Template:ThePlantList
"ThePlantList". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Usage
Use this template to add a citation or link to a species or taxon entry listed on The Plant List database. Pair this with <ref> tags to make full citations. All parameters are optional.
Syntax
To automatically retrieve The Plant List link
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Simply use the tag by itself or leave first two parameters blank to generate a citation of Wikidata's corresponding link to ThePlantList for the current article's plant species.
{{ThePlantList}} |
| Sample | What it looks like on Nyssa sylvatica |
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{{ThePlantList}} |
"Nyssa sylvatica". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. |
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{{ThePlantList | authority = Marshall | accessdate = <date> }} |
Nyssa sylvatica Marshall. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 August 2026 – via The Plant List |
Specify identifier manually
See also the Parameters section.
{{ThePlantList | id =<id> | taxon = <taxon> | authority = (optional) | validity = (optional) | accessdate = (optional) }} |
| Sample | What it looks like |
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{{ThePlantList | id=rjp-310 | taxon=Rubus idaeus | authority=L. | | accessdate = 9 August 2026 }} |
"Rubus idaeus L.". Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 August 2026 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online|} |
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{{ThePlantList | id=rjp-31093 | Rubus fragrans | Salisb. | nv }} |
"Rubus fragrans Salisb.". Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online |
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{{ThePlantList | id=<id> | taxon | authority | validity | accessdate = <date> }} |
| Sample | What it looks like |
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{{ThePlantList | id=rjp-31093 | Rubus fragrans | Salisb. | nv }} |
"Rubus fragrans Salisb.". Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online |
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{{ThePlantList | providerId | recordId | taxon | authority | validity | accessdate = <date> }} |
| Sample | What it looks like |
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{{ThePlantList | rjp | 31093 | Rubus fragrans | Salisb. | nv | accessdate = 9 August 2026 }} |
"Rubus fragrans Salisb. Synonym". Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 August 2026 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online |
Linking to Genus, Family or any other page on ThePlantList.org
{{ThePlantList | url=<url> | italics=no | taxon | authority | validity | accessdate = <date> }} |
- italics=no is completely optional. It will remove italics from the link title, useful for linking to Family pages.
By default italics is enabled. You should not use italics=no on species or Genus titles.
| Sample | What it looks like |
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{{ThePlantList | url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/G/Cupressaceae/Juniperus/ | Juniperus | accessdate = 9 August 2026 }} |
"Juniperus". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 August 2026. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online |
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{{ThePlantList | url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/G/Cupressaceae/ | italics=no | Cupressaceae }} |
"Cupressaceae". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online |
Parameters
id
- the id shown in the first 2 formats above format is a combination of the providerId and the recordId. This includes anything in URL, following "record/"; e.g. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2332579
providerId
(not to be used with id parameter.) (also requires recordId.)
- Identifies the source of the information about the taxon. This is the second to the last part of the URL; e.g. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew
-2332579
- gcc= The Global Compositae Checklist
- ild= International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS)
- kew= KewGarden and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families(WCSP)
- tro= Tropicos (Missouri Botanical Gardens)
- rjp= Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Richard J. Pankhurst — Rosaceae
- wcsp= World Checklist of Selected Plant Families(WCSP)
- ifn= The International Plant Names Index(IPNI)
- Ex: (for Juniperus communis ): kew
recordId
(to be used with providerId)
- The recordId does NOT INCLUDE the providerId, it's the very last part of the URL, following the providerId; e.g. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2332579
- Ex: (for Juniperus communis ): 2332579
- Ex: (for Juniperus communis ): address http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2332579 the providerId is kew and the recordId is 2332579
taxon
- the binomial name of the taxon.
- Ex: (for Juniperus communis): Juniperus communis
authority (optional)
- The name of the author
- Ex: (for Juniperus communis): L.
validity (optional)
- If the species is considered as unaccepted or synonym by ThePlantList, add nv.
- Ex (for Juniperus albanica) : nv
url= (optional)
- Specify the full url rather than id, useful particularly if you want to link to a genus or family taxon.
- Ex (for Juniperus) :
url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/G/Cupressaceae/Juniperus/
italics=no (optional)
- If you do not want the title in italics, specify italics=no, useful particularly if you want to link to a family taxon.
- Ex (for Cupressaceae) :
italics=no
mode=cs2 (optional)
- By default the template produces citations in the CS1 style. To use with CS2 style citations, specify mode=cs2.
- Ex:
mode=cs2
See also
- {{GRIN}}
- {{eFloras}}
- {{Tropicos}}
- {{ThePlantList/publisher}} a subtemplate of this one.
- {{ThePlantList/work}} a subtemplate of this one.
- fr:Modèle:ThePlantList espèce another version of this template. Accepted parameters should be kept compatible with the French template.
- commons:Template:ThePlantList species another version of this template. Accepted parameters should be kept mostly compatible with the commons template.
- The other templates of Category:Botany source templates
- The other templates of Category:Botany external link templates
Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online