Table 2.

Overview of some of the WorldFlora::WFO.match arguments.

Argument	Details
Authorship	If this variable is found in the submitted data, the result will include a column of “Auth.dist” with the LD between the submitted and matched naming author.
acceptedNameUsageID.match	In the default setting, where the WFO includes an acceptedNameUsageID (typically indicating the accepted name for a synonym), then the matched details in the results will show the accepted name, and the columns “Old.status”, “Old.ID”, and “Old.name” will show those of the first match.
Fuzzy.max	The maximum number of names matched by the fuzzy algorithm
Fuzzy.min	In the default setting (TRUE), only the matches with the smallest LD are retained.
Fuzzy.two	Flags (TRUE/FALSE) whether the match was obtained for only the first two words of the submitted name.
Fuzzy.one	Flags (TRUE/FALSE) whether the match was obtained for only the first word of the submitted name.
spec.name.nonumber	“Number.detected” flags (TRUE/FALSE) whether the submitted name contained a number. If that was the case, a match was searched only for the first word of the submitted name.
spec.name.tolower	Converts all characters of the submitted name to lowercase, except the first character
spec.name.nobrackets	“Brackets.detected” flags (TRUE/FALSE) whether the submitted name contained a bracket. If that was the case, the function searched only for the part of the submitted name before the bracket.