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check that genera and specific epithets are spelled (almost) correctly

spell_check.Rd

this function attempts to verify the spelling of a user submitted taxonomic name. If necessary it will proceed step-wise by name pieces attempting to place them.

Usage

spell_check(data, column, path)

Arguments

data

data frame/ tibble /sf object containing names to spell check

column

a column containing the full name, genus, species, and infraspecific rank information as relevant.

path

a path to a folder containing the taxonomic data.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
names <- data.frame(
 Full_name = c('Astagalus purshii', 'Linnaeus borealius ssp. borealis',
  'Heliumorus multifora', NA, 'Helianthus annuus'),
 Genus = c('Astagalus', 'Linnaeus', 'Heliumorus', NA, 'Helianthus'),
 Epithet = c('purshii', 'borealius', 'multifora', NA, 'annuus'))
names_l <- split(names, f = 1:nrow(names))
r <- lapply(names_l, spell_check, column = 'Full_name', path = p2tax)
} # }