Search an infraspecific name in a flora list (given a species ArangoDocument)

This function searches for a given infraspecific.name in florula.collection, constraining the search to a given species and allowing the user to select which attributes to search in.

Usage

search_infraspecific(
  infraspecific.name,
  x.species,
  florula.collection,
  attributes.to.search = c("subspecies", "variety", "form")
)

Arguments

infraspecific.name

A character with an infraspecific Latin name to search within a given species.

x.species

An ArangoDocument corresponding to the species rank in florula.collection, to which the search should be constrained.

florula.collection

An ArangoCollection containing a flora list.

attributes.to.search

A character vector with the attributes to search in (any of 'subspecies', 'variety' and 'form').

Value

A list with the ArangoDocuments in the florula.collection from which infraspecific Latin names match the given infraspecific.name in the attributes.to.search. The function returns NULL if no match is found.

Details

The given infraspecific.name is searched separately in each of the given attributes (one by one), for all ArangoDocuments that (directly or indirectly) point at the given species (x.species) and the results are collected in a list.

Author

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