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==Purpose==
# For a biography article of an individual who has authored plant names, to provide the [[Author citation (botany)|standard author abbreviation]] used for that individual.
# To create a footnote that links to the [[International Plant Names Index]] (IPNI) entry corresponding to that abbreviation, botanist "[[International Plant Names Index|IPNI]]. C. Bab.<ref>[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=C.Bab. IPNI. C.Bab.]</ref>"
- - -(clicking on the standard abbreviation for the author in the footnote (i.e. C. Bab.) takes you to the author's search page on the IPNI with the heading "You searched on: Standard form = C.Bab. " and displaying the abbreviation and the full name of the author:C.Bab. - Churchill Babington 1821–1889<br/>
- - -Again, clicking on the abbreviation there takes you to the Author details page displaying "Babington, Churchill (1821–1899).<ref>[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idAuthorSearch.do?id=31138-1 Author Details: Babington, Churchill (1821–1889)]</ref>
# To add the [[:Category:Botanists with author abbreviations]]

For the very rare cases where an individual has two separate author abbreviations, use {{tl|Botanist2}}.

== Usage ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">{{botanist|''author abbreviation''}} e.g. {{botanist|C.Bab.}} for Churchill Babington
{{botanist|''author abbreviation''|inline=yes}}
{{botanist|''author abbreviation''|border=0}}
{{botanist|''author abbreviation''|cite-mode=cs2}}</syntaxhighlight>

'''Note:''' Older versions required both the standard abbreviation and the full name,<br/> e.g. <nowiki>{{botanist|C.Bab.|Babington, Churchill}}</nowiki>.<br/> This is no longer required, but does not require any modification of this usage of the template on older pages.

=== Appearance ===
The default is to present the information in a separate paragraph with a 2px wide gray border at the top and bottom of the text. To use inline, use the second form above, i.e. add {{para|inline|yes}}. To use as a separate paragraph but without a border, use the third form above, i.e. add {{para|border|0}}.

=== Placement ===
The template '''must''' be placed ''above'' the references section, or the automated reference included in the template will not display, and a [[Help:Cite errors|cite error]] may be present on the article. Some authors prefer to place the template along with a list of the author's publications while others choose to put it near prose text about the author's botanical contributions. Placement, as long as it is above the references section, is mostly a stylistic matter.

When used in a prose section, the parameter {{para|inline|yes}} is required in order to avoid gray bars above and below the text.

When using this template, even in a stub article, you must also include a references section and one of the following: <nowiki>{{reflist}} or <references/></nowiki>. See [[Help:Footnotes]] for more.

=== Citation style ===
By default, the template generates a citation to IPNI in citation style CS1 (periods/full stops between items). To use in an article which uses citation style CS2 (commas between items), add {{para|cite-mode|cs2}}.

=== Author abbreviation ===
To encourage consistency the [[International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants]] (ICBN) recommends ([http://ibot.sav.sk/icbn/frameset/0050Ch4Sec3a046.htm Recommendation 46A.4, Note 1]) the use of Brummitt & Powell's ''Authors of plant names'' (1992), where each author of a botanical name has been assigned a unique abbreviation.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = ''International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code)'', Electronic version
| publisher = [[International Association for Plant Taxonomy]]
| date = 2006
| url = http://ibot.sav.sk/icbn/main.htm
| accessdate = 2009-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| last = Brummitt|first = R. K.
| author2 = C. E. Powell
| title = Authors of Plant Names
| publisher = [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]]
| date = 1992
| isbn = 1-84246-085-4}}
</ref>
These standard abbreviations can be found at the [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/query_author.html IPNI, Author Query page]. For example, in:

* "''Lens'' Mill." the abbreviation "Mill." refers to [[Philip Miller]].
* "''Lens culinaris'' Medik." the abbreviation "Medik." refers to the botanist with the birth name [[Friedrich Kasimir Medikus]].

== Microformat==
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== See also ==
* [[Template:Botanist2]]
* [[Template:Mycologist]]
* [[Template:Plantlist]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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