Template:Virusbox/doc

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This template uses Lua:

Documentation for the automated taxobox system

Taxonomy templates

Taxobox templates

Which should be used?
Changing the taxa displayed
Convert a taxobox to an automated taxobox
Glossary of automated taxobox parameters
Automatic taxobox – mainly for genera and higher taxa
Speciesbox – for a species
Subspeciesbox – for an animal subspecies
Infraspeciesbox – for a plant subspecies or variety
Hybridbox – for an animal hybrid within a genus
Ichnobox – for a trace fossil
Oobox – for a fossil egg
Virusbox – for viruses and non-cellular life
Paraphyletic group – for concepts that do not correspond to a monophyletic clade
Population taxobox - for notable populations of subspecies of animals

Template:Virusbox displays an automatic taxobox for viruses and other non-cellular life forms.

Usage

The parameters are generally a subset of those for Template:Speciesbox or Template:Automatic taxobox. However, this template ensures that names are italicized for all viral taxa except those of ranks below species. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses taxonomy should be used.

Basic parameters for ranks of genus or higher, or species where it is necessary to have a species taxonomy template:

{{Virusbox
| image = 
| image_alt = 
| image_caption = 
| taxon = (taxon that has a taxonomy template)
| synonyms = 
| synonyms_ref = 
| subdivision_ranks = 
| subdivision = 
}}

Basic parameters for species, where a taxonomy template for the species is not needed:

{{Virusbox
| image = 
| image_alt = 
| image_caption = 
| parent = (genus or subgenus that has a taxonomy template)
| species = (species that does not have a taxonomy template)
| synonyms = 
| synonyms_ref = 
| subdivision_ranks = 
| subdivision = 
}}

Ranks below species – a single rank below species, e.g. a strain or a serotype, can be added to a template like that shown above, when neither the below-species taxon nor the species has a taxonomy template. Multiple ranks below species should be set up using taxonomy templates.

If |name= is not specified, the taxobox name (header) will default to the taxon that is the target of the taxobox. This is different from other taxobox templates, where the page name (page title) is the default. One reason is that a virus taxobox may be included in an articles on a diseases caused by the virus, so the page name is not appropriate.

Complete parameters

{{Virusbox
| classification_status = 
| name = 
| image = 
| image_alt = 
| image_caption = 
| image_upright = 
| image2 = 
| image2_upright = 
| image2_alt = 
| image2_caption = 
| status = 
| status_system = 
| status_ref = 
| taxon = (use EITHER taxon OR parent + species)
| parent =
| species =
| serotype = (only ONE of serotype, strain or virus may be present)
| strain =
| virus =
| display_parents = 
| synonyms_ref = 
| subdivision_ranks = 
| subdivision = 
| type_genus = 
| type_species = 
| type_strain = 
| range_map = 
| range_map_upright = 
| range_map_alt = 
| range_map_caption = 
}}

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Virusbox

No description.

Template parameters
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
image	`image`	no description	Unknown	optional
image_alt	`image_alt`	no description	Unknown	optional
image_caption	`image_caption`	no description	Unknown	optional
taxon	`taxon`	no description	Unknown	optional
synonyms	`synonyms`	no description	Unknown	optional
synonyms_ref	`synonyms_ref`	no description	Unknown	optional
subdivision_ranks	`subdivision_ranks`	no description	Unknown	optional
subdivision	`subdivision`	no description	Unknown	optional