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Direct Match Species within Genus

Source: R/direct_match_species_within_genus.R
wcvp_direct_match_species_within_genus.Rd

[Experimental]

Tries to directly match the specific epithet within an already matched genus in 'WCVP'.

Usage

wcvp_direct_match_species_within_genus(df, target_df = NULL)

Arguments

df

tibble containing the species binomial split into the columns Orig.Genus and Orig.Species.

target_df

Optional custom target table. If NULL, the optional wcvpdata checklist is used when available; otherwise pass a backbone explicitly.

Value

Returns a tibble with the additional logical column direct_match_species_within_genus, indicating whether the specific epithet was successfully matched within the matched genus (TRUE) or not (FALSE).