Removes infraspecific epithets, authors and years from scientific names
simplifySpp(df, sppCol)
| df | A data.frame with at least the column specified in sppCol |
|---|---|
| sppCol | A character vector with the column names for the species names. |
A vector with data.frame with a canonical name given by taxize::gbif_parse(), that is a scientific name with up to 3 elements and no authorship