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==== Diversity ====
In higher taxa, and taxa where the subdivision option does not indicate number of species, the {{para|diversity}} parameter may be used.  This needs to be accompanied by {{para|diversity_link}} which links to an appropriate page, usually a ''List of ... species'' page.  See, for example, ''[[Banksia]]'': the subdivision lists only two subgenera, so the {{para|diversity}} option is used to specify the number of species.

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| diversity_link = List of Quercus species
| diversity = c. 120 species
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It is ''not'' a good idea to be too precise about the number of species. New species are still being regularly described in many groups. Moreover, changing systematic treatment is liable to alter the species number even in well-known genera. Rounding off the species number and denoting this as approximate value will help decreasing maintenance.

Use the {{para|diversity_ref}} parameter to give references for the number of species, for example:
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| diversity_ref = <ref>Hershler and Longley, 1986, p.&nbsp;127</ref>
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