Global Biodiversity Information Facility

gbif.parse(as_dataframe=False)

Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.

Parameters:

• name – A character vector of scientific names. Returns a DataFrame containing fields extracted from parsed taxon names. Fields returned are the union of fields extracted from all species names in scientificname
• as_dataframe – (optional) Type: boolean. Return as pandas data frame? default: False

Author John Baumgartner (johnbb@student.unimelb.edu.au)

References http://dev.gbif.org/wiki/display/POR/Webservice+API, http://tools.gbif.org/nameparser/api.do

Usage:

from pytaxize import gbif
gbif.parse(name=['x Agropogon littoralis'])
names = ['x Agropogon littoralis', 'Helianthus annuus texanus']
gbif.parse(names)
gbif.parse(names, as_dataframe=True)