# வார்ப்புரு:ThePlantList/doc



## 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 <code></code> 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.  

**"Nyssa sylvatica". *World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP)*. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.**

| *Nyssa sylvatica* Marshall. *World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP)*. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved – via The Plant List | } |
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## Specify identifier manually
*See also the Parameters section.*  

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## Linking to Genus, Family or any other page on ThePlantList.org

:**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.  


## 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. **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. **kew**<pre></pre>  
::: gcc=&nbsp; The Global Compositae Checklist  
::: ild=&nbsp;International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS)  
::: kew=&nbsp;KewGarden and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families(WCSP)  
::: tro=&nbsp;Tropicos (Missouri Botanical Gardens)  
::: rjp=&nbsp;Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Richard J. Pankhurst — Rosaceae  
::: wcsp=&nbsp;World Checklist of Selected Plant Families(WCSP)  
::: ifn=&nbsp;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. **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) : <code>url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/G/Cupressaceae/Juniperus/</code>  

### 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) : <code>italics=no</code>  

### mode=cs2 (optional)
:By default the template produces citations in the CS1 style. To use with CS2 style citations, specify mode=cs2.  
: **Ex**: <code>mode=cs2</code>