taxonomic authority
C8419
concept
A taxonomic authority is the scientist or group of scientists who first validly publish and formally describe a taxon, often cited alongside the scientific name to indicate its original source.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| botanical author abbreviation | 16 |
| taxonomic authority canonical | 5 |
| taxonomicAuthorship | 3 |
| taxon author | 2 |
| taxonomic author abbreviation | 2 |
| author of zoological names | 1 |
| nomenclatural authority | 1 |
| nomenclatural authorship | 1 |
| taxonomic author team | 1 |
| taxonomicAuthorshipCitation | 1 |
| zoological authority citation | 1 |
| zoological nomenclatural citation | 1 |
| zoologicalNomenclaturalCitation | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: taxonomic authority
Generated description
A taxonomic authority is the scientist or group of scientists who first validly publish and formally describe a taxon, often cited alongside the scientific name to indicate its original source.
Instances (32)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Willd. | botanical author abbreviation |
| J.Presl | botanical author abbreviation |
| A.Juss. | botanical author abbreviation |
| Forssk. | botanical author abbreviation |
| Gegenbaur, 1859 | taxonomicAuthorship |
| Hensl. | botanical author abbreviation |
| DC. | botanical author abbreviation |
| Juss. | botanical author abbreviation |
| Siebold & Zuccarini | taxonomic author team |
| Angiosperm Phylogeny Group | — |
| Mart. | botanical author abbreviation |
| R.Br. | botanical author abbreviation |
| Schweinf. | botanical author abbreviation |
| Torrey & A. Gray | — |
| Fr. | botanical author abbreviation |
| Shear & Dodge | taxon author |
| J.H.Frankl. | taxon author |
| Benth. | botanical author abbreviation |
| J.F.Gmel. | botanical author abbreviation |
| Illiger | taxonomic author abbreviation |
|
Chakraborty & Mohan, 1981
surface form:
Chakraborty & Mohan, 1981
|
zoological authority citation |
| Swainson, 1839 | — |
| Bleeker, 1863 | taxonomicAuthorshipCitation |
| Wagler, 1830 | taxonomicAuthorship |
| International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature | nomenclatural authority |
| Bonaparte, 1831 | nomenclatural authorship |
| Engelm. | botanical author abbreviation |
| Wagl. | taxonomic author abbreviation |
| Rudolphi, 1808 | taxonomicAuthorship |
| Klotzsch | botanical author abbreviation |
| Dana | — |
| Lindl. | botanical author abbreviation |