Changes in version 1.3.1 (2025-10-14)                  

bug fixes

  - check_names() now returns results correctly when all species names
    are valid #17 by Lobz.
  - filter_florabr() now accepts data.table objects as input for occ and
    works with custom species column names (not limited to "species").

                 Changes in version 1.3.0 (2024-09-09)                  

New Features and Enhancements

  - The package now distinguishes species, subspecies and varieties.
  - get_binomial allows extracting infraspecific epithet (subspecie or
    variety).
  - get_synonym() allows returns the subspecies and varieties that are
    synonyms of a species
  - check_names() supports parallel processing.
  - Fix bugs and improve performance of filter_florabr(), get_pam(),
    get_synonym() and solve_discrepancies() functions.
  - Update data example: added varieties and subspecies to the dataset.
  - get_florabr(): Added argument to remove unnecessary downloaded
    files.
  - Added package citation to the paper describing the package.

                 Changes in version 1.2.0 (2024-05-16)                  

New Features and Enhancements

  - Dataset names have been updated in functions and documentation to
    reflect the new phase of the project, now known as Flora e Funga do
    Brasil.
  - Introducing the get_synonym() function, which retrieves synonyms for
    species.
  - Introducing the solve_discrepancies() function, designed to resolve
    inconsistencies between species and subspecies/varieties
    information.
  - The get_florabr() function now integrates the solve_discrepancies()
    function to address discrepancies when the solve_discrepancy
    parameter is set to TRUE.
  - Fixed a bug with get_binomial related to species whose Genus or
    Specific epithet contains '-' or '×' characters.
  - Improved handling of whitespace in get_binomial, addressing leading,
    trailing, and between words.
  - The filtering procedure in select_species() and get_attributes() is
    now case insensitive, treating uppercase and lowercase letters as
    equivalent.
  - Updated data example (bf_data) to use a subset of version 393.401 of
    the Brazilian Flora database.
  - get_attributes() now supports more than one attribute and returns a
    list with the available options for each attribute.
  - Removed Attributes data, as it is no longer necessary for
    get_attributes() to function.
  - Short version of data loaded with load_florabr now incorporates
    three additional columns: phylum, class, and order.
  - The select_species function now allows filtering by phylum, class,
    and order.
  - Updated README, DESCRIPTION and vignettes to include descriptions of
    the new functions and modifications.

Testing

  - Added test_that statements for all functions.

                 Changes in version 1.1.0 (2024-03-14)                  

  - get_florabr now fixes inconsistencies between species and
    subspecies/varieties information
  - Introducing get_pam function, which converts a dataframe containing
    species distribution information into a presence-absence matrix.
  - Added a new vignette providing a detailed description of the get_pam
    function and its usage.

                        Changes in version 1.0.0                        

  - Initial CRAN submission.