Download the whole of the WCVP.

Download the latest or a specific version of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP).

download_wcvp(save_dir = NULL, version = NULL)

Arguments

save_dir

A string specifying the folder to save the download in. If no value is provided, here will be used.

version

An integer version number to download. The latest version will be downloaded by default.

Details

The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) is a global consensus view of all known vascular plant species. It has been compiled by staff at RBG Kew in consultation with plant group experts.

Versioned downloads of the whole WCVP are provided on the website. This function allows the user to download the latest or a specific version of the WCVP.

References

WCVP (2020). World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 2.0. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://wcvp.science.kew.org/

See also

• lookup_wcvp() to lookup information about a taxon name using a valid IPNI ID.

• search_wcvp() to search WCVP using a taxon name.

Other WCVP functions: lookup_wcvp(), search_wcvp()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
 # download the latest version
 download_wcvp()

 # download version 1
 download_wcvp(version=1)
}