florabr 1.3.0 (September
2024)
New Features and
Enhancements
- The package now distinguishes species, subspecies and
varieties.
get_binomial allows extracting infraspecific epithet
(subspecie or variety).get_synonym() allows returns the subspecies and
varieties that are synonyms of a speciescheck_names() supports parallel processing.- Fix bugs and improve performance of
filter_florabr(),
get_pam(), get_synonym() and
solve_discrepancies() functions.
- Update data example: added varieties and subspecies to the
dataset.
get_florabr(): Added argument to remove unnecessary
downloaded files.- Added package citation to the paper describing the package.
florabr 1.2.0 (May 2024)
New Features and
Enhancements
- Dataset names have been updated in functions and documentation to
reflect the new phase of the project, now known as Flora e Funga do
Brasil.
- Introducing the
get_synonym() function, which retrieves
synonyms for species.
- Introducing the
solve_discrepancies() function,
designed to resolve inconsistencies between species and
subspecies/varieties information.
- The
get_florabr() function now integrates the
solve_discrepancies() function to address discrepancies when the
solve_discrepancy parameter is set to TRUE.
- Fixed a bug with
get_binomial related to species whose
Genus or Specific epithet contains ‘-’ or ‘×’ characters.
- Improved handling of whitespace in
get_binomial,
addressing leading, trailing, and between words.
- The filtering procedure in
select_species() and
get_attributes() is now case insensitive, treating
uppercase and lowercase letters as equivalent.
- Updated data example (
bf_data) to use a subset of
version 393.401 of the Brazilian Flora database.
get_attributes() now supports more than one attribute
and returns a list with the available options for each attribute.- Removed
Attributes data, as it is no longer necessary
for get_attributes() to function.
- Short version of data loaded with
load_florabr now
incorporates three additional columns: phylum, class, and order.
- The
select_species function now allows filtering by
phylum, class, and order.
- Updated README, DESCRIPTION and vignettes to include descriptions of
the new functions and modifications.
Testing
- Added
test_that statements for all functions.
florabr 1.1.0 (March 2024)
- get_florabr now fixes inconsistencies between species and
subspecies/varieties information
- Introducing
get_pam function, which converts a
dataframe containing species distribution information into a
presence-absence matrix.
- Added a new vignette providing a detailed description of the
get_pam function and its usage.
florabr 1.0.0 (November 2023)