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Usage[change source]

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.