plantRdata

• Overview
• Installation
• References

Overview

This is a data package that compiles, edits and redistributes relatively large taxonomic datasets and maps that are currently used by the R package plantR (https://github.com/LimaRAF/plantR/). These datasets are used for the validation of taxonomic and geographic information associated to species occurrence records.

Currently, plantRdata provides processed datasets from the following sources:

Please read the documentation of each dataset for further details (e.g. ?wfoNames) on dataset content, processing, orginal source and last update.

Installation

You can install the development version from GitHub with:

## Install < remotes > package (if not already installed) ----
if (!requireNamespace("remotes", quietly = TRUE)) {
  install.packages("remotes")
}

## Install < plantRdata > from GitHub ----
remotes::install_github("LimaRAF/plantRdata")

Then you can attach the package plantRdata:

References

This package does not generate new information. It only provide processed snapshots of the datasets it compiles. So, we kindly ask you to read and cite the original data providers:

Borsch, T., Berendsohn, W., Dalcin, E., et al. (2020). World Flora Online: Placing taxonomists at the heart of a definitive and comprehensive global resource on the world’s plants. Taxon, 69(6): 1311-1341. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12373

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N. et al. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Sci. Data 8: 215. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6

GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. accessed via GBIF.org. https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei

Flora e Funga do Brasil (Constantly updated): Flora e Funga do Brasil project. Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15468/1mtkaw