Template:ITIS/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:ITIS (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1.

This template creates a link to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), a database containing scientific names of biological taxa and a history of their classification.

A search engine can be found here.

Usage

The Wikipedia Manual of Style recommends that taxa of the rank Genera and below be italicized (i.e. supergenus, subgenus, genus, species, subspecies, and varieties). Higher taxa should not be italicized. Italicizing, when appropriate, can be done using wiki markup as shown in the examples.

Cut and paste

{{ITIS|id=|taxon=|access-date=30 August 2025}}

or:

{{ITIS
|id=
|taxon=
|access-date=30 August 2025
}}

where:

|id= the Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN), as shown at the top of the desired ITIS page.

|taxon= the scientific name, as shown at the top of the desired ITIS page, italicized if appropriate.

|access-date= the date on which you looked up the reference.

Examples

Taxa around the rank of genus and below should be italicized:

{{ITIS|ID=506801|taxon=''Camellia sinensis''}} → "Camellia sinensis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Taxa around the rank of family (including subfamily, tribe, etc.) and above are not italicised:

{{ITIS|ID=21371|taxon=Theaceae}} → "Theaceae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

For use in lists, etc.:

{{ITIS|ID=506801}} → "Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:ITIS in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for ITIS

TemplateData

Formats a citation to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Taxonomic Serial Number	`id` `ID`	The Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN), as shown at the top of the ITIS page to cite	Number	required
Taxon scientific name	`taxon`	As shown at the top of the ITIS page to cite; italicized if appropriate (genus or below)	String	suggested
Access date	`access-date`	The full date that the URL was accessed	Date	suggested

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