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''The naming conventions that apply to flora have been extensively discussed and continue to be discussed on the WikiProject Plants [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Plants|talk page]], and the following guidelines have broad consensus approval.'' |
''The naming conventions that apply to flora have been extensively discussed and continue to be discussed on the WikiProject Plants [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Plants|talk page]], and the following guidelines have broad consensus approval.'' {{dubious}} |
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== Article title == |
== Article title == |
Revision as of 04:21, 9 October 2009
The naming conventions that apply to flora have been extensively discussed and continue to be discussed on the WikiProject Plants talk page, and the following guidelines have broad consensus approval. [dubious – discuss]
Article title
Article naming for flora articles differs from the standard Tree of Life policy in the following ways:
Scientific names are to be used as page titles in all cases except the following, as determined on a case-by-case basis through discussion on the WikiProject Plants talk page:
- Agricultural and horticultural cases in which multiple different products stem from the same scientific name (eg. brussels sprouts, cabbage & broccoli). In such a case, a separate page with the botanical description of the entire species is preferred (eg. Brassica oleracea).
- Plants that are sufficiently significant economically or culturally should be given a page describing their use, history and associations, with their common name as a page title. Example: coffee. Simultaneously, a separate page titled with the plant's scientific name should be created; this would be the place for botanical descriptions and relationships. Example: Coffea.
- Where a genus is monospecific (has only a single species), the article should be named after the genus, with the species name as a redirect. If a family contains only one genus, the article should still be at the genus name, as that is more likely to be commonly recognised. Taxa of minor rank that contain a single taxon of major rank are treated at the article on the major rank.
Common names are to redirect to scientific names.
All known current English common names for a taxon should be listed in the plant article.
- Hesperoyucca whipplei (Our Lord's Candle, Spanish Bayonet, Quixote Yucca, Common Yucca; syn. Yucca whipplei) is a species of flowering plant...
In cases where multiple taxa share the same common name, a disambiguation page should be used.
Infrageneric and infraspecific taxa
- Articles on infrageneric or infraspecific ranks should be named with the abbreviation for the rank in the title as follows in the table below:
Rank | Abbreviation | Examples |
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Subgenus | subg. | Banksia subg. Isostylis |
Section | sect. | Drosera sect. Stolonifera |
Subsection | subsect. | |
Series | ser. | Banksia ser. Spicigerae |
Subseries | subser. | Banksia subser. Longistyles |
Subspecies | subsp. | Acacia coriacea subsp. sericophylla |
Variety | var. | Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil |
Subvariety | subvar. | |
Form | f. | |
Subform | subf. |
Note: Subspecies is also frequently abbreviated as ssp., which can easily be confused for the abbreviation for the plural form of species, spp.. The abbreviation subsp. is preferred as it is more intuitive.
Italicization of scientific names
When a genus or lower-level taxon is the article name, the title should be italicized following standard practice in biology publications. There are multiple ways to accomplish this:
- {{italictitle}}, which works for most scientific names, including those which a parenthetic identifier, but not including those with a subgenus, cultivar, variety or nonitalicized abbreviations
- {{DISPLAYTITLE}} (Example: {{DISPLAYTITLE}}, which works for all titles but is less concise
- Omit the name parameter in the {{taxobox}} template, which produces the same result as {{italictitle}}
The entire scientific name should be italicized, except where "cf." or some other abbreviation is inserted. Any parenthetic expression should not be italicized unless it is part of the scientific name, as in the case of a subgenus, which is always italicized.
Examples (these titles may or may not exist in Wikipedia, they are provided only to show how to format such cases):
- Apteryx
- {{italictitle}}
- {{DISPLAYTITLE|''Apteryx''}}
- Omit the name parameter in the taxobox
- Apis (Micrapis) andreniformis
- {{DISPLAYTITLE|''Apis (Micrapis) andreniformis''}}
- Homo (genus)
- {{italictitle}}
- {{DISPLAYTITLE|''Homo'' (genus)}}
- Omit the name parameter from the taxobox
- Capsicum chinense 'Naga Jolokia'
- {{DISPLAYTITLE|''Capsicum chinense'' 'Naga Jolokia'}}