Talk:Galanthus

Climate
Can this be updated to take into account global warming. I have One fully in flower now, at 57 degrees North.--Jirate 17:03, 2005 Jan 9 (UTC) ^^^^ Also at 51 Degrees north 1000 decrees wakes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.42.166.134 (talk) 01:32, 25 September 2013 (UTC)


 * I have photographs of Galanthus taken 14 March 2024 in Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden. 59°19'36.3"N 18°04'54.1"E Msierchio (talk) 19:48, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Galanthus or Galanthus nivalis
Is this article about the genus Galanthus or the species Galanthus nivalis? Parts of the article say one, parts the other, and they both redirect here. - Andre Engels 09:39, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
 * They are two separate things, 'Galanthus' is the species of flower the 'Galanthus Nivalis' is a variety of the species, this should be edited really. We will need as much information on the Galanthuis Nivalis as possible if we are going to make species pages. JMRH6 (talk) 11:55, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * There already is a far more detailed page for Galanthus nivalis, which is linked to from this page where appropriate. (By the way, Galanthus is actually the genus, and Galanthus nivalis is the species.) The top parts of both pages look similar, but they don't (or shouldn't) redirect to this page. SiGarb | (Talk) 00:37, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

List of species
The list of species is obsolete. It has to be adapted according to A.P. Davis, as I did on fr.wiki and nl.wiki. --Réginald (To reply) 11:51, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ It has been updated to the list in the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Peter coxhead (talk) 09:23, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

How to look after snowdrops
I found some snowdrops in my garden earlier this year, and was wondering if somebody could give me advice on how to look after it. Not sure if any instruction on the matter belongs in the article, but I figued this was a good place to ask! - Jim Michael 11:53, 3 February 2012


 * They don't really need much looking after. Don't meddle with the leaves after flowering; they will die down in early summer – try to remember where they were so you don't dig them out by mistake! If you need to move them, or split them up if the clumps get too congested, many books say do so "in the green", i.e. when the leaves are still on them, but more scientific sources say this is wrong; they are better moved when the leaves have died down – however they are then hard to find. I generally try to move mine when the leaves are yellow but still there so I can see where the bulbs are. The bulbs don't like being dried out; unlike say tulips, snowdrops are woodland bulbs.  So if you dig up the bulbs, replant them straight away. Most kinds like good light in early Spring when they flower, but appreciate shade later – under a deciduous shrub can be a good place. Peter coxhead (talk) 11:27, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Traditional uses
In the Caucasus elder people often eat a small amount of Galanthus bulbs for health reasons.-- 178.115.249.147 (talk) 21:39, 27 May 2012 (UTC)


 * This should be added to the article, if a reliable source can be found as personal knowledge is not enough for Wikipedia. Peter coxhead (talk) 00:10, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Addition re lectin
The following was recently added to the article: "Notes from the book, Seeds of Deception by Jeffrey M. Smith, Page 17. 'Most critical among his mistakes was the type of lectin the research team had used. They had engineered a potato to produce a lectin from the snowdrop plant, called GNA, known to be completely harmless to rats and humans.  The lectin James described, however, was concanavalin A---a well known toxic immune suppressant." Although this may well be relevant to the request for citations, it's not in a suitable format for a Wikipedia article, and I don't have access to the book to sort it out. If anyone does, please add back appropriately. Peter coxhead (talk) 13:30, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Colesbourne Park
I am reverting the deletion of this link, which is an important place in the history of the genus and contains important information on Galanthus and Elwes in particular.--Michael Goodyear (talk) 15:20, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
 * content is now fine, with an independent source. thx Jytdog (talk) 16:54, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Clades
I know of no rule that italicises Clades, so I am reverting this edit. The clade names are reproduced as per the original source. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 22:29, 23 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Says Manual of Style/Text formatting "Italicise all lower ranks (taxa)", and that is from genus level down. However I have to admit, I thought the tree concerned species, so I was wrong to delete the capitals. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 17:52, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Precisely - clades are neither taxa nor ranks Michael Goodyear (talk) 00:27, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I have a different opinion, clades are taxa of an undefined rank, and these clades certainly are below the rank of genus. So, the rules for such lower taxa apply. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 17:04, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * asked me to have a look at this discussion. Clades are certainly taxa in sense of the ICN's rather vague definition of a taxon as a "taxonomic group". However, they aren't a rank.
 * Rønsted et al. aren't actually providing true clade names, which would be uninomials, able to be used alone. They use terms like "the elwesii clade", "the ikariae clade". These are like "the primrose family", where "primrose" alone can't be used to mean the family. By itself, "elwesii" isn't a clade name. So actually, the issue of italicizing or not a clade name below genus doesn't arise. I would follow the formatting of the source, which is non-italic. Peter coxhead (talk) 21:32, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks Peter, that settles it. Dwergenpaartje (talk) 19:04, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

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Obvious questions left after reading the article:
How do they survive such cold temperatures? Which insects are alive when the start to bloom? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:108C:86C0:A1FB:1842:503D:7595 (talk) 12:55, 7 February 2019 (UTC)