Talk:Heteropogon contortus

Plants Low‑importance

	Plants portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Plants, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of plants and botany on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.PlantsWikipedia:WikiProject PlantsTemplate:WikiProject Plantsplant articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Australia: Biota Low‑importance

	Australia portal Heteropogon contortus is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Australian biota (assessed as Low-importance).
	Need help improving this article? Ask a Librarian^{What's this?} at the National Library of Australia.
	The Wikimedia Australia chapter can be contacted via email to helpwikimedia.org.au for non-editorial assistance.

Native distribution; "seeds"

Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I notice several problems here:

1) According to the Grass Manual on the Web (http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/), the native distribution is in the southern United States.

2) "Seed" is apparently being used to refer to the entire sessile spikelets. I know wikipedians try to avoid overly complicated terminology when possible. However, as is often the case in botanical articles, this attempt to simplify terminology is flat out wrong and misleading.

3) Similarly, the pointed callus of the sessile spikelets is referred to as a "sharp spike". In the terminology of grasses, a "spike" is a kind of inflorescence, not a part of a sessile spikelet, much less part of a seed. Paalexan (talk) 06:32, 10 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Add topic