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 Nicholas Aylward Vigors via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy"
surface form: John Gould
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"