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] "*Crabbea* " "*Cassia petersiana* Bolle"
#> [3] "*Myrothamnus flabellifolius* Welw." "*Pittosporum viridiflorum* Sims"
#> [5] "*Hibiscus* L."
print_name(Easplist, parents(Easplist, "genus", IDs))
#> [1] "*Crabbea* " "*Cassia* L."
#> [3] "*Myrothamnus* Welw." "*Pittosporum* Banks ex Gaertn."
#> [5] "*Hibiscus* L."
print_name(Easplist, parents(Easplist, "family", IDs))
#> [1] "*Acanthaceae* Juss." "*Leguminosae* Juss." "*Myrothamnaceae* "
#> [4] "*Pittosporaceae* " "*Malvaceae* Juss."