Build a Taxonomic Tree from Species Data — build_tax

Creates a taxonomic hierarchy data frame from species classification information. This is a convenience function for constructing the tax_tree input required by other functions in the package.

Usage

build_tax_tree(species, ...)

Arguments

species: Character vector of species names.
...: Named character vectors for each taxonomic rank, in order from lowest to highest (e.g., Genus, Family, Order).

Value

A data frame with species as the first column and taxonomic ranks as subsequent columns.

Examples

tree <- build_tax_tree(
  species = c("Quercus_robur", "Pinus_nigra", "Fagus_orientalis"),
  Genus   = c("Quercus", "Pinus", "Fagus"),
  Family  = c("Fagaceae", "Pinaceae", "Fagaceae"),
  Order   = c("Fagales", "Pinales", "Fagales")
)