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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def name_parser(name, **kwargs):
  '''
  Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser

  :param name: [str] A character vector of scientific names. (required)

  reference: http://www.gbif.org/developer/species#parser

  Usage::

      from pygbif import species
      species.name_parser('x Agropogon littoralis')
      species.name_parser(['Arrhenatherum elatius var. elatius',
        'Secale cereale subsp. cereale', 'Secale cereale ssp. cereale',
        'Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)'])
  '''
  url = gbif_baseurl + 'parser/name'
  if name.__class__ == str:
    name = [name]
  return gbif_POST(url, name, **kwargs)