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The entire scientific name should be italicized, except where an interpolation is included in or appended to the name. (For details, see § Scientific names.) Named, specific vessels: proper names given to: Ships, with ship prefixes, classification symbols, pennant numbers, and types in normal font: USS Baltimore (CA-68).
These codes differ in terminology, and there is a long-term project to "harmonize" this. For instance, the ICN uses "valid" in "valid publication of a name" (=the act of publishing a formal name), with "establishing a name" as the ICZN equivalent. The ICZN uses "valid" in "valid name" (="correct name"), with "correct name" as the ICN equivalent ...
{{Format species list| Carex lepidocarpa subsp. ferraria Jim.-Mejías & Martín-Bravo Carex lepidocarpa subsp. jemtlandica Palmgr. Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa Carex lepidocarpa subsp. nevadensis (Boiss. & Reut.) Luceño Carex lepidocarpa subsp. scotica E.W.Davies Carex lepidocarpa var. scotica E.W.Davies }}
An interpolated name is italicized and placed in non-italic parentheses (round brackets); some examples are after a genus name to indicate a subgenus, after a genus group to denote an aggregate of species, after a species name to mean an aggregate of subspecies, after a genus and the word "section" or "sect." to provide a botanical genus ...
Frequently used to indicate maternal roles, this word should not be construed as translating directly to "mother" (Latin māter; Ancient Greek μήτηρ mḗtēr); aside from being a proper name, in Ancient Greek "maîa" can translate to "midwife" or "foster mother" and was used as an honorific address for older women, typically translated ...
<noinclude>[[Category:Scientific name templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character. This category is for templates that pertain in some way to (usually formatting of) scientific names of organisms.
Because scientific names at the level of genus or below are always italicised, per WP:Manual of Style/Text formatting § Italic face, when the article title is a genus or lower-ranked taxonomic name (e.g. species or subspecies), the page title should also be italicised.
Scientific name (binomial) of the species with no formatting; a entry point into the taxonomic hierarchy. Alternatively, |genus and |species can be used (and are required in some cases) Example Homo sapiens: String: optional: Genus: genus: Scientific name of the genus with no formatting; a entry point into the taxonomic hierarchy.