Depending the degree of resolution and specific roles of nomenclature, strings containing taxon usage names (scientific names) are constructed with different parts. A string with names can be consequently split into those elements, meanwhile the number of elements may suggest the taxonomic ranks.
This function is a wrapper of strsplit(), while name element can be
re-pasted if indicated in argument repaste.
Arguments
- x
A character vector containing taxon names.
- split, fixed, ...
Arguments passed to
strsplit().- repaste
An integer vector indicating the elements of the name selected for the output.
Value
A character matrix with as many rows as names in the input vector.
If repaste is indicated, then the output will be a character vector.
Author
Miguel Alvarez kamapu78@gmail.com
Examples
# A list of variety names
sp_list <- subset(x = Easplist, subset = Level == "variety", slot = "relations")
sp_list <- accepted_name(sp_list)[c(1:10), "TaxonName"]
# split name
dissect_name(sp_list)
#> [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4]
#> [1,] "Euphorbia" "inaequilatera" "var." "dentata"
#> [2,] "Oldenlandia" "corymbosa" "var." "caespitosa"
#> [3,] "Pilea" "usambarensis" "var." "veronicifolia"
#> [4,] "Trifolium" "semipilosum" "var." "glabrescens"
#> [5,] "Pentas" "lanceolata" "var." "nemorosa"
#> [6,] "Stachys" "aculeolata" "var." "aculeolata"
#> [7,] "Pimpinella" "oreophila" "var." "kilimandscharica"
#> [8,] "Cyperus" "denudatus" "var." "lucenti-nigricans"
#> [9,] "Achyranthes" "aspera" "var." "sicula"
#> [10,] "Digitaria" "diagonalis" "var." "uniglumis"
# re-paste the two first words (species name)
dissect_name(sp_list, repaste = c(1:2))
#> [1] "Euphorbia inaequilatera" "Oldenlandia corymbosa"
#> [3] "Pilea usambarensis" "Trifolium semipilosum"
#> [5] "Pentas lanceolata" "Stachys aculeolata"
#> [7] "Pimpinella oreophila" "Cyperus denudatus"
#> [9] "Achyranthes aspera" "Digitaria diagonalis"