Function to check species scientific name in Brazilian Flora 2020 database

check_flora(species, get_synonyms = TRUE, infraspecies = FALSE)

Arguments

species	Character. A species scientific name without authors, ideally already passed by the string check in `Rocc::check_status()`. Accepts only one name at a time. Use `lapply()` or functions from `purrr` package to run for multiple species
get_synonyms	Logical. If `get_synonyms = TRUE` (default) returns a second element containing information of all synonyms a species has
infraspecies	Logical. If `infraspecies = TRUE` returns accepted name of any infraspecies classification

Value

A list with one or two elements. If `get_synonyms = TRUE` the second element of the list contains the names and additional information of synonyms or a `NULL` object if the species has no synonyms.

Author

Sara Mortara & Andrea Sánchez-Tapia

Examples

# single species
check_flora("Dalbergia nigra")
#> [1] "Flora 2020 API is out of service"

# more than one species w/ lapply from base
lapply(c("Dalbergia nigra", "Aspidosperma discolor"),
       check_flora)
#> [1] "Flora 2020 API is out of service"
#> [1] "Flora 2020 API is out of service"
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#> NULL
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