R: Get The Plant List families.

tpl_families {taxize} | R Documentation

## Get The Plant List families.

### Description

Get The Plant List families.

### Usage

    tpl_families(...)

### Arguments

`...` | (list) Curl options passed on to `GET`

### Details

Requires an internet connection in order to connect to www.theplantlist.org.

### Value

Returns a `data.frame` including the names of all families indexed by The Plant List, and the major groups into which they fall (i.e. Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, Bryophytes and Pteridophytes).

### Author(s)

John Baumgartner (johnbb@student.unimelb.edu.au)

### See Also

`tpl_get`

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    # Get a data.frame of plant families, with the group name (Angiosperms, etc.)
    head( tpl_families() )

    ## End(Not run)

[Package taxize version 0.9.0 Index]