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This page discusses a template for plant articles; for a template for articles about botanists, see Botanist template.
- Note that this template is only a suggestion and not all plant articles will contain all these sections.
This essay describes what would be an "ideal" article about a plant taxon. Such an article will be divided into sections like those suggested and described below. Ideally, all of these sections can be filled with relevant information. In many, maybe even most cases, this is not possible, and several of the sections will frequently not be possible to fill, particularly when it comes to a less-studied group or species. In many cases users may wish to create a stub article at first; an example of a basic stub on a species of flowering plant, with the minimal requirements and templates, can be found at Syzygium racemosum.
A well-made GA usually should have sections entitled "Description", "Taxonomy", "Subdivisions" (in the case of genera and higher ranks), "Distribution and habitat" and "Ecology". "Uses" is the most common optional section, and can be renamed where a plant has only one major specific use (for its wood, for example).
The first paragraph of a Wikipedia article is not usually a section per se, but a leader that briefly summarizes the article.