Talk:Hamamelis × intermedia

Merge with article on witch hazel?
As far as I can see, hamamelis and witch hazel (witch-hazel) are exactly the same plant. However, they have become separated in Wikipedia, with different language versions. Thus there's no Dutch version under 'witch hazel', but there is one under 'hamamelis', and there are German, English, Norwegian and Upper Sorbian versions under both, but they don't match. Finally, there are only 5 language versions under 'hamamelis', and 27 under 'witch hazel'. The two sets of articles have evidently been written by people who were unaware of the other one - a common failing in Wikipedia! Not being a botanist, I have no idea which information is more accurate. I wanted to check if the Dutch plant 'toverhazelaar' and the English 'witch hazel' were the same, and was surprised to find there was no Dutch version of the 'witch hazel' article - then I looked for the Dutch term and discovered it in the 'hamamelis' article.

I've put a similar comment on the talk page for 'witch hazel'.84.243.236.9 (talk) 15:49, 15 February 2019 (UTC)


 * They are not the same. Witch-hazel refers to the genus Hamamelis containing all Hamamelis species. Hamamelis × intermedia is just one species within the genus. Darorcilmir (talk) 18:32, 15 February 2019 (UTC)