taxlist0.3.5 package

Handling Taxonomic Lists

accepted_name

Manage accepted names, synonyms and basionyms

add_concept

Add new taxonomic concepts into taxlist objects

add_nacolumn

Filling missed columns with NAs

add_suffix

Add a suffix when strings are identical

arrange_taxa

Distribute parental taxa across taxon concepts

backup_object

Make and load backups of R objects

clean_once_taxlist

One run clean function

clean_strings

Cleaning character strings.

clean

Delete orphaned records

coerce-methods

Coerce taxlist objects to lists.

collapse_names

Collapse names

count_taxa

Count taxa within a taxlist object.

Deprecated-functions

Deprecated functions

df2taxlist

Convert data frames and strings into taxlist objects

dissect_name

Dissect Scientific Names into their Elements

Easplist-data

List of vascular plants from East Africa

Extract

Extract or Replace Parts of taxlist Objects

get_children

Retrieve children or parents of taxon concepts

id_generator

Generate Identifiers

indented_list

Print hierarchical structure in indented lists

insert_rows

Insert additional rows to a data frame.

levels

Set and retrieves hierarchical levels

match_names

Search matchings between character and taxlist objects

matched_names-class

Names matched with a reference taxonomic list

merge_taxa

Merge concepts or move names

merge_to_parent

Merge taxa to their respective parents

overview_taxlist

Function producing the overview of whole object.

overview_taxon

Function producing the overview of single taxon concepts.

parents

Retrieve parents for specific concepts

print_name

Format usage names for publications

prune_levels

Prune not used taxonomic ranks

reindex

Re-index elements of taxlist objects

replace_x

Data manipulation.

sort_taxa

Sort taxa for further print

subset

Subset method for taxlist objects

summary

Print overviews for taxlist Objects and their content

tax2traits

Set taxonomic information as taxon traits

taxlist-class

An S4 class to represent taxonomic lists.

taxlist-package

taxlist: Handling Taxonomic Lists

taxlist2df

Coerce taxlist objects to data frames

taxon_names

Handle information on taxon usage names.

taxon_relations

Retrieve or replace slot taxonRelations in taxlist objects

taxon_traits

Manipulation of taxon traits in taxlist objects.

taxon_views

Management of concept views in taxonomic lists.

tv.home

Guess Turboveg 2 installation path.

tv2taxlist

Import species lists from Turboveg databases

two2one_df

Inserting new rows and columns by merging two data frames

Handling taxonomic lists through objects of class 'taxlist'. This package provides functions to import species lists from 'Turboveg' (<https://www.synbiosys.alterra.nl/turboveg/>) and the possibility to create backups from resulting R-objects. Also quick displays are implemented as summary-methods.

  • Maintainer: Miguel Alvarez
  • License: GPL (>= 2)
  • Last published: 2025-11-28