Changes in version 0.3.8                        

    o   Updated dataset (11th Jan 2024)

                        Changes in version 0.3.7                        

    o   Updated dataset (7th Jul 2022)

    o   Included the June 2022 MMA threatned species list (7th Jul 2022)

                        Changes in version 0.3.6                        

    o   Updated dataset (18th Mar 2022)

                        Changes in version 0.3.5                        

    o   Updated dataset (7th Jan 2021)

                 Changes in version 0.3.4 (2020-04-28)                  

    o   Updated dataset (10th April 2020)

    o   Fixed threat statuses

                        Changes in version 0.3.3                        

    o   Updated dataset (6th Feb 2020)

    o   Threat status now comes from CNC Flora

    o   Domain and endemism are now available

                        Changes in version 0.3.2                        

    o   Updated dataset (29th Oct 2019)

                        Changes in version 0.3.1                        

    o   Vegetation type and life form are now included in the dataset

    o   Updated dataset (29th Jan 2019)

                 Changes in version 0.3.0 (2017-12-04)                  

    o   Much improved performance

    o   Updated dataset (27th Oct 2017)

                        Changes in version 0.2.9                        

    o   New function to retrieve information on vegetation types for a list of taxa (`get_vegtype`)

                 Changes in version 0.2.8 (2017-01-12)                  

    o   New function to list all the synonyms of a name (`get.synonyms`)

    o   New functions to get phytogeographic domains (`get_domains`)

    o   Removed shiny from imports

                 Changes in version 0.2.7 (2016-02-26)                  

    o   Updated dataset (21st Feb 2016)

    o   New parse option in `get.taxa` to remove authors using the GBIF parser

    o   Changed the name of the data source from Brazilian Flora Checklist to Brazilian Flora 2020

                        Changes in version 0.2.6                        

    o   Updated dataset (31st July)

    o   Export taxa in the Phylomatic format

                        Changes in version 0.2.5                        

    o   Updated dataset (April 29th)

    o   Fixed linkouts in `web.flora`

    o   Fixed species occurrences

                 Changes in version 0.2.4 (2015-03-20)                  

    o   Updated dataset (March 15th)

    o   Added option to crosscheck the returned taxa against the CNC Flora red list

                 Changes in version 0.2.3 (2014-07-17)                  

    o   Fixed the name suggestion code

    o   More conservative approximate name matching to avoid incorrect suggestions

    o   Included a slider in the web app to control the name matching conservativeness

                 Changes in version 0.2.2 (2014-07-03)                  

    o   Fixed a bug where duplicate names where not processed correctly

    o   Speed improvements

    o   New shiny web app included

                  Changes in version 0.2 (2014-05-30)                   

    o   All needed data is now included in the package. No internet connection needed

    o   New function `get.taxa` to get taxonomic data

    o   New function `occurrence` to get occurrence data

    o   New function `fixCase` to fix name casing

    o   New function `lower.taxa` to get downstream taxa

    o   New function `remove.authors` to attempt to remove authors from names

    o   New function `standardize.names` to standardize taxon names

    o   New function `trim` to trim whitespace characters from names

    o   New function `vernacular` to search for taxa using vernacular names

    o   Much improved `suggest.names`

    o   `get.taxon.info` is now deprecated

    o   `fmt.taxa` is now deprecated