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Usage
[edit]Produces a table row for a taxon in a {{taxobox}}. It is intended to be used only in other taxonomy templates, particularly Template:Taxobox/core.
It takes three parameters:
rank– the Latin rank of the taxon (e.g. "ordo"), which will be anglicized before display (required)link– the formatted taxon name with any wikilink to be used (required)auth– the authority for the name in the appropriate style for the relevant nomenclature code (optional)
Examples
[edit]Inside a table:
{{Taxonomy |rank=genus |link=''[[Acacia]]'' |auth=Martius}}produces
| Genus: | Martius |
{{Taxonomy |rank=classis |link=[[Mammal|Mammalia]] |auth=[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758}}produces
| Class: | Linnaeus, 1758 |
{{Taxonomy |rank=species |link=''[[Wolf|C. lupus]]''}}produces
| Species: |