Template:Taxonomy
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Usage
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
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: | 
 
	
