Gets all the synonyms of a name accepted in 'Flora iberica'

Gets all the synonyms of a name accepted in 'Flora iberica', reading from http://www.floraiberica.es.

Usage

Fi_get_taxon_synonyms(genus, epithet = NULL, infra = NULL, infrarank = NULL)

Arguments

genus

A character with a generic taxon name.

epithet

A character with an specific epithet name.

infra

A character with an infraspecific name.

infrarank

A character with the rank of the infraspecific name.

Value

A list with two components. The first component ('synonyms') is a matrix with the accepted name and, if found, its synonyms 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 and retrieves all the synonyms of the given taxon, if present.

Author

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