Usage change

Use this template to add a citation or link to a species or taxon entry listed on The Plant List database. Pair this with <ref> tags to make full citations. All parameters are optional.

Syntax change

To automatically retrieve The Plant List link change

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.

{{ThePlantList}}
Sample What it looks like on Nyssa sylvatica

{{ThePlantList}}

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

{{ThePlantList | authority = Marshall | accessdate = <date> }}

Nyssa sylvatica Marshall. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 March 2024 – via The Plant List

Specify identifier manually change

See also the Parameters section.

{{ThePlantList | id =<id> | taxon = <taxon> | authority = (optional) | validity = (optional) | accessdate = (optional) }}
Sample What it looks like

{{ThePlantList | id=rjp-310 | taxon=Rubus idaeus | authority=L. | | accessdate = 24 March 2024 }}

"Rubus idaeus L.". Richard Pankhurst et al. Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Retrieved 24 March 2024 – via The Plant List.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)|}

{{ThePlantList | id=rjp-31093 | Rubus fragrans | Salisb. | nv }}

"Rubus fragrans Salisb.". Richard Pankhurst et al. Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh – via The Plant List.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


OR

{{ThePlantList | id=<id> | taxon | authority | validity | accessdate = <date> }}
Sample What it looks like

{{ThePlantList | id=rjp-31093 | Rubus fragrans | Salisb. | nv }}

"Rubus fragrans Salisb.". Richard Pankhurst et al. Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh – via The Plant List.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


OR

{{ThePlantList | providerId | recordId | taxon | authority | validity | accessdate = <date> }}
Sample What it looks like

{{ThePlantList | rjp | 31093 | Rubus fragrans | Salisb. | nv | accessdate = 24 March 2024 }}

"Rubus fragrans Salisb. Synonym". Richard Pankhurst et al. Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Retrieved 24 March 2024 – via The Plant List.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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

{{ThePlantList | url=<url> | italics=no | taxon | authority | validity | accessdate = <date> }}
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.

Sample What it looks like

{{ThePlantList | url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/G/Cupressaceae/Juniperus/ | Juniperus | accessdate = 24 March 2024 }}

"Juniperus". The Plant List. Missouri Botanical Garden. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 March 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

{{ThePlantList | url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/G/Cupressaceae/ | italics=no | Cupressaceae }}

"Cupressaceae". The Plant List. Missouri Botanical Garden. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

Parameters change

id change

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. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2332579

providerId change

(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. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew
-2332579
gcc=  The Global Compositae Checklist
ild= International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS)
kew= KewGarden and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families(WCSP)
tro= Tropicos (Missouri Botanical Gardens)
rjp= Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, Richard J. Pankhurst — Rosaceae
wcsp= World Checklist of Selected Plant Families(WCSP)
ifn= The International Plant Names Index(IPNI)
Ex: (for Juniperus communis ): kew

recordId change

(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. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-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 change

the binomial name of the taxon.
Ex: (for Juniperus communis): Juniperus communis

authority (optional) change

The name of the author
Ex: (for Juniperus communis): L.

validity (optional) change

If the species is considered as unaccepted or synonym by ThePlantList, add nv.
Ex (for Juniperus albanica) : nv

url= (optional) change

Specify the full url rather than id, useful particularly if you want to link to a genus or family taxon.
Ex (for Juniperus) : url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/G/Cupressaceae/Juniperus/

italics=no (optional) change

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) : italics=no

mode=cs2 (optional) change

By default the template produces citations in the CS1 style. To use with CS2 style citations, specify mode=cs2.
Ex: mode=cs2

See also change