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Integrated Taxonomic Information System Client

An interface to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System ('ITIS') (<https://www.itis.gov>). Includes functions to work with the 'ITIS' REST API methods (<https://www.itis.gov/ws_description.html>), as well as the 'Solr' web service (<https://www.itis.gov/solr_documentation.html>).

Functions (47)

accepted_names

Get accepted names from tsn

any_match_count

Get any match count.

comment_detail

Get comment detail from TSN

common_names

Get common names from tsn

core_metadata

Get core metadata from tsn

coverage

Get coverge from tsn

credibility

Get credibility rating from tsn

currency

Get currency from tsn

date_data

Get date data from tsn

description

Get description of the ITIS service

experts

Get expert information for the TSN.

full_record

Get full record from TSN or lsid

geographic_divisions

Get geographic divisions from tsn

geographic_values

Get all possible geographic values

global_species_completeness

Get global species completeness from tsn

hierarchy

Get hierarchy down from tsn

itis_facet

ITIS Solr facet

itis_group

ITIS Solr group search

itis_highlight

ITIS Solr highlight

itis_search

ITIS Solr search

jurisdiction

Get jurisdictional origin from tsn

kingdoms

Get kingdom names from tsn

last_change_date

Provides the date the ITIS database was last updated

lsid2tsn

Gets the TSN corresponding to the LSID, or an empty result if there is no match.

other_sources

Returns a list of the other sources used for the TSN.

parent_tsn

Returns the parent TSN for the entered TSN.

publications

Returns a list of the pulications used for the TSN.

rank_name

Returns the kingdom and rank information for the TSN.

rank_names

Provides a list of all the unique rank names contained in the database and their kingdom and rank ID values.

record

Gets a record from an LSID

review_year

Returns the review year for the TSN.

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scientific_name

Returns the scientific name for the TSN. Also returns the component parts (names and indicators) of the scientific name.

search_any_match_paged

Search for any matched page

search_anymatch

Search for any match

search_common

Search for tsn by common name

search_scientific

Search by scientific name

solr

ITIS Solr Methods

solr_fields

List of fields that can be used in solr functions

synonym_names

Returns a list of the synonyms (if any) for the TSN.

taxon_authorship

Returns the author information for the TSN.

terms

Get ITIS terms, i.e., tsn's, authors, common names, and scientific names

tsn2lsid

Gets the unique LSID for the TSN, or an empty result if there is no match.

tsn_by_vernacular_language

Get tsn by vernacular language

unacceptability_reason

Returns the unacceptability reason, if any, for the TSN.

usage

Returns the usage information for the TSN.

vernacular_languages

Provides a list of the unique languages used in the vernacular table.

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Integrated Taxonomic Information System Client

v1.0.0

MIT + file LICENSE

Authors

Scott Chamberlain [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-9135>), rOpenSci [fnd] (https://ropensci.org/)

Initial release

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Functions (47)

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