To cite rtreeoflife and associated Kew Tree of Life Explorer data, please use:

Santos Andrade P (2026). rtreeoflife: Access Kew Tree of Life Data Releases. R package version 0.1.0, https://github.com/PaulESantos/rtreeoflife.

The species records, FASTA files, and trees accessed by this package are provided by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Tree of Life Explorer. When using Kew Tree of Life Explorer data, cite the original publication and indicate the data release used.

To cite the original Kew Tree of Life Explorer data and trees, please use:

Baker W, Bailey P, Barber V, Barker A, Bellot S, Bishop D, Botigue L, Brewer G, Carruthers T, Clarkson J, Cook J, Cowan R, Dodsworth S, Epitawalage N, Francoso E, Gallego B, Johnson M, Kim J, Leempoel K, Maurin O, McGinnie C, Pokorny L, Roy S, Stone M, Toledo E, Wickett N, Zuntini A, Eiserhardt W, Kersey P, Leitch I, Forest F (2022). “A Comprehensive Phylogenomic Platform for Exploring the Angiosperm Tree of Life.” Systematic Biology, 71, 301–319. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syab035.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {rtreeoflife: Access Kew Tree of Life Data Releases},
    author = {Paul E. {Santos Andrade}},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.1.0},
    url = {https://github.com/PaulESantos/rtreeoflife},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {A Comprehensive Phylogenomic Platform for Exploring the
      Angiosperm Tree of Life},
    author = {William J. Baker and Paul Bailey and Victoria Barber and
      Alex Barker and Sidonie Bellot and Darren Bishop and Laura R.
      Botigue and Grace Brewer and Tom Carruthers and James J. Clarkson
      and James Cook and Robyn S. Cowan and Steven Dodsworth and
      Niroshini Epitawalage and Eric Francoso and Belen Gallego and
      Matthew Johnson and Jae T. Kim and Kevin Leempoel and Olivier
      Maurin and Cormac McGinnie and Lydia Pokorny and Sushma Roy and
      Michaela Stone and Elena Toledo and Norman J. Wickett and
      Alexandre R. Zuntini and Wolf L. Eiserhardt and Paul J. Kersey
      and Ilia J. Leitch and Felix Forest},
    journal = {Systematic Biology},
    year = {2022},
    volume = {71},
    pages = {301--319},
    doi = {10.1093/sysbio/syab035},
  }