Attempt to find an unmatched scientific name using GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Source: R/try_name_via_gbif.R

Useful in cases where the supplied scientific name does not find any match in the taxonomic source being queried. This function queries the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy for a supplied scientific name. The scientific name from any successful match is then queried against galah::search_taxa().

try_name_via_gbif(name, target_rank)

Arguments

name

Character. Taxa name to search.

target_rank

Character. Level within envClean::lurank$rank to target.

Value

If no match, NULL. If matched, a tibble ready for input to the overrides argument of make_taxonomy().

Examples

galah::search_taxa("Peziza vesiculosa Bull.: Fr.") # Homonym issue
#> Error in check_pour_package(.pkg): No data stored by `potions`
#> ℹ try using `brew()
try_name_via_gbif("Peziza vesiculosa Bull.: Fr.")
#> Error in check_pour_package(.pkg): No data stored by `potions`
#> ℹ try using `brew()