Search for taxonomic information of a species in BIODATACR

Queries the BIE (Biodiversity Information Explorer) index of BIODATACR to retrieve taxonomic information for a species.

Usage

bdcr_species_search(name, rows = 10)

Arguments

name

Character. Scientific name (may be a synonym or partial name).

rows

Integer. Maximum number of results. Default 10.

Value

A `tibble` with columns: `name`, `guid`, `commonName`, `scientificName`, `rank`, `taxonomicStatus`, `nameComplete`.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
bdcr_species_search("Panthera onca")
} # }