rWCVP

A package for accessing and using plant name and distribution data from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants.
https://github.com/matildabrown/rWCVP

Category: Biosphere
Sub Category: Plants and Vegetation

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Generating Summaries, Reports and Plots from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/matildabrown/rWCVP
• Owner: matildabrown
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2022-03-29T15:01:15.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-10-17T13:36:13.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-11-24T01:06:35.630Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: R
• Homepage: https://matildabrown.github.io/rWCVP/
• Size: 20.3 MB
• Stars: 22
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 8
• Releases: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.Rmd
  • Changelog: NEWS.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

README.Rmd

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```{r, include = FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(
  collapse = TRUE,
  comment = "#>",
  fig.path = "man/figures/README-",
  out.width = "100%"
)
```

# rWCVP 





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rWCVP is a package for accessing and using plant name and distribution data from the [World Checklist of Vascular Plants](https://powo.science.kew.org//)

[!WARNING] The next version of rWCVP is currently in active development - we will be back on CRAN soon! In the meantime, please install via GitHub (see below). 

## Installation

You can install the development version of rWCVP from [GitHub](https://github.com/) with:

``` r
# install.packages("remotes")
devtools::install_github("matildabrown/rWCVP")
```

## Example

rWCVP makes it easy to get and plot the known distribution of plant species.

```{r example, eval=FALSE}
library(rWCVP)

distribution <- wcvp_distribution("Myrcia guianensis", taxon_rank = "species")

# global map
wcvp_distribution_map(distribution)

# zoomed-in map
wcvp_distribution_map(distribution, crop_map = TRUE)
```

        

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barnabywalker	b****8@g****m	77

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• Total packages: 1
• Total downloads:
  • cran: 357 last-month
• Total dependent packages: 0
• Total dependent repositories: 0
• Total versions: 1
• Total maintainers: 1

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