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The purpose of this module is to correctly italicize scientific names at the rank of genus or below. Botanical (ICNafp) names may contain "connecting terms"; these must not be italicized. Examples of names correctly italicized by this module:
- Pinus subg. Pinus → Pinus subg. Pinus
- P. subgenus Pinus → P. subg. Pinus
- P. subsect. Pinaster → P. subsect. Pinaster
- Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala → Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala
- Aster ericoides var. ericoides → Aster ericoides var. ericoides
- A. ericoides varietas ericoides → A. ericoides var. ericoides
- A. e. subvar. 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.
The module does not deal with virus names, which have quite different structures and italicization rules.