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Gets all accepted names in 'Flora iberica' within a genus, reading from http://www.floraiberica.es. Less relevant infraspecific taxa are usually not in the database or might be in the synonyms of higher taxa.

Usage

Fi_get_infrageneric(genus)

Arguments

genus

A chatracter with a genus Latin name.

Value

A list with two components. The first component ('names') is a matrix with the found names and some 'Flora iberica' fields, or is NULL if no names are found in Flora iberica' (e.g. genus not accepted in 'Flora iberica' (e.g. a synonym), is mistyped or out of 'Flora iberica' scope, or belongs to a not yet published genus). A second component ('message') gives further information to the user.

Details

This function reads from http://www.floraiberica.es and retrieves all accepted names within a given genus.

Author

Tiago Monteiro-Henriques. E-mail: tmh.dev@icloud.com.