Module:TaxonItalics

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Purpose

The module is primarily intended for use by the automated taxobox system. It supports the correct italicization of scientific names. Botanical (ICNafp) names may contain "connecting terms"; these must not be italicized. The hybrid symbol, ×, should also not be italicized. The module optionally wikilinks and abbreviates italicized names.

For non-virus taxa, italics are used at the rank of genus or below. The module does not decide whether a scientific name should be italicized. Use {{Is italic taxon}} for this purpose.

Usage

• {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|TAXON_NAME}} – italicizes a taxon name
• {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|TAXON_NAME|linked=yes}} – italicizes a taxon name, wikilinking the italicized output to the unchanged input
• {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|TAXON_NAME|abbreviated=yes}} – italicizes a taxon name, abbreviating all but the last part to the first letter
• {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|TAXON_NAME|dab=yes}} – italicizes a taxon name, treating any parenthesized part as a disambiguation term, and not italicizing it

The parameters can be combined. It can also be used via {{Taxon italics}}.

Examples

Just italicized

Connecting terms

• Pinus subg. Pinus →
• P. subgenus Pinus →
• P. subsect. Pinaster →
• Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala →
• Aster ericoides var. ericoides →
• A. ericoides varietas ericoides →
• A. e. subvar. ericoides →

Botanical names may contain only one infraspecific epithet; a string like "Fragaria vesca subsp. vesca f. semperflorens" is a classification, not a name, and is not handled by the module.

Hybrid symbols

• Elaeagnus × submacrophylla →
• ×Beallara →
• × Beallara →
• {{hybrid}}Beallara →

Linked

Using |linked=yes

• Populus sect. Aigeiros →
• Elaeagnus × submacrophylla →

Abbreviated

Using |abbreviated=yes

• Populus sect. Aigeiros →
• Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala →
• [also linked] × Sorbaronia fallax →
• [also linked] Elaeagnus × submacrophylla →
• Elaeagnus ×submacrophylla →
• Elaeagnus {{hybrid}} submacrophylla →

Disambiguation terms

By default, a parenthesized part of a taxon name is assumed to be a subgenus name, and is italicized:

• Varanus (Hapturosaurus) →
• Caia (plant) → – wrong

To treat a parenthesized part as a disambiguation term, use |dab=yes

• Caia (plant) →
• (also linked) Caia (plant) →

For even more examples, see the testcases.

The above documentation is transcluded from Module:TaxonItalics/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this module's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit | run) pages.
Subpages of this module.

local p = {}

--[[=========================================================================
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function p.italicizeTaxonName(frame)
	local name = frame.args[1] or ''
	local result = name
	if name ~= '' then
		if string.sub(name, 1, 2) == "''" or string.sub(name, 1, 2) == "<i>" then
			-- do nothing if already contains italic markers at the start
		else
			local words = mw.text.split(name, " ", true)
			if #words ~= 4 then
				result = "<i>" .. name .. "</i>"
			elseif string.find(name, "''", 1, true) or string.find(name, "<i>", 1, true) then
				result = "<i>" .. name .. "</i>"
			else
				-- test here for words[3] being connecting term
				if words[3] == "subsp." or words[3] == "var." or words[3] == "subvar." or words[3] == "f." or words[3] == "subf." then
					result = "<i>" .. words[1] .. " " .. words[2] .. "</i> " .. words[3] .. " <i>" .. words[4] .. "</i>"
				else
					result = "<i>" .. name .. "</i>"
				end
			end
		end
	end
	return result
end

return p