Template:Plantlist/doc

Purpose
For a biography article of an individual who has authored plant names, to link to the list of plant names the author has described as a botanical authority at the International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Usage
The template uses the standard author abbreviation as the first parameter Example: where L. is the standard author abbreviation for Linnaeus.
 * Code

The template, which is in the form of a Citation, may be used in a number of ways;
 * 1) As an inline citation. For instance in a Legacy section, it could be used as the citation for the statement that "The International Plant Names Index lists over n taxa named by her/him." This may take one of two forms (see References);-
 * 2) Using  to generate the output under References
 * 3) As a short footnote of the form , when the template is placed in the Bibliography. This will generate Plantlist 2016 in References, linked to the Bibliography. This displays as a reference number
 * 4) As a link in External links

The template returns the statement: IPNI. List of plant names with authority author abbreviation
 * Appearance

on the page Carl Linnaeus (whose author abbreviation is L.) will return:
 * Example