rWCVP is a package for accessing and using plant name and distribution data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Installation
You can install the development version of rWCVP from GitHub with:
# install.packages("remotes")
devtools::install_github("matildabrown/rWCVP")Example
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)