Talk:Tradescantia pallida

"Negative connotation"

I am somewhat suspicious about the link to Anti-Semitism based on the name Wandering Jew. The name does have negative connotations in that in many versions of the legend the Jew was sentenced to eternal wandering because he taunted Jesus, but I'm not sure that a bias against Jews is what was implied. I could be wrong, but I'm curious about the justification for the statement, especially considering the statement seems to be made in a way that implies there's no evidence for it and that it's merely an opinion. 161.130.162.249 (talk) 20:09, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that we shouldn't be making assertions of a speculative nature or ones which can't be sourced. I looked around for an etymology of the term and didn't find anything (not that there are necessarily particularly good sources for such things, especially online). So it seems better to remove the text in question unless someone can find something more authoritative, which I have done. Kingdon (talk) 02:10, 22 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Citations

Im not sure how to reply to your message but I totally agree, I see no basis for that statement and you are correct, it seems merely an opinion. Also, this article certainly needs to cite a few sources.161.130.162.249 (talk) 20:11, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First description

I removed the following sentence

Edward Palmer was the first European to observe and assign a Latin name to the type specimen near Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas in 1907.^[1]

I didn't find support for that in the database (I'm not really sure what the database was supposed to reference). The assignment of the latin name in was different in the infobox and backed up by ITIS. If we put it back, perhaps it should be explained. --TeaDrinker (talk) 22:33, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nomenclature

I’ve removed most of the text, and the unnecessary mention of anti-semitism. There is no evidence that this is more than a casual reference to the plant’s “wandering” habit.

I’ve also removed unsourced text about controversy surrounding the synonyms. Darorcilmir (talk) 07:21, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Invasiveness

I can’t find any authority for the statement about the plant’s invasive qualities, and have removed it. Several plant articles seem to assert an invasive habit without citing any authority. I’m not disputing the assertions, but they do need to be backed up with some sort of citation. Darorcilmir (talk) 07:43, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Search the Botany Collections". United States National Herbarium. Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2011-11-20.

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How can a species have sterile flowers?

Does the plant only reproduce via cloning? Is it a natural hybrid of some sort? More context is needed for such a significant quality. 90.242.136.228 (talk) 11:01, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted, the flowers certainly aren't sterile - and there's no mention of it in the associated source. I've gone ahead and removed that. Averixus (talk) 18:46, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Search the Botany Collections". United States National Herbarium. Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2011-11-20.

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