Checks if a taxon is in 'Flora iberica'

Checks if a name is in the 'Flora iberica' checklist, reading from http://www.floraiberica.es.

Usage

Fi_taxon_in(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 vector with three components. The first component ('accepted.in.Fi') is TRUE if the searched taxon is accepted in 'Flora iberica'; is FALSE if the searched taxon is not accepted in Flora iberica' (e.g. is a synonym), or is mistyped, or out of 'Flora iberica' scope; is NA for the infrageneric taxa belonging to a not yet published genus. A second component ('message') gives further information to the user. Finally, a third component ('rank'), returns the rank of the name.

Details

This function reads from http://www.floraiberica.es and checks if a given taxon is present in the 'Flora iberica' checklist.

Author

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