Fuzzy Match Species within Genus — wcvp_fuzzy_match_species_within

Tries to fuzzy match the species epithet within a matched genus against 'WCVP' (using the optional wcvpdata checklist by default when available).

Usage

wcvp_fuzzy_match_species_within_genus(
  df,
  target_df = NULL,
  max_dist = 1,
  method = "osa"
)

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.
max_dist: Maximum edit distance used for fuzzy species matching within genus.
method: String distance method passed to fozziejoin (for example "osa").

Value

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