To cite taxodist and its taxonomic data source in publications, use:

Villa R (2026). taxodist: Taxonomic Hierarchy Distances and Lineage Analysis. R package version 0.6.0, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=taxodist.

Brands S (1989). “The Taxonomicon: Systema Naturae 2000.” Continuously updated taxonomic database, http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Manual{,
    title = {taxodist: Taxonomic Hierarchy Distances and Lineage
      Analysis},
    author = {Rodrigo Fonseca Villa},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.6.0},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=taxodist},
  }

  @Misc{,
    title = {The Taxonomicon: Systema Naturae 2000},
    author = {Sheila J. Brands},
    year = {1989},
    note = {Continuously updated taxonomic database},
    url = {http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl},
  }