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
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