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Family and order names come from the APG plant names list. Genus and species names come from Theplantlist.org.

Usage

names_list(rank = "genus", size = 10)

Arguments

rank

(character) Taxonomic rank, one of species, genus (default), family, order

size

(integer/numeric) Number of names to get. Maximum depends on the rank

Value

character vector of taxonomic names

Author

Scott Chamberlain

Examples

names_list()
#>  [1] "Stachytarpheta" "Lachenalia"     "Catachaetum"    "Notothylas"    
#>  [5] "Kickxia"        "Hydnophytum"    "Suberanthus"    "Chresta"       
#>  [9] "Cissus"         "Aristida"      
names_list('species')
#>  [1] "Scutellaria titovii"       "Artanthe mikaniana"       
#>  [3] "Heterolepis oryzoides"     "Metzgeria atramentaria"   
#>  [5] "Alicularia pachyphylla"    "Tragacantha segethii"     
#>  [7] "Thereianthus bracteolatus" "Scottellia kamerunensis"  
#>  [9] "Solenostoma patoniae"      "Pterocarpus mexicanus"    
names_list('genus')
#>  [1] "Actinocephalus" "Zamia"          "Macaranga"      "Perovskia"     
#>  [5] "Scaphyglottis"  "Grewia"         "Sarcosperma"    "Amphidasya"    
#>  [9] "Upopion"        "Rhaphidophora" 
names_list('family')
#>  [1] "Lamiaceae"        "Meliaceae"        "Asparagaceae"     "Asteraceae"      
#>  [5] "Solanaceae"       "Platanaceae"      "Dioscoreaceae"    "Apiaceae"        
#>  [9] "Hydrostachyaceae" "Loganiaceae"     
names_list('order')
#>  [1] "Caryophyllales" "Saxifragales"   "Bruniales"      "Poales"        
#>  [5] "Alismatales"    "Rosales"        "Myrtales"       "Asterales"     
#>  [9] "Lamiales"       "Salviniales"   
names_list('order', 2)
#> [1] "Pandanales" "Sapindales"
names_list('order', 15)
#>  [1] "Ericales"     "Asterales"    "Dioscoreales" "Cycadales"    "Liliales"    
#>  [6] "Rosales"      "Lamiales"     "Pandanales"   "Lamiales"     "Brassicales" 
#> [11] "Malvales"     "Myrtales"     "Alismatales"  "Asterales"    "Celastrales" 

# You can get a lot of genus or species names if you want
nrow(theplantlist)
#> [1] 10000
names_list('genus', 500)
#>   [1] "Dressleria"         "Schismatoglottis"   "Hylomecon"         
#>   [4] "Multidentia"        "Tournefortia"       "Alectra"           
#>   [7] "Brasilidium"        "Crossopetalum"      "Doliocarpus"       
#>  [10] "Phanerophlebiopsis" "Primulidium"        "Ziziphus"          
#>  [13] "Acourtia"           "Jacksonia"          "Mayna"             
#>  [16] "Stenandrium"        "Cuviera"            "Handroanthus"      
#>  [19] "Leucodon"           "Polygala"           "Lycopodium"        
#>  [22] "Oxycarpus"          "Loxogramme"         "Rollinia"          
#>  [25] "Leptotheca"         "Romanzoffia"        "Phacelia"          
#>  [28] "Piptomeris"         "Weigela"            "Haemodorum"        
#>  [31] "Eucrosia"           "Eriodictyon"        "Tristemon"         
#>  [34] "Laguncularia"       "Wendlandia"         "Ligularia"         
#>  [37] "Phaseolodes"        "Macrolejeunea"      "Cupaniopsis"       
#>  [40] "Eschweilera"        "Coryphantha"        "Belmontia"         
#>  [43] "Papaver"            "Xeroderris"         "Oxymeris"          
#>  [46] "Chamaedorea"        "Spiesia"            "Arabis"            
#>  [49] "Millettia"          "Mosenodendron"      "Sagittaria"        
#>  [52] "Atylosia"           "Ophrys"             "Leptinella"        
#>  [55] "Myrsine"            "Distasis"           "Mauria"            
#>  [58] "Phyllocactus"       "Gomphia"            "Coreopsis"         
#>  [61] "Paphiopedilum"      "Botrypus"           "Antimima"          
#>  [64] "Spartium"           "Flourensia"         "Horsfieldia"       
#>  [67] "Syntrichia"         "Guadua"             "Agelanthus"        
#>  [70] "Oxylobium"          "Brachionidium"      "Prasophyllum"      
#>  [73] "Anthyllis"          "Phyllagathis"       "Maytenus"          
#>  [76] "Teucrium"           "Centella"           "Vittaria"          
#>  [79] "Pelexia"            "Sclerophylax"       "Pilotrichella"     
#>  [82] "Helictochloa"       "Vitex"              "Jacea"             
#>  [85] "Bunium"             "Neomirandea"        "Cremanthodium"     
#>  [88] "Psammophiliella"    "Ampelosicyos"       "Bruchia"           
#>  [91] "Padus"              "Parashorea"         "Urostachys"        
#>  [94] "Diaphananthe"       "Seseli"             "Erpodium"          
#>  [97] "Brachiolejeunea"    "Santaloides"        "Otholobium"        
#> [100] "Bossiaea"           "Lysinema"           "Astartea"          
#> [103] "Rodgersia"          "Pergularia"         "Coniogramme"       
#> [106] "Octoblepharum"      "Phylica"            "Heterostemma"      
#> [109] "Fagara"             "Roupala"            "Rodriguezia"       
#> [112] "Dichelyma"          "Jasminum"           "Carpotroche"       
#> [115] "Najas"              "Centinodia"         "Dioscoreophyllum"  
#> [118] "Dendropemon"        "Ulmus"              "Quesnelia"         
#> [121] "Benthamia"          "Thomasia"           "Mesembryanthemum"  
#> [124] "Lizeron"            "Narcissus"          "Cleistanthus"      
#> [127] "Galeandra"          "Helenium"           "Gratiola"          
#> [130] "Cryptadenia"        "Blechum"            "Pontia"            
#> [133] "Impatiens"          "Rafnia"             "Montrichardia"     
#> [136] "Tetrorchidium"      "Libanotis"          "Ptelea"            
#> [139] "Tragacantha"        "Arachniodes"        "Elleanthus"        
#> [142] "Camassia"           "Psephellus"         "Robinia"           
#> [145] "Fagonia"            "Orthion"            "Microcampylopus"   
#> [148] "Nepenthes"          "Miricacalia"        "Gossypium"         
#> [151] "Brunellia"          "Pseudognaphalium"   "Onobrychis"        
#> [154] "Ledebouria"         "Cosmibuena"         "Pylaisia"          
#> [157] "Tachigali"          "Mammillaria"        "Caldesia"          
#> [160] "Clusia"             "Poranopsis"         "Epithema"          
#> [163] "Asclepias"          "Thymelaea"          "Xyloolaena"        
#> [166] "Lagerstroemia"      "Cristaria"          "Chingia"           
#> [169] "Zingiber"           "Philonotion"        "Tetragonotheca"    
#> [172] "Zephyranthes"       "Eleiotis"           "Ehretia"           
#> [175] "Sabatia"            "Paraspalathus"      "Staphidium"        
#> [178] "Spinifex"           "Vochysia"           "Sinapis"           
#> [181] "Berkheya"           "Mirabilis"          "Acanthocladium"    
#> [184] "Gelonium"           "Gackstroemia"       "Sonerila"          
#> [187] "Jacobaea"           "Arenaria"           "Endotrichum"       
#> [190] "Agalmyla"           "Bakeridesia"        "Piper"             
#> [193] "Lavenia"            "Schizomitrium"      "Allocarya"         
#> [196] "Lepidium"           "Arum"               "Frullania"         
#> [199] "Ebnerella"          "Escobaria"          "Staurogyne"        
#> [202] "Anisopappus"        "Goniopteris"        "Polypodium"        
#> [205] "Hygrolejeunea"      "Rhipsalis"          "Ceratostema"       
#> [208] "Syzygiella"         "Dolichostachys"     "Grias"             
#> [211] "Pyxidaria"          "Rebutia"            "Plagiothecium"     
#> [214] "Calymperes"         "Bryonia"            "Dipteracanthus"    
#> [217] "Cystea"             "Sericocalyx"        "Andinia"           
#> [220] "Pentameris"         "Spathiphyllum"      "Elettaria"         
#> [223] "Podalyria"          "Stissera"           "Oldenlandia"       
#> [226] "Gynandropsis"       "Chilita"            "Linosyris"         
#> [229] "Acmella"            "Cyrtomium"          "Pterygodium"       
#> [232] "Polybotrya"         "Lithops"            "Chelonistele"      
#> [235] "Sindora"            "Weingartia"         "Leymus"            
#> [238] "Tripleurothemis"    "Cyclophyllum"       "Heteromma"         
#> [241] "Eminium"            "Paullinia"          "Cryptocarya"       
#> [244] "Anacolosa"          "Cynoglossum"        "Spermacoce"        
#> [247] "Connarus"           "Lactuca"            "Camellia"          
#> [250] "Hedyotis"           "Leutea"             "Hexalobus"         
#> [253] "Notelaea"           "Erica"              "Anila"             
#> [256] "Pelea"              "Thereianthus"       "Stephanodaphne"    
#> [259] "Tovomita"           "Sonchus"            "Cynophalla"        
#> [262] "Mycaranthes"        "Celosia"            "Hypochaeris"       
#> [265] "Psiadia"            "Kuhlhasseltia"      "Psittacanthus"     
#> [268] "Schoenocaulon"      "Polystachya"        "Cynontodium"       
#> [271] "Tuzibeanthus"       "Sebaea"             "Condylopodium"     
#> [274] "Actinophlebia"      "Sphaerostephanos"   "Pronephrium"       
#> [277] "Axonopus"           "Pleurogramme"       "Orophea"           
#> [280] "Villaresia"         "Taxilejeunea"       "Muricococcum"      
#> [283] "Rumex"              "Topobea"            "Neoporteria"       
#> [286] "Pedersenia"         "Acuan"              "Athrixia"          
#> [289] "Hymenolyma"         "Polygonum"          "Abacopteris"       
#> [292] "Breweriopsis"       "Glandularia"        "Breidleria"        
#> [295] "Petrocosmea"        "Bretschneidera"     "Gnaphalium"        
#> [298] "Scalesia"           "Cystopteris"        "Vicia"             
#> [301] "Mollia"             "Alansmia"           "Quercus"           
#> [304] "Abronia"            "Crenias"            "Photinia"          
#> [307] "Porothamnium"       "Nonea"              "Calyptranthes"     
#> [310] "Moringa"            "Tridophyllum"       "Tetramerista"      
#> [313] "Ophiocaulon"        "Calendula"          "Struthiopteris"    
#> [316] "Macroptilium"       "Sarmentypnum"       "Citronella"        
#> [319] "Idiothamnus"        "Hackelia"           "Sinochasea"        
#> [322] "Pseudolmedia"       "Elymotrigia"        "Niedenzuella"      
#> [325] "Androsace"          "Pityrodia"          "Tagetes"           
#> [328] "Muraltia"           "Stereodon"          "Pleuridium"        
#> [331] "Kaempferia"         "Klenzea"            "Rhododendron"      
#> [334] "Archilejeunea"      "Eriosyce"           "Crossomitrium"     
#> [337] "Dactylorhiza"       "Barclaya"           "Fragaria"          
#> [340] "Linum"              "Coussapoa"          "Huilaea"           
#> [343] "Aristida"           "Calandrinia"        "Silaus"            
#> [346] "Myrrhidium"         "Rafflesia"          "Lavatera"          
#> [349] "Microchilus"        "Gymnobalanus"       "Cacalia"           
#> [352] "Mikania"            "Kerianthera"        "Cyclosorus"        
#> [355] "Micropiper"         "Cyclogramma"        "Juniperus"         
#> [358] "Tradescantia"       "Quassia"            "Ostrya"            
#> [361] "Gymnogramma"        "Menonvillea"        "Codonopsis"        
#> [364] "Rhacopilopsis"      "Blighiopsis"        "Kunzea"            
#> [367] "Panicum"            "Dicraeia"           "Yucca"             
#> [370] "Scutellaria"        "Peraxilla"          "Chaunanthus"       
#> [373] "Antidesma"          "Lithocarpus"        "Hemizonia"         
#> [376] "Ageratina"          "Marcgravia"         "Orchis"            
#> [379] "Aphanorrhegma"      "Glyceria"           "Calypogeia"        
#> [382] "Decaspermum"        "Eulalia"            "Ephedra"           
#> [385] "Woodvillea"         "Mosannona"          "Aptandra"          
#> [388] "Christella"         "Helianthocereus"    "Pittosporum"       
#> [391] "Gymnosiphon"        "Utricularia"        "Coreocarpus"       
#> [394] "Hebe"               "Planchonella"       "Palaquium"         
#> [397] "Pseudoleskea"       "Dichondra"          "Chenopodium"       
#> [400] "Spiropodium"        "Artanthe"           "Machaerium"        
#> [403] "Nothofagus"         "Stevia"             "Cicuta"            
#> [406] "Dymondia"           "Odontoschisma"      "Durio"             
#> [409] "Chloranthus"        "Radiusia"           "Lettsomia"         
#> [412] "Baroniella"         "Tuberaria"          "Monstera"          
#> [415] "Gymnocarpium"       "Geostachys"         "Anastrophyllum"    
#> [418] "Papularia"          "Aletris"            "Sphaerostigma"     
#> [421] "Androcalymma"       "Aglaomorpha"        "Jumellea"          
#> [424] "Colysis"            "Dieffenbachia"      "Searsia"           
#> [427] "Callicostella"      "Luckhoffia"         "Stenotyla"         
#> [430] "Glochidion"         "Alicularia"         "Eriophorum"        
#> [433] "Trigonostemon"      "Briggsia"           "Cuphea"            
#> [436] "Mimulus"            "Tridactyle"         "Eriolepis"         
#> [439] "Agathis"            "Chrysanthemum"      "Tococa"            
#> [442] "Eremurus"           "Dendrocnide"        "Thelypteris"       
#> [445] "Leptopus"           "Oziroe"             "Coelia"            
#> [448] "Aethionema"         "Hypoestes"          "Pourretia"         
#> [451] "Matayba"            "Brahea"             "Iskandera"         
#> [454] "Kyllinga"           "Doronicum"          "Sobralia"          
#> [457] "Secamone"           "Caesalpinia"        "Chiropetalum"      
#> [460] "Tectaria"           "Anthemis"           "Sinosenecio"       
#> [463] "Marsupella"         "Hippocrepis"        "Conanthus"         
#> [466] "Dimorphocalyx"      "Friesodielsia"      "Schuurmansia"      
#> [469] "Syrrhopodon"        "Pterolepis"         "Zenobia"           
#> [472] "Dracaena"           "Notocactus"         "Satureja"          
#> [475] "Platyhypnum"        "Minuartia"          "Cucumis"           
#> [478] "Cytisanthus"        "Plukenetia"         "Aplopappus"        
#> [481] "Folioceros"         "Periestes"          "Ponerorchis"       
#> [484] "Strophostyles"      "Microcorys"         "Voacanga"          
#> [487] "Gomphrena"          "Psylliostachys"     "Gordonia"          
#> [490] "Aongstroemia"       "Niphobolus"         "Nastanthus"        
#> [493] "Ligustrum"          "Uncarina"           "Oenothera"         
#> [496] "Mitrasacme"         "Urvillea"           "Cryptolepis"       
#> [499] "Aegiphila"          "Hornstedtia"