Taxonomy templates
Taxobox templates
By default, an automated taxobox displays only the taxonomy necessary to give context to the taxon in question. This includes any major taxonomic ranks: that is, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species; and the immediate parent of the taxon in question, even if not a major rank. In some cases, editors may choose to display additional taxa:
|display parents=
(default = 1, meaning "immediate parent only").|always_display=true
" to its taxonomy template page. This should be a very rare addition.|always_displayed=true
|parent=taxon/displayed
instead of |parent=taxon
.|display parents=
should be used only to display minor ranks above the taxon that is the subject of the article and below the next major rank. |display parents=
should not be used to display minor ranks above the next major rank. If it is desirable to display a minor rank for all subordinate taxa (e.g., a subfamily in species articles), set |always_display=
in the taxonomy template rather than using |display parents=
in the articles for each subordinate taxon. In the case where a single article cover multiple taxonomic ranks (due to monotypy), |display parents=
may be used to display the minor rank parents of the highest rank taxon covered by the article.