Talk:Banksieaeformis
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When is a genus not a genus?
[edit]"Banksieaeformis is a plant genus that encompasses fossil leaves that can be attributed to the Proteaceae tribe Banksieae, but cannot be attributed to a genus." I don't understand this sentence. It is a genus of leaves that cannot be attributed to a genus? Um, isn't that what they are doing, attributing these leaves to a genus, Banksiaeformis? I must be missing something, but this doesn't seem to make any sense. Fram (talk) 09:35, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Good point - I neglected to add the qualifier "living" to the second "genus" Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:12, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Now added Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:14, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, that of course makes more sense :-) Perhaps you can also reconsider "a genus that encompasses leaves", a genus encompasses plants and in this case is only known from fossilized leaves. Fram (talk) 11:32, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Yes, good point - reworded now. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 13:49, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, that of course makes more sense :-) Perhaps you can also reconsider "a genus that encompasses leaves", a genus encompasses plants and in this case is only known from fossilized leaves. Fram (talk) 11:32, 23 May 2014 (UTC)
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