This family of templates can be used to create a properly structured and accessible tree. This can be used to display family trees, succession to thrones, etc. They comprise:

Syntax

Start and finish of the tree

The tree must include a start and finish, using the templates {{Tree list}} and {{Tree list/end}} respectively. The tree is essentially a series of nested lists built with the asterisk *.

{{Tree list}}
* Here goes the content of the tree using asterisks.
{{Tree list/end}}

The branches of the tree

Each branch of the tree is built using nested lists:

{{Tree list}}
* A first level branch
** A second level branch
*** A third level branch
{{Tree list/end}}

produces

  • A first level branch
    • A second level branch
      • A third level branch

Final branches

It will be noticed that the example above has a rouge link below the last entry. In order to display the final branches properly, it is necessary to use the template {{Tree list/final branch}} like so:

{{Tree list}}
* A first level branch
** A second level branch
*** A third level branch
*** Another third level branch
*** {{Tree list/final branch}} The final third level branch
** Another second level branch
** {{Tree list/final branch}} The final second level branch
{{Tree list/end}}

which produces

  • A first level branch
    • A second level branch
      • A third level branch
      • Another third level branch
      • The final third level branch
    • Another second level branch
    • The final second level branch

Unlabelled branches

An unlabelled branch may be formed by using the {{Tree list/branching}} template or, if it is the final branch, the {{Tree list/final branching}} template.

{{Tree list}}
* A first level branch
** {{Tree list/branching}}
*** A third level branch
*** Another third level branch
*** {{Tree list/final branch}} The final third level branch
** A second level branch
** {{Tree list/final branching}}                 <!--- This branch ends the second level --->
*** A third level branch
*** {{Tree list/final branch}} The final third level branch
{{Tree list/end}}

produces the following:

  • A first level branch
      • A third level branch
      • Another third level branch
      • The final third level branch
    • A second level branch
      • A third level branch
      • The final third level branch

Examples

A family tree

Code :

{{Tree list}}
*[[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''(1)''' [[Henry VII of England|Henry VII]] (1457 - 1509)
**[[Arthur, Prince of Wales]] (1486 - 1502)
**[[مارگارت تودور]] (1489 - 1541)
***[[James, Duke of Rothesay]] (1507 - 1508)
***[[Arthur, Duke of Rothesay]] (1509 - 1510)
***[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] [[James V of Scotland]] (1512 - 1542)
****{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] [[Mary, Queen of Scots]] (1542 - 1587)
*****{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Image:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] [[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''(7)''' [[James VI and I|James VI of Scotland and I of England]] (1566 - 1625)
******{{Tree list/final branch}}''From whom succeeeding English, Scottish and British monarchs are decended.''
***[[Alexander Stewart, Duke of Ross]] (1514 - 1515)
***{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Margaret Douglas|Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox]] (1515 - 1578)
**[[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''(2)''' [[Henry VIII of England]] (1491 - 1547)
***[[Henry, Duke of Cornwall]] (1511 - 1511)
***[[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''(5)''' [[Mary I of England]] (1516 - 1558)
***[[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''(6)''' [[Elizabeth I of England]] (1533 - 1603)
***{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''(3)''' [[Edward VI of England]]
**[[Elizabeth Tudor (daughter of Henry VII)|Elizabeth Tudor]] (1492 - 1495)
**[[Mary Tudor (queen consort of France)|Mary, Queen of France]] (1496 - 1533)
***Henry Brandon (1516 - 1522)
***[[Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk]] (1517 - 1547)
****[[Image:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''(4)''' [[Lady Jane Grey]] (1536 - 1553)
****[[Lady Catherine Grey|Catherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford]] (1540 - 1568)
****[[Lady Mary Grey|Lady Mary Keyes]] (1545 - 1578)
****{{Tree list/final branch}}Elizabeth Stokes (1555 - 1556)
***[[Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland]] (1519 - 1547)
****{{Tree list/final branch}}''From whom are descended the [[Earl of Derby|Earls of Derby]]''
***{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Henry Brandon, 1st Earl of Lincoln]] (1523 - 1534)
**[[Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset]] (1499 - 1500) 
**{{Tree list/final branch}}[[Katherine Tudor (1503)|Katherine Tudor]] (1503 - 1503)
{{Tree list/end}}

which gives

A cladogram

{{Tree list}}
*[[Tetrapoda]]
** {{Tree list/branching}}
*** De nombreux groupes éteints dont comme les ''[[Eucritta]]''
*** {{Tree list/final branch}} '''[[Lissamphibia]]''' dont les ancêtres des amphibiens actuels
** {{Tree list/final branching}}
*** De nombreux groupes éteints qui rappellent les amphibiens avec des caractéristiques reptiliennes plus ou moins prononcées comme les [[Eoherpetontidae]], les [[Embolomeri]], [[Tokosauridae]], [[Chroniosuchidae]], [[Gephyrostegidae]], [[Solenodonsauridae]], [[Seymouriamorpha]], [[Westlothiana]], [[Lepospondyli]]
*** {{Tree list/final branch}}[[Cotylosauria]]
**** [[Amniota]], à l’origine tous « reptiliens »
**** {{Tree list/final branch}} D’autres taxons frères éteint comme les [[Diadectomorpha]] ou les [[Tseajaiidae]] assez proche des reptiles
{{Tree list/end}}