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rl_synonyms

Get species synonym information by taxonomic name

Get species synonym information by taxonomic name

rl_synonyms(name = NULL, key = NULL, parse = TRUE, ...)

rl_synonyms_(name = NULL, key = NULL, ...)

`name`	(character) Binomial taxonomic name
`key`	A IUCN API token. See `rl_use_iucn`.
`parse`	(logical) Whether to parse to list (`FALSE`) or data.frame (`TRUE`). Default: `TRUE`
`...`	Curl options passed to `HttpClient`

A list, with the data in the result slot, unless using a function with a trailing underscore, in which case json as character string is returned.

API docs at https://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/docs

## Not run: 
rl_synonyms('Loxodonta africana')
rl_synonyms('Loxodonta africana', parse = FALSE)
rl_synonyms_('Loxodonta africana')

## End(Not run)

'IUCN' Red List Client

v0.7.0

MIT + file LICENSE

Authors

Scott Chamberlain [aut, cre], rOpenSci [fnd] (https://ropensci.org/), Maëlle Salmon [ctb]

Initial release