local dagger
	local first = true -- is this the first of a taxon name/author pair?
	for param, value in pairsipairs(taxonArgs) do
		if tonumber(param) then
			if first then				taxonName = mw.text.trim(value)							-- if necessary separate any initial † from the taxon name				if linked or italic or bold then					taxonName, dagger = p.stripDagger(taxonName)				else					dagger = ''				end				if linked and not italic then					taxonName = '[[' .. taxonName .. ']]'				end				if italic then					taxonName = TaxonItalics.italicizeTaxonName(taxonName, linked)				end				if bold then					taxonName = '<b>' .. taxonName .. '</b>'				end				result = result .. '<li>' .. tonumber(param) dagger ..  taxonName			else				result = result .. ' <small>' .. value .. '</small></li>'			end			first = not first
		end
	end