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.
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Parameter
Description
Type
Status
accession number
accession number (when relevant)
Unknown
optional
authority
Name (and in zoological names year) of the [[:en:Taxonomy (biology)#Author citation|authority]] (e.g. '''Lesson, 1829'''). The authority is the name of the scientist who first validly published the name. For example, in 1758 [[:en:Carl Linnaeus|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 [[:en:list of botanists by author abbreviation|list of botanists by author abbreviation]]).
Unknown
optional
cultivar
[[:en:Cultivar|Cultivar]] name. Variety of usually flower or fruit cultivated for some characteristics, for example "[[:en:Granny Smith|Granny Smith]]" is an apple cultivar.
Unknown
optional
date
date when the photo was made
Unknown
optional
description
Description of the file
Unknown
optional
discovery place
Place where the specimen was found (the parameter automatically calls [[:Template:City|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{City}}</span>]])
Unknown
optional
gendersex
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.
Unknown
optional
institution
institution or museums (when relevant)
Unknown
optional
other fields
Additional table fields added on the bottom of the template. You have to use [[:Template:Information field|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Information field}}</span>]]/[[:Template:InFi|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{InFi}}</span>]] <small>or a specialized template, such as [[:Template:Credit line|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Credit line}}</span>]], [[:Template:Image generation|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Image generation}}</span>]], [[:Template:Taken with ...|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Taken with ...}}</span>]], or [[:Template:Tbc|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Tbc}}</span>]] to populate this field.</small>
Unknown
optional
other fields 3
Additional table fields added above "source" row. You have to use [[:Template:Information field|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Information field}}</span>]]/[[:Template:InFi|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{InFi}}</span>]] <small>or a specialized template such as [[:Template:Credit line|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Credit line}}</span>]], [[:Template:Image generation|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Image generation}}</span>]], [[:Template:Taken with ...|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Taken with ...}}</span>]] or [[:Template:Tbc|<span style="font-family:monospace,monospace;">{{Tbc}}</span>]] to populate this field.</small>
Unknown
optional
permission
License
Unknown
optional
photographerauthor
author or photographer
Unknown
optional
source
source of the file
Unknown
optional
taxon
[[:en:Taxon|Taxon]] or scientific name of the organism, without authority name; italics should be added manually, if required
Default
''Examplum examplum''
Unknown
required
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
