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SP_Species

Function SP_Species - find all the names of species in the database

Calling Sequence  SP_Species(taxon)
Parameters
NameTypeDescription

taxon stringoptional taxonomic classification
Return Type  set(string)
Synopsis SP_Species scans the database assigned to DB and returns the names of all the species (or all the species of the given taxonomic classification). This assumes that the database is a SwissProt database or that at least it has the OC tags with taxonomic information. The matching of the taxonomic information is done in a textual and case insensitive mode. If this results in an ambiguous selection, it is possible to include a longer portion of the taxonomic information (see examples).
Examples
> SP_Species(Abies);
{Abies alba,Abies bracteata,Abies firma,Abies grandis,Abies holophylla,Abies hom
olepis,Abies magnifica,Abies mariesii,Abies sachalinensis,Abies veitchii}
> SP_Species(Pinus);
{Carpinus betulus,Carpinus caroliana,Lupinus albescens, Lupinus aureonitens,Lupi
nus albifrons,Lupinus albus,Lupinus angustifolius,Lupinus arboreus,Lupinus atlan
ticus, Lupinus digitatus, Lupinus pilosus,Lupinus cosentinii,Lupinus densiflorus
,Lupinus luteus,Lupinus microcarpus,Lupinus nanus,Lupinus polyphyllus,Pinus balf
ouriana,Pinus banksiana,Pinus contorta,Pinus edulis,Pinus griffithii,Pinus korai
ensis,Pinus krempfii,Pinus longaeva,Pinus monticola,Pinus pinaster,Pinus pinea,P
inus radiata,Pinus strobus,Pinus sylvestris,Pinus taeda,Pinus thunbergii,Pinus v
irginiana}
> SP_Species('Pinaceae; Pinus');
{Pinus balfouriana,Pinus banksiana,Pinus contorta,Pinus edulis,Pinus griffithii,
Pinus koraiensis,Pinus krempfii,Pinus longaeva,Pinus monticola,Pinus pinaster,Pi
nus pinea,Pinus radiata,Pinus strobus,Pinus sylvestris,Pinus taeda,Pinus thunber
gii,Pinus virginiana}
See also DbToDarwin,   GetEntryInfo,   SearchAC,   SearchID,   SPCommonName,   Species_Entry