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https://github.com/matildabrown/rWCVP

Generating Summaries, Reports and Plots from the World Checklist of Vascular Plants
https://github.com/matildabrown/rWCVP

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

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output: github_document
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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//)

## 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)
```