Interface to the ITALIC Database of Lichen Biodiversity
Match scientific names of lichens against the database of ITALIC
Get data of lichen taxa
Get taxonomic classification of lichen taxa
Get a presence-absence matrix of lichen traits
Get details of species names
Get scientific references for occurrence data
Get occurrence records for lichen taxa
Get distribution of lichen taxa in Italy
Get distribution of lichen taxa across Italian ecoregions
Generate interactive identification keys for lichen taxa
Get species names in the checklist of the lichens of Italy
Get descriptions of lichen taxa
Create distribution map of a lichen taxon
Get ecology data and morphological traits of lichen taxa
A programmatic interface to the Web Service methods provided by ITALIC (<https://italic.units.it>). ITALIC is a database of lichen data in Italy and bordering European countries. 'ritalic' includes functions for retrieving information about lichen scientific names, geographic distribution, ecological data, morpho-functional traits and identification keys. More information about the data is available at <https://italic.units.it/?procedure=base&t=59&c=60>. The API documentation is available at <https://italic.units.it/?procedure=api>.