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==== Authorities ====
Generally, an authority should be given only for the taxa covered by the article. Higher groups which only include the article subject should also list authorities unless those are the same as for the taxa in question. In the case of species (or subspecies) the authority may be given in the ''binomial'' (or ''trinomial'') section.  Otherwise authorities may be listed in the placement section.  For instance, for an order:

<syntaxhighlight lang="text" style="overflow:auto">
| ordo = 
| ordo_authority = 
</syntaxhighlight>

The following examples illustrate the different conventions for names, dates, and punctuations in the different kingdoms.
* Animalia
** Original name valid: '''''Homo sapiens''''' {{small|1=[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758}}
** Organism reclassified: '''''Panthera leo''''' {{small|1=([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)}} (originally ''Felis leo'')
* Plantae
** Original name valid: '''''Magnolia virginiana''''' {{small|1=[[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]}}
** Organism reclassified: '''''Anacamptis pyramidalis''''' {{small|1=([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Louis Claude Richard|Rich.]]}} (originally ''Orchis pyramidalis'')
* Bacteria
** Original name valid: '''''Vibrio cholerae''''' {{small|1=[[Robert Koch|R. Koch]] 1883}}
** Organism reclassified: '''''Streptococcus pneumoniae''''' {{small|1=(Klein 1884) Chester 1901}} (originally ''Micrococcus pneumoniae'')
** Old name revived: '''''Salmonella enterica''''' {{small|1=(ex Kauffmann & Edwards 1952) Le Minor & Popoff 1987}}

Authorities in scientific names are also abbreviated according to different standards for plants and animals.  To decipher standard abbreviations, see
* [[List of botanists by author abbreviation]] or consult the [http://www.ipni.org/ International Plant Names Index].
* [[List of zoologists by author abbreviation]]
For more information refer to the article on [[binomial nomenclature]].