomic names

...

Curl options passed on to crul::verb-GET

Value

A data.frame with results, the submitted names, and the parsed names with additional information.

References

http://gni.globalnames.org/

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
gn_parse("Cyanistes caeruleus")
gn_parse("Plantago minor")
gn_parse("Plantago minor minor")
gn_parse(c("Plantago minor minor","Helianthus annuus texanus"))

# if > 20 names, uses an HTTP POST request
x <- names_list("species", size = 30)
gn_parse(x)

# pass on curl options
gn_parse("Cyanistes caeruleus", verbose = TRUE)
} # }