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 |
| taxonomicAuthority canonical | 38 |
| hasScientificNameAuthorship | 29 |
| genusAuthority | 23 |
| hasTaxonomicAuthority | 12 |
| taxonAuthorOf | 9 |
| taxonNameAuthorship | 9 |
| taxonNamedBy | 6 |
| hasTaxonAuthor | 5 |
| describedByTaxonomist | 4 |
| wasFirstDescribedBy | 4 |
| describedByTaxonAuthor | 3 |
| hasTaxonNameAuthorship | 3 |
| authorOfTaxon | 2 |
| authorityForTaxon | 2 |
| firstDescriptionAuthority | 2 |
| genusNameAuthorship | 2 |
| hasBasionymAuthor | 2 |
| hasGenusAuthority | 2 |
| nomenclaturalAuthority | 2 |
| appliesToTaxonNamesPublishedBy | 1 |
| authoredTaxa | 1 |
| basionymAuthorshipFor | 1 |
| genusAuthor | 1 |
| genusAuthorityStatus | 1 |
| hasBinomialNomenclatureAuthority | 1 |
| hasScientificNameAuthor | 1 |
| hasTaxonomicAuthor | 1 |
| hasTaxonomicAuthorship | 1 |
| refersToTaxonAuthor | 1 |
| scientificNameAuthor | 1 |
| taxonAuthorFullName | 1 |
| taxonAuthority | 1 |
| typeSpeciesAuthority | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Toxostoma | Jean Cabanis via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Sumba boobook | Ernst Hartert via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Xenicus gilviventris | Johann Friedrich Gmelin via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Rayleigh scattering |
Lord Rayleigh
via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy"
ⓘ
surface form:
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
|
| Horsfield's fruit bat | Thomas Horsfield via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Archaeopteryx lithographica | Hermann von Meyer via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Cardinalidae | Nicholas Aylward Vigors via predicate surface "scientificNameAuthorship" ⓘ |
| Xenicus longipes | Johann Friedrich Gmelin via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Lion-tailed macaque | Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Malabar civet | Edward Blyth via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Haplorhini | Pocock via predicate surface "hasBinomialNomenclatureAuthority" ⓘ |
| Heloderma | John Edward Gray via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Charadriiformes | Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Iguanodon fossils | Gideon Mantell via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Estrildidae | William John Swainson via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Abbott’s booby | William Robert Ogilvie-Grant via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Leonard Jenyns | various fish species via predicate surface "authorOfTaxon" ⓘ |
| Acanthizidae | Jean Cabanis via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Pudu | William Charles Linnaeus (genus authority uncertain in this context) via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Passeri | Carl Jakob Sundevall via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Santa Claus's reindeer team | Clement Clarke Moore via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
|
Sebald
surface form:
Campylobacter
|
Sebald via predicate surface "hasTaxonAuthor" self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| Guillain–Barré syndrome | Georges Guillain via predicate surface "wasFirstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Guillain–Barré syndrome | Jean Alexandre Barré via predicate surface "wasFirstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Macroscelidea | Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Richard Bowdler Sharpe | multiple bird species via predicate surface "authoredTaxa" ⓘ |
| Capra walie | Rüppell via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Elaphodus |
Milne-Edwards
via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy"
ⓘ
surface form:
milne-edwards (uncertain)
|
| Dermochelys | Blainville via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
|
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
surface form:
Norway rat
|
John Berkenhout via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Castorimorpha | William Diller Matthew via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Spanish imperial eagle | Christian Ludwig Brehm via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Mazama | Constantine Samuel Rafinesque via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Pteromys | Johann Friedrich von Brandt via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Ratufa | John Edward Gray via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Glycine | Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Indigofera | Carl Linnaeus via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Nesospiza | Cabanis via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Hemispingus | Jean Cabanis via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Thlypopsis | Jean Cabanis via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Melanospiza | George Newbold Lawrence via predicate surface "genusAuthority" ⓘ |
| Aeretes | Oldfield Thomas via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Belomys | Oldfield Thomas via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Belomys | Oldfield Thomas via predicate surface "taxonAuthor" ⓘ |
| Biswamoyopterus | S. Chakraborty via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Biswamoyopterus | S. M. Mohan via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Biswamoyopterus | Chakraborty & Mohan, 1981 via predicate surface "typeSpeciesAuthority" ⓘ |
| Petaurista | John Edward Gray via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Trogopterus | Theodor Milne-Edwards via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" ⓘ |
| Spriggina | Martin Glaessner via predicate surface "firstDescribedBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ |