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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:06, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Astilbe chinensis

 * ... that despite its scientific name meaning "dull", Chinese astilbe was celebrated as the most important new hardy perennial by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1902? Source: "Genus name comes from the Greek words a meaning without and stilbe meaning brightness in reference to the dull leaves of some species."  Source: "In that year it was referred to as 'the most important hardy perennial introduced during the past few years' and five years later a French horticultural journal was still equally enthusiastic." (Lauener 1996)
 * Reviewed: Geology of China

5x expanded by Surtsicna (talk). Self-nominated at 00:10, 14 April 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. I would advocate not using the image in the nomination because it represents Astilbe rubra, which may or may not be the same species. I have changed the wording in the hook from "garden plant" to "hardy perennial" to reflect the source and article. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:06, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The current consensus is that Astilbe rubra is the same species as Astilbe chinensis, as noted in the article. I think the image would do well, especially since images of plants are rarely seen in DYK. Surtsicna (talk) 09:16, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg Hi, I came by to promote this, but according to the source the name doesn't mean "dull", but "without brightness". Yoninah (talk) 20:27, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Hi, Yoninah. Isn't "dull" the same as "not bright"? Surtsicna (talk) 20:31, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * "Dull" could also be "not shiny". I added the actual definition to the article. You could say in the hook:
 * ALT0a: ... that despite a scientific name referring to its dull leaves, Chinese astilbe was celebrated as the most important new hardy perennial by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1902? Yoninah (talk) 20:48, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * That looks good too! Surtsicna (talk) 21:02, 26 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Thank you. I changed "dullness" to "dull leaves". Restoring tick for ALT0a per Cwmhiraeth's review. Yoninah (talk) 21:07, 26 May 2019 (UTC)