Editing Template:Taxobox/doc (section)

=== Quick start and examples ===

==== Animals ====

===== Animal species =====
{{Taxobox
| name               = Asian golden cat
| image              = Catopuma temminckii.jpg
| image_alt          = Orange cat sitting with head up and eyes almost closed.
| image_upright      = 1.15
| regnum             = [[Animalia]]
| phylum             = [[Chordata]]
| classis            = [[Mammalia]]
| ordo               = [[Carnivora]]
| familia            = [[Felidae]]
| genus              = ''[[Catopuma]]''
| species            = '''''C. temminckii'''''
| binomial           = ''Catopuma temminckii''
| binomial_authority = ([[Nicholas Aylward Vigors|Vigors]] & [[Thomas Horsfield|Horsfield]], 1827)
}}

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| regnum             = [[Animalia]]
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===== Animal higher taxon =====
{{Taxobox
| name              = Rorquals
| image             = Humpback Whale underwater shot.jpg
| image_alt         = Underwater humpback whale diving, with front flipper extended.
| image_caption     = [[Humpback whale]], ''Megaptera novaeangliae''
| regnum            = [[Animalia]]
| phylum            = [[Chordata]]
| classis           = [[Mammalia]]
| ordo              = [[Cetacea]]
| subordo           = [[Mysticeti]]
| familia           = '''Balaenopteridae'''
| familia_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1864
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision       = 
''[[Balaenoptera]]''<br />
''[[Megaptera]]''
}}

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| regnum            = [[Animalia]]
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==== Plants ====
The majority of plants are angiosperms ("flowering plants").  [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants]] consensus is to use the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's [[APG III]] classification system for angiosperms. The APG III system does not have formally named divisions or classes, but includes several hierarchically nested, informally named clades.  The hierarchy of informally named clades is presented by using parameters such as {{para|unranked divisio}} in place of formal rank parameters.  Articles on non-flowering plants (e.g. [[conifer]]s, [[fern]]s) should continue to use formal divisions and classes in the Taxobox.

===== Flowering plant species =====
{{Taxobox
| name               = ''Magnolia virginiana''
| image              = Sweetbay1082.jpg
| image_alt          = White flower surrounded by long green leaves.
| image_caption      = ''Magnolia virginiana''
| regnum             = [[Plantae]]
| unranked_divisio   = [[Angiosperms]]
| unranked_classis   = [[Magnoliids]]
| ordo               = [[Magnoliales]]
| familia            = [[Magnoliaceae]]
| genus              = ''[[Magnolia]]''
| species            = '''''M. virginiana'''''
| binomial           = ''Magnolia virginiana''
| binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
}}

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| regnum             = [[Plantae]]
| unranked_divisio   = [[Angiosperms]]
| unranked_classis   = 
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===== Flowering plant higher taxon =====
{{Taxobox
| name              = Oaks
| image             = Quercus robur.jpg
| image_alt         = Cluster of oak leaves and acorns.
| image_caption     = Foliage and acorns of the [[pedunculate oak]], ''Quercus robur''
| regnum            = [[Plantae]]
| unranked_divisio  = [[Angiosperms]]
| unranked_classis  = [[Eudicots]]
| unranked_ordo     = [[Rosids]]
| ordo              = [[Fagales]]
| familia           = [[Fagaceae]]
| genus             = '''''Quercus'''''
| genus_authority   = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision       = 
See [[List of Quercus species|List of ''Quercus'' species]].
}}

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| regnum            = [[Plantae]]
| unranked_divisio  = [[Angiosperms]]
| unranked_classis  = 
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==== Viruses ====
Although for historical reasons, parameters currently exist for virus taxa, the template is not appropriate for viruses, whose classification uses different ranks, italicization and naming rules. Use the [[WP:Automated taxobox system|automated taxobox]] {{tl|Virusbox}} instead.