Template:Botanist/doc

Purpose

 * 1) For a biography article of an individual who has authored plant names, provide the standard author abbreviation used for that individual.
 * 2) Include the article in Category:Botanists with author abbreviations.

For the very rare cases where an individual has two separate author abbreviations, use Botanist2.

Usage
 


 * Border

The default is a 2px wide gray border at the top and bottom of the text. To remove the border, use the second form above, i.e. add 0.


 * Placement

The template must be placed above the references section or the automated reference included in the template will not display and a cite error may be present on the article. Some authors prefer to place the template along with a list of the author's publications while others choose to put it near prose text about the author's botanical contributions. Placement, as long as it is above the references section, is mostly a stylistic matter.

When using this template, even in a stub article, you must also include a references section and one of the following or an error will display on the article: or. See Footnotes for more.


 * Author abbreviation

To encourage consistency the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) recommends (Recommendation 46A.4, Note 1) the use of Brummitt & Powell's Authors of plant names (1992), where each author of a botanical name has been assigned a unique abbreviation. These standard abbreviations can be found at the IPNI, Author Query page. For example in:


 * Lens Mill. the abbreviation "Mill." refers to Philip Miller.
 * Lens culinaris Medik. the abbreviation "Medik." refers to the botanist with the birth name Friedrich Kasimir Medikus.