Talk:Ephedra (genus)

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I was wondering about the caption of the "flowers" of the Ephedra picture at the bottom of the page. Wouldn't these structures be cones and not flowers as Ephedra is a gymnosperm? Dave 18:17, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Fixed--Curtis Clark 04:13, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

For that matter, sporophytes cannot be male (since they produce spores and not gametes) and Ephedra does not produce staminate cones, since, not being a flowering plant, it produces no stamens. Paalexan (talk) 07:45, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

I fixed the "staminate" cone legend. Sporophytes that produce exclusively seeds or pollen are often called female and male. Even though this is technically incorrect, it is in wide usage. Most botanists understand what is meant, and a nonbotanist would not find "microsporangiate plant" any more illuminating.--Curtis Clark (talk) 04:33, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Can someone figure out why the reginalia image doesn't work? We uploaded it to the commons, it should be fine. Maury 18:56, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

What is its URL in Commons? I can't find it with a search.--Curtis Clark 04:35, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Image:ephedra_regalia.jpg Maury 12:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

It's a capitalization issue; the correct link is Image:Ephedra regalia.JPG.--Curtis Clark 13:24, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Sigh. Five years in and we still have capitalization problems! Maury 12:09, 10 August 2007 (UTC)