ଛାଞ୍ଚ:Taxon italics/doc

Purpose

This template is an interface to Module:TaxonItalics, for italicizing the correct parts of the name of a taxon (at the rank of genus or lower).

Usage

{{Taxon italics
|TAXON_NAME – a taxon name to be italicized
|abbreviated = – set to yes if all but the last element of the name is to be reduced to the first letter of each element (e.g. to C. l. familiaris for input of Canis lupus familiaris)
|linked = – set to yes if the input taxon name is to be used as the target of a wikilink
}}

Examples

For examples, see Module:TaxonItalics#Examples.

See also

• {{Hybrid}} – similar template for properly formatting a zoological or botanical hybrid name.
• {{Trade designation}} AKA {{tdes}} – similar template for properly formatting a trade designation (selling name, marketing name) of a cultivar.
• {{Graft chimera}} AKA {{chimera}} – similar template for properly formatting the name of a graft chimera in a longer scientific name.
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Organisms – detailed reference on how to do taxonomic and other names correctly.
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style § Animals, plants, and other organisms – summary guideline (mostly about capitalization, and properly using italics for binomials).