R: Retrieve all taxa names downstream in hierarchy for GBIF

gbif_downstream {taxize} | R Documentation

## Retrieve all taxa names downstream in hierarchy for GBIF

### Description

Retrieve all taxa names downstream in hierarchy for GBIF

### Usage

    gbif_downstream(key, downto, intermediate = FALSE, ...)

### Arguments

`key` | A taxonomic serial number.
`downto` | The taxonomic level you want to go down to. See examples below. The taxonomic level IS case sensitive, and you do have to spell it correctly. See `data(rank_ref)` for spelling.
`intermediate` | (logical) If TRUE, return a list of length two with target taxon rank names, with additional list of data.frame's of intermediate taxonomic groups. Default: FALSE
`...` | Further args passed on to `gbif_name_usage`

### Value

Data.frame of taxonomic information downstream to family from e.g., Order, Class, etc., or if `intermediated=TRUE`, list of length two, with target taxon rank names, and intermediate names.

### Author(s)

Scott Chamberlain myrmecocystus@gmail.com

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    ## the plant class Bangiophyceae
    gbif_downstream(key = 198, downto="genus")
    gbif_downstream(key = 198, downto="genus", intermediate=TRUE)

    # families downstream from the family Strepsiptera (twisted wing parasites)
    gbif_downstream(key = 1227, "family")
    ## here, intermediate leads to the same result as the target
    gbif_downstream(key = 1227, "family", intermediate=TRUE)

    # Lepidoptera
    gbif_downstream(key = 797, "family")

    # get species downstream from the genus Ursus
    gbif_downstream(key = 2433406, "species")

    # get tribes down from the family Apidae
    gbif_downstream(key = 7799978, downto="species")
    gbif_downstream(key = 7799978, downto="species", intermediate=TRUE)

    ## End(Not run)

[Package taxize version 0.9.0 Index]