This page is an effort to construct an ideal taxonomic name section for different levels of taxa.
| Attribute | Taxa | Issues | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikispecies link | Closest Hypernym | ||
| Wikipedia link | Best available | ||
| Commons link | Category | ||
| Image | species or lowest available level | As available in Commons; map, if available | |
| Links to external databases (references) | Template needed | Main online DBs for type of taxa | |
| Etymology | all | morphology or better | |
| Pronunciation | ? | contentious | What standard |
| Inflection line | |||
| : italics | genus and lower | ||
| : gender | genus | inferred from epithets or derived | |
| : number | ? | Standard for levels | |
| Definition line | |||
| : currency/obsolescence | current is unmarked | ||
| : taxon level | What about synonyms and older terms when levels didn't correspond to modern ones? | ||
| : parent name | all | ||
| : parent level | all | ||
| : English vernacular name | all | "official"? | if available, |
| : Alternative English vernacular names | Where placed? Synonyms? | ||
| : range | pan-global, climate zones, hosts, geography | ||
| : human use, interest, risk | |||
| : differentia | too technical? no longer relevant due to DNA? | ||
| : extant/extinct | inheritance of extinction from bottom | ||
| Synonyms | How to mark status? | ||
| Hypernyms | where to stop? clades? | ||
| Hyponyms | one level, except for taxa with only one extant genus | ||
| Coordinate terms | ? | ||
| Translations | ? |