Add entry to taxonomic_names vignettes to obtain a more concise list of similar taxa

[user3386170]

I ran around in circles yesterday trying to figure out how to pull out a list of the usageKey associated with my list of taxa that would include homotypic synonyms but not species with similar names. I finally figured out that adding a filter with matchTYPE=='EXACT' acheived what I needed. If I did not make an error in my method, I suggest adding the following information to the vignette (which I had initially followed and found generally useful) under Too many choices problem after lines 114. I expect my terminology isn't completely accurate but shows that jist of what I think might be helpful to users like me.

For species that have similar names to other species, verbose=TRUE will return multiple taxa that are different species than the initial query. For example, Lobelia kalmii with verbose=TRUE will return two entries for that species as well as an entry for Lobelia halei.

name_backbone("Lobelia kalmii",verbose=TRUE)
#Lobelia kalmii L.
#Lobelia kalmii Bart.
#Lobelia halei Small

Retreiving only the target species with the same name while accepting different authorship can be acheived with a filter on matchType=='EXACT'.

name_backbone("Lobelia kalmii",verbose=TRUE)%>%filter(matchType=='EXACT')
#Lobelia kalmii L.
#Lobelia kalmii Bart.

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[jhnwllr]

Hello @user3386170 thanks for the suggestion. I will add it to the new version.