Template:Specimen/doc

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Usage

{{Specimen
 |taxon        =
 |authority    =
 |photographer =
 |source       =
 |date         =
 |description  =
 |permission   =
}}

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
taxon	Taxon or scientific name of the organism, without authority name; italics should be added manually, if required		Examplum examplum	required
authority	Name (and in zoological names year) of the authority (e.g. Lesson, 1829). The authority is the name of the scientist who first validly published the name. For example, in 1758 Linnaeus gave the Asian elephant the scientific name Elephas maximus, so the name is sometimes written as "Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758". In botany, the names of authors are frequently abbreviated: the abbreviation 'L.' is universally accepted for Linnaeus, and in botany there is a regulated list of standard abbreviations (see list of botanists by author abbreviation).		empty	optional
institution	institution or museums (when relevant)		empty	optional
accession number	accession number (when relevant)		empty	optional
gender sex	Gender: "male" or "female" respectively. Short versions "m" or "f" are also allowed. Also some photographs might have multiple specimens of different gender so options: "male & female" and "female & male" are also allowed.		empty	optional
discovery place	Place where the specimen was found (the parameter automatically calls {{City}})		empty	optional
cultivar	Cultivar name. Variety of usually flower or fruit cultivated for some characteristics, for example "Granny Smith" is an apple cultivar.		empty	optional
photographer author	author or photographer		empty	optional
source	source of the file		empty	optional
date	date when the photo was made		empty	optional
description	Description of the file		empty	optional
permission	License		empty	optional
other fields 3	Additional table fields added above "source" row. You have to use {{Information field}}/{{InFi}} or a specialized template such as {{Credit line}}, {{Image generation}}, {{Taken with ...}} or {{Tbc}} to populate this field.		empty	optional
other fields	Additional table fields added on the bottom of the template. You have to use {{Information field}}/{{InFi}} or a specialized template, such as {{Credit line}}, {{Image generation}}, {{Taken with ...}}, or {{Tbc}} to populate this field.		empty	optional

Additional information

The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace

The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users

See also

{{Biohist}}