R: TNRS contexts

tnrs_contexts {rotl} | R Documentation

## TNRS contexts

### Description

This function returns a list of pre-defined taxonomic contexts (i.e. clades) which can be used to limit the scope of tnrs queries.

### Usage

    tnrs_contexts(...)

### Arguments

`...` | additional arguments to customize the API request (see `rotl` package documentation).

### Details

Taxonomic contexts are available to limit the scope of TNRS searches. These contexts correspond to uncontested higher taxa such as 'Animals' or 'Land plants'. This service returns a list containing all available taxonomic context names, which may be used as input (via the `context_name` argument in other functions) to limit the search scope of other services including `tnrs_match_names`.

### Value

Returns invisibly a list for each major clades (e.g., animals, microbes, plants, fungi, life) whose elements contains the possible contexts.

[Package rotl version 3.0.5 Index]