Editing Template:Automatic taxobox/doc (section)

== TemplateData ==
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{
	"params": {
		"color_as": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Taxon defining the taxobox color if needed (normally not) ",
			"example": "Animalia"
		},
		"italic_title": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Specifying \"no\" suppresses the automatic italicization of the page title; needed whenever the page title's italicization has to be handled manually. Specifying \"taxon\" forces the page title to be treated as a taxon name when italicizing; needed for titles like \"Camponotus (Dendromyrmex)\".",
			"example": "no"
		},
		"taxon": {
			"type": "string",
			"required": true,
			"description": "Scientific name of group with no formatting; the entry point into the taxonomic hierarchy generated automatically from taxonomy templates ",
			"example": "Pectinidae"
		},
		"genus_text": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "In exceptional cases only, the full wikitext of the genus name to be displayed in the taxobox "
		},
		"species_text": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "In exceptional cases only, the full wikitext of the abbreviated species name to be displayed in the taxobox; binomial_text is required if this parameter is present "
		},
		"binomial_text": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "In exceptional cases only, the full wikitext (without bold markup) of the binomial name to be displayed in the taxobox; required if species_text is present "
		},
		"name": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Title of the taxobox; may be the English name of the group; will be set from the page title if omitted ",
			"example": "Scallop"
		},
		"authority": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The describing authority for the group in the appropriate format, which differs between nomenclature codes; presence or absence of parentheses is meaningful ",
			"example": "Wilkes, 1810 – animal; (L.) Mill. – plant",
			"required": true
		},
		"display_parents": {
			"type": "number",
			"description": "The number of parent taxa to be displayed above the one specified by the taxon parameter; not normally needed. Used to display minor ranks between the specified taxon and the next higher major rank (e.g. for a genus, tribe and subfamily). Display parents should not be used to display a minor rank above the next major rank (e.g., for a genus, suborder). If it is desirable to display such a minor rank for all subordinate taxa, set \"always_display\" in the taxonomy template for that rank. ",
			"example": "3",
			"label": "Parents to display"
		},
		"fossil_range": {
			"type": "wiki-template-name",
			"description": "The geologic time span during which the group is generally known to have existed, given in eras; the template {{Fossil range}} is the most common method of presenting this information ",
			"example": "{{Fossil range|Middle Triassic|Present}} "
		},
		"oldest_fossil": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The geological era of the oldest known fossil; paired with youngest_fossil, an alternative to fossil_range ",
			"example": "Devonian "
		},
		"youngest_fossil": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The geological era of the youngest known fossil; paired with oldest_fossil, an alternative to fossil_range; defaults to 'Recent' ",
			"example": "Jurassic "
		},
		"status_system": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The authority assigning a conservation status",
			"example": "IUCN3.1",
			"deprecated": "Automatic taxoboxes are used for taxa above species rank. Conservation status is very rarely assigned to taxa above species rank.",
			"label": "Conservation status system"
		},
		"status_ref": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "A citation that supports the displayed status and status_system parameters",
			"deprecated": "Automatic taxoboxes are used for taxa above species rank. Conservation status is very rarely assigned to taxa above species rank"
		},
		"image": {
			"type": "wiki-file-name",
			"suggested": true,
			"description": "An image of  member of the group, given without the File: or Image: prefix and without double brackets ",
			"example": "Argopecten irradians.jpg"
		},
		"image_caption": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "A caption for the image, if any is necessary. Do not simply repeat the name of the taxon",
			"example": "The Atlantic bay scallop in a feeding pose "
		},
		"subdivision_ranks": {
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true,
			"description": "The name of the next lowest rank(s) in the taxonomic hierarchy",
			"example": "Species",
			"label": "Rank of subdivisions"
		},
		"subdivision": {
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true,
			"description": "A list of taxa at the next lowest rank(s) in the taxonomic hierarchy. When there are many (10+) taxa at the lower rank, they should be displayed in the body of the article, not the taxobox"
		},
		"synonyms_ref": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "A reference supporting the synonymy shown in the list",
			"label": "Synonyms reference"
		},
		"type_species": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The original name of the species that was initially used to describe a genus, without regard to its present-day nomenclature",
			"label": "Type species"
		},
		"type_species_authority": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The describer of the original name of the species, so without parentheses",
			"label": "Type species authority"
		},
		"parent_authority": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The describing authority for the parent taxon of a group. Should only be specified when the parent taxon is monotypic",
			"label": "Parent authority"
		},
		"diversity": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "An estimate of the number of child taxa (e.g. species in a genus)",
			"example": "170–180 species"
		},
		"diversity_link": {
			"description": "The title of a separate page with a list of child taxa, or a section of the current page with a list of children. Does not require link mark-up for a separate page; use # to make a link to a section of the current page",
			"example": "#Species",
			"type": "string",
			"label": "Diversity link"
		},
		"diversity_ref": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "A reference supporting the estimated number of child taxa",
			"label": "Diversity reference"
		},
		"range_map": {
			"type": "wiki-file-name",
			"description": "The name of the image file, if any, showing the group's geographic habitat range, without the File: or Image: prefix and without double brackets ",
			"example": "Aplodontia rufa distribution map.png"
		},
		"range_map_caption": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "A caption for the range map, if any is necessary"
		},
		"type_genus": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The original name of the genus that was initially used to define a taxon at a rank above genus, without regard to its present-day nomenclature",
			"label": "Type genus"
		},
		"type_genus_authority": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The describer of the original name of the genus",
			"label": "Type genus authority"
		},
		"image2": {
			"type": "wiki-file-name",
			"description": "A second image of  member of the group, given without the File: or Image: prefix and without double brackets. "
		},
		"image2_caption": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "A caption for the second image, if any is necessary. Do not simply repeat the name of the taxon"
		},
		"image_alt": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Text describing what is depicted in the image"
		},
		"grandparent_authority": {
			"type": "string",
			"description": "The describing authority for the grandparent taxon of a group. Should only be specified when the grandparent and parent taxa are monotypic"
		},
		"image_upright": {
			"type": "number",
			"description": "Used to adjust the displayed size of an image with an extreme aspect ratio. Values under 1.0 decrease the size of an image (most useful for very tall, narrow images) Values over 1.0 increase the size of an image (possibly useful for short, wide images)"
		},
		"range_map_upright": {
			"description": "Used to adjust the displayed size of a range map. May be useful when the range map has an extreme aspect ratio (use values <1 for tall/narrow range maps, and >1 for short/wide range maps). May also be necessary if an image_upright parameter is specified",
			"type": "number"
		},
		"range_map_alt": {
			"description": "Text describing the range depicted in the map",
			"example": "Map of Africa, with shading indicating the genus occurs in the eastern part of the island of Madagascar",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"greatgrandparent_authority": {
			"description": "The describing authority for the greatgrandparent taxon of a group. Should only be specified when the greatgrandparent, grandparent and parent taxa are monotypic"
		},
		"image2_alt": {
			"description": "Text describing what is depicted in the second image",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"image2_upright": {
			"description": "Used to adjust the displayed size of an image with an extreme aspect ratio. Values under 1.0 decrease the size of an image (most useful for very tall, narrow images) Values over 1.0 increase the size of an image (possibly useful for short, wide images)",
			"type": "number"
		},
		"range_map2": {
			"description": "The name of the image file, if any, showing the group's geographic habitat range, without the File: or Image: prefix and without double brackets. Mostly useful when a species has a narrow range, in order to display maps at different scales",
			"type": "wiki-file-name"
		},
		"range_map2_alt": {
			"description": "Text describing the range depicted in the second map",
			"example": "Map of Madagascar, with shading indicating the genus occurs in the eastern part of the island",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"range_map2_caption": {
			"description": "A caption for the second range map, if any is necessary."
		},
		"synonyms": {
			"description": "Taxonomic synonyms. These should be displayed in a collapsed list format if there are many of them.",
			"label": "Taxonomic synonyms"
		},
		"classification_status": {
			"description": "The status of the scientific group, usually presented as either Disputed or Accepted ",
			"example": "Disputed ",
			"type": "string",
			"label": "Classification status"
		},
		"status": {
			"description": "The conservation status of the taxon",
			"deprecated": "Automatic taxoboxes are used for taxa above species rank. Conservation status is very rarely assigned to taxa above species rank",
			"example": "CITES_A1",
			"type": "string",
			"label": "Conservation status"
		},
		"range_map2_upright": {
			"description": "Used to adjust the displayed size of a second range map. May be useful when the range map has an extreme aspect ratio (use values <1 for tall/narrow range maps, and >1 for short/wide range maps). May also be necessary if an image_upright parameter is specified",
			"type": "number"
		},
		"subdivision_ref": {
			"description": "A reference supporting the subdivisions shown in the list",
			"type": "string",
			"label": "Subdivisions reference"
		},
		"greatgreatgrandparent_authority": {
			"description": "The describing authority for the greatgreatgrandparent taxon of a group. Should only be specified when the greatgreatgrandparent, greatgrandparent, grandparent and parent taxa are monotypic",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"extinct": {
			"description": "The date a taxon was declared extinct (specifying |status=EX is required in order for the date to display). The parameter |fossil_range should be used for taxa known only from fossils.."
		}
	},
	"description": "An infobox for plants, animals and other biological taxa, normally at the rank of genus and above",
	"paramOrder": [
		"italic_title",
		"color_as",
		"name",
		"fossil_range",
		"oldest_fossil",
		"youngest_fossil",
		"image",
		"image_upright",
		"image_alt",
		"image_caption",
		"image2",
		"image2_upright",
		"image2_alt",
		"image2_caption",
		"status",
		"status_system",
		"status_ref",
		"extinct",
		"classification_status",
		"greatgreatgrandparent_authority",
		"greatgrandparent_authority",
		"grandparent_authority",
		"parent_authority",
		"display_parents",
		"taxon",
		"genus_text",
		"species_text",
		"binomial_text",
		"authority",
		"type_species",
		"type_species_authority",
		"type_genus",
		"type_genus_authority",
		"subdivision_ranks",
		"subdivision_ref",
		"subdivision",
		"diversity",
		"diversity_link",
		"diversity_ref",
		"range_map",
		"range_map_upright",
		"range_map_alt",
		"range_map_caption",
		"range_map2",
		"range_map2_upright",
		"range_map2_alt",
		"range_map2_caption",
		"synonyms",
		"synonyms_ref"
	],
	"format": "block"
}
</templatedata>