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.

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.