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Download the latest version of Flora e Funga do Brasil database

Source: R/florabr_here.R
florabr_here.Rd

This function downloads the Flora e Funga do Brasil database, which is required for filtering occurrence records using specialists' information via the flag_florabr() function.

Usage

florabr_here(
  data_dir,
  data_version = "latest",
  solve_discrepancy = TRUE,
  overwrite = TRUE,
  remove_files = TRUE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

data_dir

(character) a directory to save the data downloaded from Flora e Funga do Brasil.

data_version

(character) version of the Flora e Funga do Brasil database to download. Use "latest" to get the most recent version, updated weekly. Alternatively, specify an older version (e.g., data_version="393.319"). Default value is "latest".

solve_discrepancy

(logical) whether to resolve discrepancies between species and subspecies/varieties information. When set to TRUE, species information is updated based on unique data from varieties and subspecies. For example, if a subspecies occurs in a certain biome, it implies that the species also occurs in that biome. Default is TRUE.

overwrite

(logical) if TRUE, data is overwritten. Default = TRUE.

remove_files

(logical) whether to remove the downloaded files used in building the final dataset. Default is TRUE.

verbose

(logical) whether to display messages during function execution. Set to TRUE to enable display, or FALSE to run silently. Default is TRUE.

Value

A message indicating that the data were successfully saved in the directory specified by data_dir.

Examples

# \donttest{
# Define a directory to save the data
data_dir <- tempdir() # Here, a temporary directory

# Download the latest version of the Flora e Funga do Brasil database
florabr_here(data_dir = data_dir)
#> Getting data from Flora e Funga do Brasil...
#> Data will be saved in /tmp/RtmplOA5kz/florabr
#> Downloading version: 393.422
#> Merging data. Please wait a moment...
#> Data will be saved in /tmp/RtmplOA5kz/florabr
#> Data downloaded and merged successfully. Final data saved in /tmp/RtmplOA5kz/florabr/393.422/CompleteBrazilianFlora.rds
#> Data sucessfuly saved in /tmp/RtmplOA5kz/florabr
#> 
#> Please don't forget to cite:
#> 
#> Trindade WCF (2024). florabr: An R package to explore and spatialize species distribution using Flora e Funga do
#>   Brasil. Applications in Plant Sciences, e11616. doi:10.1002/aps3.11616 <https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11616>
# }