# need help with rgbif

**URL:** https://discourse.gbif.org/t/need-help-with-rgbif/5864
**Category:** Data Use
**Created:** [April 4, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/need-help-with-rgbif/5864 "2025-04-04T11:10:59Z")
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### Author: ![maksim.golubev.21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@maksim.golubev.21](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/maksim.golubev.21)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/need-help-with-rgbif/5864/1 "2025-04-04T11:10:59Z")

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need help with rgbif  
Could you help write a script for R to find synonyms for species names. For example, is it possible to get a list of alternative names of species Carex acuta, Sorbus aucuparia and others…

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### Author: ![jwaller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@jwaller](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/jwaller)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/need-help-with-rgbif/5864/2 "2025-04-07T08:35:02Z")

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@maksim.golubev.21

```auto
# First you get the taxonKey ("usageKey") 

rgbif::name_backbone("Carex acuta")$usageKey

# then you send it to name_usage
rgbif::name_usage(2722833,data="synonyms",limit=1000)$data$taxonomicStatus

```

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### Author: ![pieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@pieter](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/pieter)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/need-help-with-rgbif/5864/3 "2025-04-14T11:30:43Z")

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Following up, were you able to get your answer with the provided?