R: Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.

gbif_parse {taxize} | R Documentation

## Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.

### Description

Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.

### Usage

    gbif_parse(scientificname, ...)

### Arguments

`scientificname` | (character) scientific names
`...` | Further args passed on to `POST`

### Value

A `data.frame` containing fields extracted from parsed taxon names. Fields returned are the union of fields extracted from all species names in `scientificname`.

### Author(s)

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

### References

http://tools.gbif.org/nameparser/api.do

### See Also

`gni_parse`

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    gbif_parse(scientificname='x Agropogon littoralis')
    gbif_parse(c('Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius',
                 'Secale cereale subsp. cereale', 'Secale cereale ssp. cereale',
                 'Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)'))

    ## End(Not run)

[Package taxize version 0.9.0 Index]