This function takes a species list and tries to match a name in the Catalogue
of the timber forest species of the Amazon and the Peruvian Yunga, subseting
information for each species. If the name_submitted is a valid name, it will
be the duplicated in accepted_name column, else the accepted_name column will
display the closest name given the maximum distance defined in max_distance
Arguments
- splist
A character vector specifying the input taxon, each element including genus and specific epithet and, potentially, infraspecific rank, infraspecific name and author name. Only valid characters are allowed (see
base::validEnc).- max_distance
match when comparing the submitted name with the closest name matches in the species listed in the "Catalogue of the timber forest species of the Amazon and the Peruvian Yunga". The distance used is a generalized Levenshtein distance that indicates the total number of insertions, deletions, and substitutions allowed to match the two names. It can be expressed as an integer or as the fraction of the binomial name. For example, a name with length 10, and a max_distance = 0.1, allow only one change (insertion, deletion, or substitution). A max_distance = 2, allows two changes.
Examples
if (FALSE) {
splist <- c("Euterpe precatoria var. precatorio",
"Welfia alfredi",
"Hibiscus abelmoschus var. betulifolius")
get_perutimber_data(splist)
}