taxonomicAuthority

P7386
predicate

Indicates the entity that formally described, named, or classified another entity in a taxonomic context.

All labels observed (36)

Label Occurrences
firstDescribedBy 307
taxonAuthor 180
scientificNameAuthorship 107

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: taxonomicAuthority
Generated description
Indicates the entity that formally described, named, or classified another entity in a taxonomic context.

Sample triples (767)

Subject Object
Chordata Bateson, 1885 ⓘ
harpy eagle Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Asperger syndrome Hans Asperger via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Xerospermophilus Bryant, 1921 via predicate surface "genusNameAuthorship" ⓘ
Microbiota Kom. via predicate surface "genusAuthority" ⓘ
Philortyx John Cassin via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ
Humulus Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
Elaeagnaceae Carl von Martius via predicate surface "hasTaxonomicAuthor" ⓘ
Nematoda Rudolphi, 1808 via predicate surface "scientificNameAuthorship" ⓘ
Annelida Jean-Baptiste Lamarck via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ
Deuterostomia Karl Grobben via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Widdringtonia Stephen Endlicher via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Fitzroya Lindl. via predicate surface "scientificNameAuthorship" ⓘ
Platycladus Ernst Heinrich von Klotzsch via predicate surface "genusAuthority" ⓘ
Platycladus Philipp Franz von Siebold via predicate surface "genusAuthority" ⓘ
American alligator François Marie Daudin via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Platyhelminthes Gegenbaur, 1859 via predicate surface "scientificNameAuthorship" ⓘ
baiji Oskar Trouessart via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Rodrigues fruit bat George Edward Dobson via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Pudu puda Juan Ignacio Molina via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Rusa timorensis Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Sciurinae Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Sciurillinae Oldfield Thomas via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Camarhynchus John Gould via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Salmoniformes recognized in modern ichthyological classification ⓘ
Scorpaeniformes Theodore Gill via predicate surface "scientificNameAuthorship" ⓘ
Banded Quail (Cassin, 1855) via predicate surface "hasScientificNameAuthorship" ⓘ
Cyathea Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Polypteriformes Sauvage, 1880s (approximate historical period) via predicate surface "scientificNameAuthorship" ⓘ
Sciadopityaceae Lindl. via predicate surface "hasScientificNameAuthorship" ⓘ
Bacillus anthracis Robert Koch via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Physocarpus Thomas Nuttall via predicate surface "genusAuthor" ⓘ
Stenogastrinae Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Chavín de Huántar Antonio Raimondi via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Forsskaolea Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "nomenclaturalAuthority" ⓘ
Broussonetia Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Northern cardinal Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Dirachma Isaac Bayley Balfour via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ
swamp wallaby Desmarest via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
proboscis monkey Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Sumatran rhinoceros Johann Fischer von Waldheim via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Epigonichthys Peters ⓘ
Polistinae Pierre André Latreille via predicate surface "describedByTaxonAuthor" ⓘ
Phenax Weddell via predicate surface "genusAuthority" ⓘ
Myriocarpa Urticaceae family taxonomists ⓘ
Hesperocnide botanists of the 19th century ⓘ
Clitellata Carl Gustav Carus via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Meloidogyne incognita Chitwood via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ
Rudolphi, 1808 phylum Nematoda via predicate surface "basionymAuthorshipFor" ⓘ
Hydrozoa Gaston de Lacaze-Duthiers via predicate surface "describedByTaxonAuthor" ⓘ