Gets the higher taxonomy and authorship of the species using the Worms database

Gets the higher taxonomy and authorship of the species using the Worms database

taxonomy(sciname)

Arguments

sciname	chr or list

Value

dataframe

Examples

taxonomy("Ulva linza")
#> # A tibble: 1 x 9
#>   scientificname rank   kingdom phylum    class    order family genus authorship
#>   <chr>          <chr>  <chr>   <chr>     <chr>    <chr> <chr>  <chr> <chr>     
#> 1 Ulva linza     Speci… Plantae Chloroph… Ulvophy… Ulva… Ulvac… Ulva  Linnaeus  
taxonomy("Mastocarpus")
#> # A tibble: 1 x 9
#>   scientificname rank  kingdom phylum  class   order   family  genus  authorship
#>   <chr>          <chr> <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr>  <chr>     
#> 1 Mastocarpus    Genus Plantae Rhodop… Florid… Gigart… Phyllo… Masto… Kützing   

# A list of species
taxonomy(c("Ulva linza", "Mastocarpus"))
#> # A tibble: 2 x 9
#>   scientificname rank   kingdom phylum  class   order  family  genus  authorship
#>   <chr>          <chr>  <chr>   <chr>   <chr>   <chr>  <chr>   <chr>  <chr>     
#> 1 Ulva linza     Speci… Plantae Chloro… Ulvoph… Ulval… Ulvace… Ulva   Linnaeus  
#> 2 Mastocarpus    Genus  Plantae Rhodop… Florid… Gigar… Phyllo… Masto… Kützing