Talk:Astragalus (plant)

message: In the Chinese name, 黄芪, I don't think the second character means "leader."  Wiktionary says it means "celery."  Can someone verify the "yellow leader" translation, as found on various websites?  Otherwise, I'm going to change the wording.  Badagnani 23:49, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation of Chinese name

message: -- The URL below does not work.  A search of the nih.gov website shows the following URL which might be similar and updated.
nih.gov astragalus search
User:AJStadlin 13:00, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources For Medicinal Claims?

message: I spent a frustrating hour in the sandbox today trying to figure out how to make the section edit commands stop bunching up and blocking text. Taxobox and picture throw them off. So I finally blocked them. If you know how to do this right please leave info on my talk page. Trilobitealive (talk) 01:22, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It should work now. Message left on your talk page. Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 02:56, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Cool! Thanks!Trilobitealive (talk) 04:14, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: noeditsection command

message: This one seems like a good candidate for splitting the species list onto its own page. (I'm never sure what exactly is supposed to make a species "selected"-worthy. :-) ). Stan (talk) 16:08, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Species list 

message: This paragraph: "Popularly found in tea or tablet form as an immune system booster, it strengthens general vitality, improves digestion and builds up the body's defense against viruses." is partially copied off the site it uses as reference, which is a restaurant guide. I can't seem to find any scientific backing for these claims. 77.106.141.89 (talk) 14:03, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe you will find a lot of the information on Astragulus, also known as Huang Qi, in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) references.  One such English work is Xie's Chinese Veterinary Herbology, however, understanding it seems to require a basic "systems" knowledge of TCM.  Another search approach has to do with some keyword fraction of the TH1-TH2 ratio, one such book result.  Web search results also seem to show "scholarly articles" that may be of help.  It appears that there is some scientific basis for your quoted sentence, one such is . Gzuufy (talk) 03:23, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

text: None of these remotely meet the requirements of WP:MEDRS. Peter coxhead (talk) 23:14, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Supplement use 

message: The species Astragalus lotoides is broken and just redirects to this page again. I do not know how to fix it, can someone else figure it out? Thanks! Blablabliam (talk) 04:29, 31 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a synonym of Astragalus sinicus; redirected to that article. Peter coxhead (talk) 16:53, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Broken Species Link

message: Does the astragalus plant contain any veins that have a whitish milk in them, like dandelions?    I am having difficulty identifying this plant.    Is the only way of identifying it by waiting for it to bloom?   What time of year does it produce flowers?   216.99.219.135 (talk) 22:14, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Identifying astragalus 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The first line of the article says 4200 species, but gives no reference. Is this a typo for 2400, which is a far more reasonable figure. The Plant List gives 2481 accepted species (here). J. Drobna (2010) gives 2500-3000 (here), L.D. Chaudhary et al. (2008) also say 2500-3000 (here) and M. Schlee et al. (2009) write 2500 (here). Episcophagus (talk) 07:11, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Plants of the World Online here has a much later list than The Plant List. It's tedious to extract long lists from it, unfortunately, but the first 960 entries contain 612 species and 348 synonyms, i.e. 64% species. So if the same proportion applies later, of the 5502 entries, about 3500 should be species. I suspect that neither 2400 nor 4200 are correct, but it's likely that "about 4000" could be. Peter coxhead (talk) 10:47, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: POWO has totals on the genus pages. Here it lists 3328 species. Named hybrids are included, e.g. Astragalus × subbarbellatus. —Hyperik ⌜talk⌟ 13:47, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  4200 species? 

message: The article says that Astragalus onobrychis is the type species of the genus, but gives no reference. According to IPNI the type is Astragalus christianus (link here). Episcophagus (talk) 07:15, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: My understanding is that Astragalus was one of the Linnaean genera involved in the controversy over accepting typifications made under the American Code before it was reconciled with the ICNafp. Most of these were sorted out in this paper but it says of Astragalus "The Subcommittee was unable to obtain enough information ... to make any proposal". So if Rydberg's 1905 typification is accepted, I haven't yet found where and when. I guess we should go with IPNI, but they're not always right. Peter coxhead (talk) 11:25, 14 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Type species? 

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The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 12:53, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Astragalus →  – No clear primary topic.  Talus bone has _bone similar pageviews and similar incoming links  .  A disambiguation page at the base name would serve the reader better. Certes (talk) 11:22, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 28 July 2023