Use like this:

{{Species list
| Spexia speciosa | Authority, 2003
| †Spexia additiona | Others et al., 2002
| Spexia typa | Describer, 1888 (type)
| Spexia dubia |
| Specia dubia subsp. maxima |
}}

Both the taxon name and authority will be automatically formatted to produce:

• Spexia speciosa Authority, 2003
• †Spexia additiona Others et al., 2002
• Spexia typa Describer, 1888 (type)
• Spexia dubia
• Specia dubia subsp. maxima

Note that if the authority is not known, the "|" must still be present after the taxon name.

If a "connecting term" is present in a botanical name, such as "subsp.", "var." or "f.", then this should not be italicized. The template should automatically de-italicize connecting terms. If this fails, you can put '' either side of the connecting term to de-italicize it.

Mark incomplete lists using |incomplete=yes, which will add "(incomplete)" to the end of the list.

To make the list initially hidden (useful for long lists in taxoboxes, for example), the following parameters may be used before the pairs of taxon names/authorities:

• |hidden=yes – the list will initially be hidden
• |header= – optional; heading for the list, defaults to "List"

For example:

{{Species list|hidden=yes
| Spexia speciosa | Authority, 2003
| †Spexia additiona | Others et al., 2002
| Spexia typa | Describer, 1888 (type)
| Spexia dubia |
| Specia dubia subsp. maxima |
}}

produces

To automatically link the content of every taxon name, use {{Linked species list}}. To bold-face the species (e.g. if they will never have their own pages, when listed in a genus article) use {{Bold species list}}.

For example:

{{Linked species list / {{Linked genus list
| Spexia speciosa | Authority, 2003
| †Spexia additiona | Others et al., 2002
| Spexia typa | Describer, 1888 (type)
| Spexia dubia {{!}} S. dubia | <!--creates a piped link-->
| ''[[Puma (genus) {{!}} Puma ]]'' | Jardine, 1834 <!--handles a disambiguated genus name-->
}}

produces

• Spexia speciosa Authority, 2003
• †Spexia additiona Others et al., 2002
• Spexia typa Describer, 1888 (type)
• S. dubia
• Puma Jardine, 1834

Each of the three "species list" templates has a "genus list" alias.

Adding |abbreviated=yes will cause the displayed name to be abbreviated.

• S. speciosa Authority, 2003
• †S. additiona Others et al., 2002
• S. s. subsp. speciosa
• S. sect. Additiona

The name of an extinct taxon can be preceded by one of the following markers: † † {{extinct}}. Any of them will appear as † in the output. The † will not be italicized and will not be included in a wikilink.

• {{Genus list}}, {{Linked genus list}} and {{Bold genus list}} are aliases for the equivalent "Species list" templates.

• {{Taxon list}} – creates a list for taxon names which should not be italicized, i.e. taxa at ranks higher than genus
• {{Linked taxon list}} – as {{Taxon list}} but the taxon names are wikilinked