R: Get external identifiers for data associated with an Open...

taxon_external_IDs {rotl} | R Documentation

## Get external identifiers for data associated with an Open Tree taxon

### Description

The Open Tree taxonomy is a synthesis of multiple reference taxonomies. This function retrieves identifiers to external taxonomic records that have contributed the rank, position and definition of a given Open Tree taxon.

### Usage

    taxon_external_IDs(taxon_id)

### Arguments

`taxon_id` | An open tree study ID

### Value

a data.frame in which each row represents a unique record in an external database. The column "source" provides and abbreviated name for the database, and "id" the unique ID for the record.

### See Also

tnrs_matchnames, which can be used to search for taxa by name.

taxonomy_taxon, for more information about a given taxon.

### Examples

    ## Not run:
       gibbon_IDs <- taxon_external_IDs(712902)

    ## End(Not run)

[Package rotl version 3.0.4 Index]