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This template displays the input text in the standard format for a taxon author following a taxon.
Usage
- Zoological code
* ''Helix aspersa'' {{au|[[Otto Friedrich Müller|O. F. Müller]], 1854}}
yields:
- Helix aspersa O. F. Müller, 1854
- Botanical code
* ''Schlumbergera truncata'' {{au|([[Adrian Hardy Haworth|Haw.]]) [[Reid Venable Moran|Moran]]}}
* ''[[Tetraxylopteris]]'' {{au|C.B.Beck|1957}}
yields:
- Schlumbergera truncata (Haw.) Moran
- Tetraxylopteris C.B.Beck (1957)
Dates should not normally be included for botanical names.