R: Get a random vector of species names.

names_list {taxize}

R Documentation

Get a random vector of species names.

Description

Family and order names come from the APG plant names list. Genus and species names come from Theplantlist.org.

Usage

names_list(rank = "genus", size = 10)

Arguments

`rank`	Taxonomic rank, one of species, genus (default), family, order.
`size`	Number of names to get. Maximum depends on the rank.

Value

Vector of taxonomic names.

Author(s)

Scott Chamberlain myrmecocystus@gmail.com

Examples

names_list()
names_list('species')
names_list('genus')
names_list('family')
names_list('order')
names_list('order', '2')
names_list('order', '15')

# You can get a lot of genus or species names if you want
nrow(theplantlist)
names_list('genus', 500)

[Package taxize version 0.9.3 Index]