Talk:Physalis
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I'm looking for Physalis angulata L., which is mentioned in the Carolus Linnaeus article. I can't find any reference to its being removed from Physalis, but I'm grossly unfamiliar with botanical literature. Where is this species now? We need a redirect, because P. angulata even if obsolete is very widely used. —Tkinias 17:51, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- ITIS [1] doesn't think it's moved... this article is missing most of the 80-odd species. Stan 16:25, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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- I wasn't going to trust ITIS... I thought perhaps the other species ITIS shows might be somewhere else now. —Tkinias 19:10, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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- Heh - unless an article actually lists its own authorities, ITIS is almost always more accurate than what we have. There are two conflicting styles for genus articles, one to only list "interesting" species, the other to list all known, and often no annotation saying which was done. Stan 21:11, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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- Ah, I was approaching from the fish perspective; ITIS is often incomplete or obsolete in its species lists (FishBase being preferred), and the fish genera should always list all species. —Tkinias 21:25, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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- I agree, all species is the right way to go, but not everybody agrees - or is up to building the 800-species lists required for many plant genera! :-) Stan 07:15, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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- Yrch. And I was kvetching to myself about the 100-odd species in Hyphessobrycon... I'll stick to my pisces I think! :) —Tkinias 09:26, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] strawberry groundcherry
- Physalis alkekengi L. -- Chinese lantern plant is as far as i know the only european physalis.
i think the strawberry tomato (or groundcherry) is P. pruinosa.(inserted link) m.20050516
