Talk:Paleoallium

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A fact from Paleoallium appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 March 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that while named for alliums, the fossil Paleoallium (pictured) was not necessarily directly related to any allium species?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/March. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Paleoallium.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 13:20, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Paleoallium billgenseli scape and floretes

... that propagation in the fossil amaryllis relative Paleoallium (pictured) may have been with floods or pollinators? Source: Pigg, Bryan, & DeVore 2018 "Why Produce a Combination of Bulbils and Flowers? paragraphs 2 & 3"
- ALT1: ... that while named for alliums, the fossil Paleoallium (pictured) was not specifically named as directly related to any allium species? Source: Pigg, Bryan, & DeVore 2018 "Establishment of New Taxon: For our model, we illustrate Allium cepa var. proliferum, known as the Egyptian walking onion (figs. 1I, 2E, 3A, 4F); however, we do not imply a direct relationship to this or another particular modern species."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Crassispira incrassata

Created by Kevmin (talk). Self-nominated at 03:01, 4 February 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Paleoallium; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

for ALT1's hook, I'm not sure about accepting the ALT0 hook since it appears to suggest asexual adaptations to floods, not necessarily that they propagate as a direct result of floods. PrimalMustelid (talk) 11:25, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]