reflora_download

Download plant specimen records from REFLORA Virtual Herbarium

refloraR::reflora_download()

Description

Download plant specimen records in Darwin Core Format from any herbarium collection at REFLORA Virtual Herbarium hosted by the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden.

Arguments

Argument	Description
herbarium	A vector of specific herbarium acronyms (collection code) in uppercase letters or leave it as NULL to download records for all REFLORA herbaria.
repatriated	Logical. If `FALSE`, skips downloading records from REFLORA-associated herbaria that have been repatriated. Default is `TRUE`. Use `reflora_summary()` to check which collections are repatriated.
verbose	Logical, if `FALSE`, a message showing steps when downloading herbarium specimen records will not be printed in the console in full.
dir	Pathway to the computer’s directory, where the file will be saved. The default is to create a directory named `reflora_download` and the results will be saved within a subfolder named by each searched REFLORA-associated herbarium collection.

Value

Folder with DwC-A files for an specific or all REFLORA-associated herbaria.

Examples

reflora_download(herbarium = c("ALCB", "HUEFS", "K", "RB"),
                 verbose = TRUE,
                 dir = "reflora_download")

---
title: 'reflora_download'
description: 'Download plant specimen records from REFLORA Virtual Herbarium'
toc: true
toc-depth: 3
---


```{r}
#| eval: false
refloraR::reflora_download()
```

### Description

Download plant specimen records in Darwin Core Format from any
herbarium collection at [REFLORA Virtual Herbarium](https://ipt.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/)
hosted by the [Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden](https://www.gov.br/jbrj/pt-br).

### Arguments

| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| herbarium | A vector of specific herbarium acronyms (collection code) in uppercase letters or leave it as NULL to download records for all REFLORA herbaria. |
| repatriated | Logical. If `FALSE`, skips downloading records from REFLORA-associated herbaria that have been repatriated. Default is `TRUE`. Use `reflora_summary()` to check which collections are repatriated. |
| verbose | Logical, if `FALSE`, a message showing steps when downloading herbarium specimen records will not be printed in the console in full. |
| dir | Pathway to the computer's directory, where the file will be saved. The default is to create a directory named `reflora_download` and the results will be saved within a subfolder named by each searched REFLORA-associated herbarium collection. |

### Value

Folder with DwC-A files for an specific or all REFLORA-associated herbaria.

### Examples

```r
reflora_download(herbarium = c("ALCB", "HUEFS", "K", "RB"),
                 verbose = TRUE,
                 dir = "reflora_download")
```