Template:WCSP/doc

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: As of February 2016, this database covers 229 families.

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

Syntax

To link directly to a specific taxon:

{{Kew list | nameid | taxonToDisplay | validity | accessdate =<date> | mode = CS<1 or 2> }}

OR To link to a search page of matching taxa:

{{Kew list | taxon | taxonToDisplay | validity | accessdate =<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
{{Kew list | 469989 | ''Betula nigra pendula'' | nv | accessdate = 7 January 2025 | mode=CS2 }}	"Betula nigra pendula Synonym". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 January 2025. {{cite web}}: Invalid |mode=CS2 (help)
{{Kew list | 152054 | ''Betula'' }}	"Betula". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
{{Kew list | 21527 | ''Betula nigra'' }}	"Betula nigra". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
{{Kew list | 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
{{Kew list | Philyra | ''Philyra'' Klotzsch | accessdate = 7 January 2025 | mode=CS2 }}	"Philyra Klotzsch". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 January 2025. {{cite web}}: Invalid |mode=CS2 (help)
{{Kew list | Philyra | ''Philyra'' Klotzsch | accessdate = 7 January 2025 }}	"Philyra Klotzsch". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
{{Kew list | Philyra }}	World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew http://wcsp.science.kew.org/qsearch.do?page=quickSearch&plantName=WCSP%2Fdoc. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
{{Kew list }}	"WCSP/doc". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
{{Kew list | 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}}
• "WCSP/doc". Please provide a resource number (flora_id). See the list of supported resource numbers at Module:eFloras/doc – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• The other templates of Category:Biology external link templates
• The other templates of Category:Flora external link templates