Retrieve IDs of parents for selected taxa in a taxonomic list.
Usage
parents(taxlist, level, ...)
# S4 method for class 'taxlist,character'
parents(taxlist, level, concept, ...)Arguments
- taxlist
An object of class taxlist containing a taxonomic list.
- level
A character value indicating the level at which the parents will be extracted (upwards in the taxonomic ranks).
- ...
Further arguments passed among methods.
- concept
A vector containing concept IDs. The taxa for which the parents will be retrieved. If not provided, parents for every single taxon concept in 'taxlist' will be retrieved.
Examples
# Random selection of 5 taxa
IDs <- sample(Easplist@taxonRelations$TaxonConceptID, 5)
# Print names and names of parents
print_name(Easplist, IDs)
#> [1] "*Prosopis* L." "*Clerodendrum tanganyikense* Baker"
#> [3] "*Tephrosia villosa* (L.) Pers." "*Cerastium* L."
#> [5] "*Crossandra* Salisb."
print_name(Easplist, parents(Easplist, "genus", IDs))
#> [1] "*Prosopis* L." "*Clerodendrum* L." "*Tephrosia* Pers."
#> [4] "*Cerastium* L." "*Crossandra* Salisb."
print_name(Easplist, parents(Easplist, "family", IDs))
#> [1] "*Leguminosae* Juss." "*Lamiaceae* Martinov" "*Leguminosae* Juss."
#> [4] "*Caryophyllaceae* " "*Acanthaceae* Juss."