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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] "Alyssum"       "Romanzoffia"   "Callicostella" "Pueraria"     
#>  [5] "Gymnopteris"   "Cleistanthus"  "Robinia"       "Ophiorrhiza"  
#>  [9] "Cratoneuron"   "Ladanium"     
names_list('species')
#>  [1] "Panicum vatovae"              "Lathraea japonica"           
#>  [3] "Pentacalia poyasensis"        "Cinnamodendron angustifolium"
#>  [5] "Marsdenia gilgiana"           "Babiana mucronata"           
#>  [7] "Piper betle"                  "Hedychium ximengense"        
#>  [9] "Chiloscyphus humistratus"     "Helichrysum odoratissimum"   
names_list('genus')
#>  [1] "Kosteletzkya"    "Prunella"        "Trichilia"       "Villadia"       
#>  [5] "Lomatia"         "Spinifex"        "Critonia"        "Emilia"         
#>  [9] "Drebbelia"       "Pseuderanthemum"
names_list('family')
#>  [1] "Hamamelidaceae"   "Apiaceae"         "Euphorbiaceae"    "Plantaginaceae"  
#>  [5] "Scrophulariaceae" "Polygalaceae"     "Columelliaceae"   "Loganiaceae"     
#>  [9] "Buxaceae"         "Crassulaceae"    
names_list('order')
#>  [1] "Equisetales"  "Vitales"      "Fagales"      "Alismatales"  "Poales"      
#>  [6] "Myrtales"     "Boraginales"  "Lamiales"     "Ericales"     "Saxifragales"
names_list('order', 2)
#> [1] "Ranunculales" "Lamiales"    
names_list('order', 15)
#>  [1] "Fagales"        "Escalloniales"  "Lamiales"       "Zingiberales"  
#>  [5] "Sapindales"     "Laurales"       "Zygophyllales"  "Liliales"      
#>  [9] "Santalales"     "Asterales"      "Caryophyllales" "Marattiales."  
#> [13] "Malvales"       "Liliales"       "Lycopodiales"  

# You can get a lot of genus or species names if you want
nrow(theplantlist)
#> [1] 10000
names_list('genus', 500)
#>   [1] "Pastinaca"        "Echinopsis"       "Hydriastele"     
#>   [4] "Actinophlebia"    "Tetrapterys"      "Bolbitis"        
#>   [7] "Calonyction"      "Aglaia"           "Pholidocarpus"   
#>  [10] "Pterospermum"     "Paraphlomis"      "Coelostegia"     
#>  [13] "Dryadella"        "Pappobolus"       "Leioscyphus"     
#>  [16] "Espejoa"          "Schlumbergera"    "Comarostaphylis" 
#>  [19] "Tunilla"          "Parkia"           "Cola"            
#>  [22] "Myrica"           "Fritillaria"      "Hexalobus"       
#>  [25] "Callostylis"      "Tuzibeanthus"     "Clastobryella"   
#>  [28] "Commelina"        "Chromolaena"      "Pseudosasa"      
#>  [31] "Eremurus"         "Caltha"           "Descurainia"     
#>  [34] "Amorphophallus"   "Actinodaphne"     "Clermontia"      
#>  [37] "Riedelia"         "Sonerila"         "Pseudocephalozia"
#>  [40] "Ptychophyllum"    "Lalage"           "Tetramerista"    
#>  [43] "Webera"           "Corytholoma"      "Calyptopogon"    
#>  [46] "Pouteria"         "Pithecellobium"   "Pinaropappus"    
#>  [49] "Bousigonia"       "Leionema"         "Rennellia"       
#>  [52] "Ochrosia"         "Protea"           "Haumaniastrum"   
#>  [55] "Chuquiraga"       "Villaresia"       "Ptilotus"        
#>  [58] "Ditrichum"        "Xanthophyllum"    "Valerianella"    
#>  [61] "Eltroplectris"    "Rytidosperma"     "Aganope"         
#>  [64] "Wallenia"         "Echinopsilon"     "Terminalia"      
#>  [67] "Microcorys"       "Cuatresia"        "Otopappus"       
#>  [70] "Metahygrobiella"  "Petrorhagia"      "Hymenorchis"     
#>  [73] "Illicium"         "Alyssum"          "Chytranthus"     
#>  [76] "Koellensteinia"   "Mussaenda"        "Burmeistera"     
#>  [79] "Schwetschkea"     "Physocarpus"      "Pimpinella"      
#>  [82] "Radlkofera"       "Gymnema"          "Trisetum"        
#>  [85] "Emilia"           "Barleria"         "Daviesia"        
#>  [88] "Actinocephalus"   "Hedychium"        "Anila"           
#>  [91] "Pelargonium"      "Ocotea"           "Centinodia"      
#>  [94] "Gutenbergia"      "Dendrochilum"     "Steinchisma"     
#>  [97] "Stereodontopsis"  "Fuirena"          "Ribes"           
#> [100] "Cleistanthus"     "Aphananthe"       "Agalmyla"        
#> [103] "Jacmaia"          "Microctenidium"   "Phaulanthus"     
#> [106] "Alaternus"        "Exacum"           "Arachis"         
#> [109] "Ewyckia"          "Veratrum"         "Mentzelia"       
#> [112] "Porpax"           "Rorippa"          "Xanthophytum"    
#> [115] "Marsupella"       "Chrysosplenium"   "Schiedeella"     
#> [118] "Drimycarpus"      "Lachenalia"       "Cassuvium"       
#> [121] "Crepidiastrum"    "Aerangis"         "Tutigaea"        
#> [124] "Lespedeza"        "Pleurothyrium"    "Cyathidaria"     
#> [127] "Unonopsis"        "Hymenocoleus"     "Jurinea"         
#> [130] "Aphanorrhegma"    "Elodea"           "Lannea"          
#> [133] "Glycine"          "Modecca"          "Tanacetopsis"    
#> [136] "Oryctanthus"      "Carnegieodoxa"    "Elyhordeum"      
#> [139] "Gladiolus"        "Trigonospora"     "Sclerophylax"    
#> [142] "Bencomia"         "Leobordea"        "Pogonatum"       
#> [145] "Aframomum"        "Daphne"           "Callaeum"        
#> [148] "Nestlera"         "Barbula"          "Warczewiczella"  
#> [151] "Octomeria"        "Hymenophyllum"    "Pleroma"         
#> [154] "Stachyanthus"     "Vernonanthura"    "Lepechinia"      
#> [157] "Triantha"         "Polycarpon"       "Tetrastigma"     
#> [160] "Cylindropuntia"   "Uvaria"           "Phlomis"         
#> [163] "Secamone"         "Miricacalia"      "Dicranella"      
#> [166] "Aragoa"           "Spinifex"         "Cerastium"       
#> [169] "Parapolydora"     "Mauria"           "Scolosanthus"    
#> [172] "Loeseneriella"    "Liebigia"         "Randia"          
#> [175] "Iresine"          "Gilliesia"        "Aureolejeunea"   
#> [178] "Chingia"          "Xeroderris"       "Allexis"         
#> [181] "Coffea"           "Ziziphus"         "Barrosoa"        
#> [184] "Lescuraea"        "Porroglossum"     "Chrysopogon"     
#> [187] "Zinowiewia"       "Volvulus"         "Peltoboykinia"   
#> [190] "Schwantesia"      "Achnatherum"      "Diploglottis"    
#> [193] "Acrostichum"      "Panicum"          "Pterisanthes"    
#> [196] "Argyrocome"       "Cyrtochilum"      "Cistus"          
#> [199] "Ehrharta"         "Haplochorema"     "Drimia"          
#> [202] "Ptychopyxis"      "Eminium"          "Leiocarpa"       
#> [205] "Forsskaolea"      "Anethum"          "Mormodes"        
#> [208] "Cynophalla"       "Hydrogonium"      "Onosma"          
#> [211] "Sprengelia"       "Alicularia"       "Haworthia"       
#> [214] "Aulacomitrium"    "Cleome"           "Danthonia"       
#> [217] "Stenanona"        "Schinopsis"       "Spathiphyllum"   
#> [220] "Heteradelphia"    "Trichostomum"     "Santalum"        
#> [223] "Colpodium"        "Urophyllum"       "Toddalia"        
#> [226] "Cruckshanksia"    "Ranunculus"       "Dichaetanthera"  
#> [229] "Ceratostylis"     "Fornasinia"       "Commiphora"      
#> [232] "Manyonia"         "Triplostegia"     "Desmatodon"      
#> [235] "Pennilabium"      "Rhacoma"          "Tabernaemontana" 
#> [238] "Anisomeris"       "Zenobia"          "Coccocypselum"   
#> [241] "Sagina"           "Sibbaldia"        "Rodriguezia"     
#> [244] "Erepsia"          "Trichosalpinx"    "Lindernia"       
#> [247] "Casuarina"        "Lomatia"          "Caelestina"      
#> [250] "Conanthus"        "Cucurbita"        "Seridia"         
#> [253] "Scleranthus"      "Banksia"          "Wettinia"        
#> [256] "Sarracenia"       "Kniphofia"        "Ehretia"         
#> [259] "Cephaloziopsis"   "Populus"          "Pterosenecio"    
#> [262] "Horichia"         "Roupala"          "Aichryson"       
#> [265] "Crepidium"        "Alexa"            "Nemum"           
#> [268] "Lorandersonia"    "Laphamia"         "Aloysia"         
#> [271] "Goniothalamus"    "Cremanthodium"    "Selinum"         
#> [274] "Duroia"           "Loasa"            "Bulbine"         
#> [277] "Eriosema"         "Dianthus"         "Lomariopsis"     
#> [280] "Roldana"          "Tridophyllum"     "Solms-laubachia" 
#> [283] "Sebastiania"      "Cacalia"          "Hymenolobium"    
#> [286] "Pourouma"         "Ferulago"         "Silphium"        
#> [289] "Aerides"          "Isodon"           "Saurauia"        
#> [292] "Oreamunoa"        "Seseli"           "Janipha"         
#> [295] "Ericameria"       "Aporosa"          "Hudsonia"        
#> [298] "Polyacantha"      "Angelica"         "Polytrias"       
#> [301] "Pyrenia"          "Malaxis"          "Tamarix"         
#> [304] "Hermannia"        "Trematodon"       "Ruprechtia"      
#> [307] "Aegiphila"        "Ardisia"          "Adicea"          
#> [310] "Brachiaria"       "Pleopeltis"       "Sphaerostigma"   
#> [313] "Dinochloa"        "Neonauclea"       "Spathelia"       
#> [316] "Albuca"           "Kallstroemia"     "Hippomarathrum"  
#> [319] "Forsteronia"      "Fontinalis"       "Peristrophe"     
#> [322] "Erpodium"         "Lycium"           "Pseudoleskeella" 
#> [325] "Leucadendron"     "Nanobryum"        "Prinos"          
#> [328] "Mnium"            "Capillipedium"    "Pavonia"         
#> [331] "Dimeria"          "Deutzia"          "Chamaecrista"    
#> [334] "Halocnemum"       "Lepidostemon"     "Drosera"         
#> [337] "Spigelia"         "Cephalozia"       "Stenocline"      
#> [340] "Ischnea"          "Munnozia"         "Triaenophora"    
#> [343] "Edosmia"          "Albizia"          "Psilanthus"      
#> [346] "Ternstroemia"     "Heterocentron"    "Houstonia"       
#> [349] "Mitracarpus"      "Dactyladenia"     "Gonolobus"       
#> [352] "Meteorium"        "Youngia"          "Gentianella"     
#> [355] "Tacsonia"         "Cedrela"          "Mangifera"       
#> [358] "Tibouchina"       "Halenia"          "Psilostachys"    
#> [361] "Metalejeunea"     "Lellingeria"      "Geophila"        
#> [364] "Adiantum"         "Bacopa"           "Daemonorops"     
#> [367] "Solulus"          "Monnina"          "Junellia"        
#> [370] "Cytisus"          "Agapetes"         "Dimerodontium"   
#> [373] "Erodium"          "Echinocactus"     "Psylliostachys"  
#> [376] "Schmidelia"       "Bonnetia"         "Dymondia"        
#> [379] "Eucomis"          "Rhetinantha"      "Primulina"       
#> [382] "Billardiera"      "Brachysiphon"     "Cyclosorus"      
#> [385] "Pristimera"       "Dalea"            "Guzmania"        
#> [388] "Bullockia"        "Mirbelia"         "Buxus"           
#> [391] "Asphodelus"       "Dichapetalum"     "Thibaudia"       
#> [394] "Phoradendron"     "Empodium"         "Ayenia"          
#> [397] "Vinkia"           "Saponaria"        "Eriotheca"       
#> [400] "Amaryllis"        "Vateria"          "Manilkara"       
#> [403] "Meteoridium"      "Psammotropha"     "Ticorea"         
#> [406] "Sibiraea"         "Gastrodia"        "Tinnea"          
#> [409] "Allium"           "Packera"          "Acystopteris"    
#> [412] "Lomagramma"       "Chiliadenus"      "Elionurus"       
#> [415] "Logfia"           "Ceanothus"        "Plumeria"        
#> [418] "Hovea"            "Guapira"          "Porothamnium"    
#> [421] "Epilobium"        "Otophora"         "Stenochlaena"    
#> [424] "Leptochilus"      "Tripterocalyx"    "Aspidonepsis"    
#> [427] "Tingulonga"       "Gymnobalanus"     "Ficus"           
#> [430] "Tetracme"         "Clavija"          "Ebnerella"       
#> [433] "Aldina"           "Lidbeckia"        "Comocladia"      
#> [436] "Sulcorebutia"     "Cocculus"         "Funaria"         
#> [439] "Octarrhena"       "Goniophlebium"    "Lagotis"         
#> [442] "Warneckea"        "Oreocarya"        "Xiphopteris"     
#> [445] "Malabaila"        "Scorzoneroides"   "Skimmia"         
#> [448] "Pseudomuscari"    "Neomammillaria"   "Mycaranthes"     
#> [451] "Brasilidium"      "Microsteira"      "Sida"            
#> [454] "Tetragonotheca"   "Ophthalmophyllum" "Ixia"            
#> [457] "Tainia"           "Linanthus"        "Echinopepon"     
#> [460] "Bartsia"          "Elytrigia"        "Brachycorythis"  
#> [463] "Tylecodon"        "Amphistelma"      "Littorella"      
#> [466] "Saxifraga"        "Pentossaea"       "Barbaceniopsis"  
#> [469] "Epigynium"        "Hymenostomum"     "Hionanthera"     
#> [472] "Hypoestes"        "Enkianthus"       "Xantolis"        
#> [475] "Platystoma"       "Corokia"          "Xylopia"         
#> [478] "Marchantia"       "Allocalyx"        "Payena"          
#> [481] "Caragana"         "Chorizanthe"      "Philammos"       
#> [484] "Pentopetia"       "Platystemon"      "Vrydagzynea"     
#> [487] "Picramnia"        "Leucopogon"       "Leontodon"       
#> [490] "Renistipula"      "Bromelia"         "Ridan"           
#> [493] "Convolvulus"      "Lastreopsis"      "Thrixspermum"    
#> [496] "Sphenolobopsis"   "Odontochilus"     "Lycianthes"      
#> [499] "Luerssenidendron" "Cyphochilus"