Template:ThePlantList/doc

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This external link template is underused, compared to the number of links to the site it represents (check here). Please help convert those links to make use of this template, for ease of tracking, and ease of interoperability with Wikidata.

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

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
{{ThePlantList}}	"Nyssa sylvatica". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
{{ThePlantList \| authority = Marshall \| accessdate = <date> }}	Nyssa sylvatica Marshall. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 November 2024 – 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
{{ThePlantList \| id=rjp-310 \| taxon=Rubus idaeus \| authority=L. \| \| accessdate = 29 November 2024 }}	"Rubus idaeus L.". Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Retrieved 29 November 2024 – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online\|}
{{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 Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online

OR

{{ThePlantList | id=<id> | taxon | authority | validity | accessdate = <date> }}

Sample	What it looks like
{{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 Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online

OR

{{ThePlantList | providerId | recordId | taxon | authority | validity | accessdate = <date> }}

Sample	What it looks like
{{ThePlantList \| rjp \| 31093 \| Rubus fragrans \| Salisb. \| nv \| accessdate = 29 November 2024 }}	"Rubus fragrans Salisb. Synonym". Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Retrieved 29 November 2024 – 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
{{ThePlantList \| url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/G/Cupressaceae/Juniperus/ \| Juniperus \| accessdate = 29 November 2024 }}	"Juniperus". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 November 2024. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
{{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