query plants of the world online for taxonomic information

a wrapper for kewr::search_powo

Usage

powo_searcher(x)

Arguments

x

a vector of species names to submit, these should have clean spelling notes: results are observed to fail for valid infraspecies on Kew's end, and they seem not to mention valid infraspecies.

Examples

library(dplyr)
pow_results <- lapply(
      c('Linnaea borealis var. borealis', 'Linnaea borealis var. americana',
      'Astragalus purshii', 'Pinus ponderosa'),
      powo_searcher) |>
   dplyr::bind_rows()
#> Error: Request to 'http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/api/2/search' failed with code 500: Server error: (500) Internal Server Error
head(pow_results)
#> Error: object 'pow_results' not found