lineage_CoL
gets lineage of a species in Catolog of Life
Contents
Syntax
[lineage, rank, id_CoL, name_status] = lineage_CoL(my_pet)
Description
Gets lineage of species from the Catolog of Life: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. To this end, the identifier for the accepted taxon name in CoL is obtained with get_id_CoL
Input:
- my_pet: character string with name of an entry
Output:
- lineage: (n,1) cell array with lineage
- rank: (n,1) cell array with ranks
- id_CoL: identifier for species in CoL
- name_status: string that describes the status of the name
Remarks
You must be connected for using this function, lineage gives a similar result for AmP entries, but here only a limited set. Empty results not necessarily means that the name is wrong, e.g. Daphnia magna
Example of use
lineage_CoL('Passer_domesticus')