barRoso::barroso_labels()barroso_labels
Generate Herbarium Labels from Field Book Records
Description
Creates printable herbarium labels from field book data stored in a CSV-formatted file. This function is optimized for records from the USA by generating geographic maps at the county level. For records from other countries, only the country-level map is included. If geographic coordinates are available, specimen points are plotted on the maps. The function also retrieves taxon authorities and performs automatic nomenclatural updates using the lcvplants package.
Details
The function performs extensive pre-processing including trimming extra spaces, fixing punctuation, removing artifacts, and inserting default values for missing taxon/specimen info. Scientific names are cross-referenced against the lcvplants database to update taxonomy and retrieve the correct author citation. Locality and habitat descriptions are automatically formatted for line breaks. Labels are arranged in grids of six per page and exported as paginated PDF files.
Arguments
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| fieldbook | A data frame or CSV file path containing herbarium collection records. Columns must include taxonomic, locality, and collector fields. See the README for details on expected field names and formatting. |
| dir_create | Output directory for label files. A subfolder named with the current date will be created inside this directory. Default: "results_herbarium_labels". |
| file_label | Base name for the generated label PDFs. When multiple pages are required, numbered suffixes will be added automatically. Default: "herbarium_labels.pdf". |
Value
A series of PDF files containing formatted herbarium labels saved in the specified output directory.
Examples
barroso_labels(fieldbook = "fieldbook_collections.csv")