Template:WCSP

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Usage

Use this template to add a citation or link to the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families database (WCSP) by providing the name of a taxon.

 Note: There are multiple databases provided by Kew Gardens (see this list).

Syntax

If the current page has a taxon name and WCSPF id in Wikidata:

{{WCSP}}

or

{{WCSP | access-date = {{subst:date}} }}

To link directly to a specific taxon:

{{WCSP | nameid | taxonToDisplay | validity | access-date = <date> | mode = cs<1 or 2> }}

OR To link to a search page of matching taxa:

{{WCSP | taxon | taxonToDisplay | validity | access-date = <date> | mode = cs<1 or 2> }}

If |mode= is not supplied, it defaults to cs1.

Samples

Linking directly to a specific taxon

Sample	What it looks like
{{WCSP | 469989 | ''Betula nigra pendula'' | nv | access-date = 12 January 2025 | mode=cs2}}	"Betula nigra pendula Synonym", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 12 January 2025
{{WCSP | 152054 | ''Betula'' }}	"Betula". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
{{WCSP | 21527 | ''Betula nigra'' }}	"Betula nigra". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
{{WCSP | 21527 }}	World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=21527. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Linking to taxon search results

Sample	What it looks like
{{WCSP | Philyra | ''Philyra'' Klotzsch | access-date = 12 January 2025 | mode=cs2}}	"Philyra Klotzsch", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 12 January 2025
{{WCSP | Philyra | ''Philyra'' Klotzsch | access-date = 12 January 2025 }}	"Philyra Klotzsch". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
{{WCSP | Philyra }}	World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://wcsp.science.kew.org/qsearch.do?page=quickSearch&plantName=WCSP. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
{{WCSP}}	"WCSP". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
{{WCSP | Caryopteris divaricata | ''Caryopteris divaricata'' Maxim. | nv }}	"Caryopteris divaricata Maxim. Synonym". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Parameters

• taxon

The taxon to search

Ex: (for the Philyra): Philyra

• nameid

This is the last number in the URL of the taxon

Ex: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=152054

Ex: (for genus Philyra): 152054

• taxonToDisplay (optional)

The taxon name to display in the link (useful for genera that must be displayed in italic) You can include the author outside of your own italics.

(If you don't supply taxonToDisplay, the link label will be the existing PageName. Link will still work.)

Ex: (for the Philyra): ''Philyra'' Klotzsch

• validity (optional)

If the taxon is considered as unaccepted or synonym by Kew, add nv.

Sample (for Caryopteris divaricata): nv

Use samples

• Brocchinia, Acanthostachys

See also

• commons:Template:Kew list the inspiration for this template.
• Kew Gardens's 'Vascular Plant Families and Genera 1992'
• {{ThePlantList species}}
• {{Tropicos}}
• {{EFloras}}
• {{GRIN}}
• The other templates of Category:Biology external link templates
• The other templates of Category:Botany external link templates

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