Get accepted GBIF and POWO identifiers (keys) for taxon names to support data downloads

Usage

get_name_keys(df, name_column, match = "single", kingdom = "plantae")

Arguments

df: character) Data frame with taxon names
match: (character) Controls the output of the search. Use `single` to force a single match result that has the highest confidence or `any` to return all possible matches sorted in order of confidence
kingdom: (character) Defaults to `plantae` and carries out match to POWO. If set as `fungi` will only carry out GBIF search
name_col: (character) Column for taxon names. Include taxonomic authority for better matching

Value

Returns a data frame with accepted GBIF and POWO identifiers

Details

Designed for batch processing. Default setting (match = "single", kingdom = "plantae") returns an accepted name with the best single match against GBIF and POWO name backbones (GBIF only for kingdom = "fungi"). Final list may return fewer names if there are discrepancies e.g. accepted in GBIF, but not in POWO. Output data frame includes GBIF 'usageKey' that can be used with [`get_gbif_occs()`] to get occurrences from GBIF, and 'wcvp_ipni_id' that can be used with [`powo_range()`] to get native ranges. To see a wider range of plausible matches adjust 'match' to 'any'.