Template:Botanist/doc

Purpose
- - -(clicking on the standard abbreviation for the author in the footnote (i.e. C. Bab.) takes you to the author's search page on the IPNI with the heading "You searched on: Standard form = C.Bab. " and displaying the abbreviation and the full name of the author:C.Bab. - Churchill Babington 1821–1889 - - -Again, clicking on the abbreviation there takes you to the Author details page displaying "Babington, Churchill (1821–1899).
 * 1) For a biography article of an individual who has authored plant names, to provide the standard author abbreviation used for that individual.
 * 2) To create a footnote that links to the International Plant Names Index (IPNI) entry corresponding to that abbreviation, botanist "IPNI. C. Bab. "
 * 1) To add the Category:Botanists with author abbreviations

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

Usage
Note: Older versions required both the standard abbreviation and the full name, e.g. . This is no longer required, but does not require any modification of this usage of the template on older pages.

Appearance
The default is to present the information in a separate paragraph with a 2px wide gray border at the top and bottom of the text. To use inline, use the second form above, i.e. add yes. To use as a separate paragraph but without a border, use the third 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. See Help:Footnotes for more.

Citation style
By default, the template generates a citation to IPNI in citation style CS1 (periods/full stops between items). To use in an article which uses citation style CS2 (commas between items), add cs2.

Author abbreviation
To encourage consistency the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (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.