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rWCVP is a package for accessing and using plant name and distribution data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants
:warning: The next version of rWCVP is currently in active development - we will be back on CRAN soon! In the meantime, please install via GitHub (see below).
You can install the development version of rWCVP from GitHub with:
devtools::install_github("matildabrown/rWCVP")It’s also best to install the most recent version of the accompanying
data package, rWCVPdata:
devtools::install_github("matildabrown/rWCVPdata")rWCVP makes it easy to get and plot the known distribution of plant species.
library(rWCVP)
distribution <- wcvp_distribution("Myrcia guianensis", taxon_rank = "species")
# global map
wcvp_distribution_map(distribution)
# zoomed-in map
wcvp_distribution_map(distribution, crop_map = TRUE)These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.