taxodist: Taxonomic Distance and Phylogenetic Lineage Computation
Computes phylogenetic distances between any two taxa using
hierarchical lineage data retrieved from The Taxonomicon
<http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl>, a comprehensive curated classification
of all life based on Systema Naturae 2000 (Brands, 1989
<http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl>). Given any two taxon names, retrieves
their full lineages, identifies the most recent common ancestor (MRCA),
and computes a dissimilarity index based on the depth of the most recent
common ancestor. Supports individual distance queries, pairwise distance
matrices, clade filtering, and lineage utilities.
| Version: |
0.1.0 |
| Depends: |
R (≥ 4.1.0) |
| Imports: |
httr (≥ 1.4.0), rvest (≥ 1.0.0), stringr (≥ 1.4.0), purrr (≥ 0.3.0), cli (≥ 3.0.0), utils, stats |
| Suggests: |
testthat (≥ 3.0.0), mockery, knitr, rmarkdown, xml2, ape |
| Published: |
2026-03-23 |
| DOI: |
10.32614/CRAN.package.taxodist |
| Author: |
Rodrigo Fonseca Villa
 [aut, cre] |
| Maintainer: |
Rodrigo Fonseca Villa <rodrigo03.villa at gmail.com> |
| BugReports: |
https://github.com/rodrigosqrt3/taxodist/issues |
| License: |
GPL-3 |
| URL: |
https://github.com/rodrigosqrt3/taxodist |
| NeedsCompilation: |
no |
| SystemRequirements: |
internet access |
| Language: |
en-US |
| Materials: |
README, NEWS |
| CRAN checks: |
taxodist results |
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