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==Purpose==

The purposemodule ofis thisprimarily moduleintended isfor touse correctlyby italicizethe scientific[[WP:Automated namestaxobox atsystem|automated taxobox system]]. It supports the rankcorrect italicization of genusscientific or belownames. Botanical ([[International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants|ICNafp]]) names may contain "connecting terms"; these must not be italicized. The hybrid symbol, ×, should also not be italicized. The italicizedmodule namesoptionally maywikilinks alsoand beabbreviates wikilinkeditalicized and abbreviatednames.

For non-virus taxa, italics are used at the rank of genus or below. The module does not decide whether a scientific name should be italicized. Use {{tlx|Is italic taxon}} for this purpose.

The module does <em>not</em> deal with virus names, which have quite different structures and italicization rules.

==Usage==

* <nowiki>{{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|TAXON_NAME}}</nowiki> – italicizes a taxon name

* <nowiki>{{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|TAXON_NAME|linked=yes}}</nowiki> – italicizes a taxon name, wikilinking the italicized output to the unchanged input

* <nowiki>{{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|TAXON_NAME|abbreviated=yes}}</nowiki> – italicizes a taxon name, abbreviating all but the last part to the first letter

* <nowiki>{{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|TAXON_NAME|dab=yes}}</nowiki> – italicizes a taxon name, treating any parenthesized part as a disambiguation term, and not italicizing it

The parameters can be combined. It can also be used via {{tl|Taxon italics}}.

==Examples==

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* Populus sect. Aigeiros → {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|Populus sect. Aigeiros|abbreviated=yes}}

* Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala → {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala|abbreviated=yes}}

* [also linked] × Sorbaronia mitschuriniifallax → {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|× Sorbaronia mitschuriniifallax|abbreviated=yes|linked=yes}}

* [also linked] Elaeagnus × submacrophylla → {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|Elaeagnus × submacrophylla|abbreviated=yes|linked=yes}}

* Elaeagnus ×submacrophylla → {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|Elaeagnus ×submacrophylla|abbreviated=yes}}

* Elaeagnus <nowiki>{{hybrid}}</nowiki> submacrophylla → <span class="error">{{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|Elaeagnus {{hybrid}} submacrophylla|abbreviated=yes}}</span> – abbreviating does not work correctly when the hybrid template is used; replace by ×, &amp;times; or some other non-template equivalent

===Disambiguation terms===

By default, a parenthesized part of a taxon name is assumed to be a subgenus name, and is italicized:

* Varanus (Hapturosaurus) → {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|Varanus (Hapturosaurus)}}

* Caia (plant) → {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|Caia (plant)}} – {{red|wrong}}

To treat a parenthesized part as a disambiguation term, use {{para|dab|yes}}

* Caia (plant) → {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|Caia (plant)|dab=yes}}

* (also linked) Caia (plant) → {{#invoke:TaxonItalics|main|Caia (plant)|linked=yes|dab=yes}}

For even more examples, see the [[Module talk:TaxonItalics/testcases|testcases]].

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