Talk:Leek

message: A note on the taxonomy of leeks, elephant garlic and kurrat.  While these are treated as separate species in older literature, I am following taxonomists who regard them as cultivars of Allium ampeloprasum, much as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, collards etc. are cultivars of Brassica oleracea. WormRunner 22:49, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a common problem. Historically, cultivated plants were given Latin names as if they were wild species, subspecies or varieties. The modern approach is to use the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) to name cultivated plants. In this spirit, the Plant List follows the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, which does not recognize any subspecies or varieties of Allium ampeloprasum, instead noting that many cultivars are grown. I think that the most authoritative recent sources no longer use Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum, so the article should be changed. Peter coxhead (talk) 11:50, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Taxonomy 

message: Isn't a scallion (green/spring onion) the same thing as a leek? Or is it some kind of a leek?
:No.  See scallion for details. -- WormRunner | Talk 16:48, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, they taste completely different, they only look remotely similar. Does that suffice? --elwood_j_blues (talk) 03:14, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like this is at least partially cleared up - the article now references Scallions both in the main text and the See Also's. Think it's reciprocal too. 77.102.101.220 (talk) 01:12, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Green/spring onions

message: If there is a trivia section why is there no mention of leekspin? Afrobean 05:22, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: leekspin

message: Some clown altered the text to say that the leek was in the same family as oranges and potatoes. The leek is a monocot, for one thing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.59.74.194 (talk) 21:42, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Today it was the same family as Peanut butter and fish :s JiMternet 19:50, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hahaha... I'm no fan of wanton page-vandalism, but that's funny :D 77.102.101.220 (talk) 01:13, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orange for brains 

message: Sorry, that anon edit removing the expert tag was me - forgot to log in.Bridesmill 17:04, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Expert tag

message: Can anyone confirm that there is such a thing?  Otherwise I'll delete the reference.  Rojomoke (talk) 16:07, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Gotta Link 'Em All, y'know? 77.102.101.220 (talk) 01:14, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pickled Leek Pie 

message: Surely that's a typo... it should be "generally over_C_ooked until the late 50s".
(Ahem... sorry :D) 77.102.101.220 (talk) 01:17, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The page says "overlooked", with a citation and other wording to indicate that there is no spelling mistake. This section on the talk page was apparently added in jest. Nadiatalent (talk) 14:05, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Overlooked" for centuries in England? 

message: The leek is a symbol for Wikileak.  You can see Robert Forster handing out leeks while rapping.  Julian Assange is standing in the back.
video link:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKtB_ZepgqI  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.13.80.30 (talk) 19:56, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikileaks 

message: can someone add some details on how leeks produce? I checked the classification family and there are no details. I know they flower but are they wind or insect pollinated? Are both male and female parts open at the same time? Thanks. 
Xerxel (talk) 11:28, 5 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reproduction 

message: when I chop leeks I notice my eyes tear almost as much as for onions. They're of the same genus as Alium cepa. Is that just me, or is that eye irritation a general characteristic leeks share w/ onions? Ken M Quirici 21:25, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eye Irritation 

message: Question: is a cultivar specific to a species? That is one can't have cultivars of a genus. I know dumb question but I'm not a biologist. Ken M Quirici 21:25, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: (I split this off into a separate section as it's a different issue.) Not a dumb question at all; it's actually quite a complicated subject, governed by a set of rules (the ICNCP). A cultivar is just a "cultivated variety". In some cases it is clearly a variety of a species, so it is a cultivar of that species. In other cases, horticulturalists have deliberately crossed species to produce cultivars with desired qualities. Then the cultivar can only be assigned to the genus – the exact mix of species involved may even be unknown. Thus among ornamental alliums, Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation' is considered to be just a good form of the wild species Allium hollandicum, whereas Allium 'Globemaster' is considered to be a hybrid between different species. It's even more messy than that; the plants grown as epiphyllums are hybrids between different genera so it's hard to give them a scientific name at all. Peter coxhead (talk) 07:34, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Cultivar question

message: There have recently been some edits which changed US spellings to British ones, which I have reverted. Following the principles of WP:RETAIN, this article should be in US English – the first substantial edit which made it not a stub was by User:WormRunner here, and his additions are in US English (e.g. "flavor"). So I've added the relevant template to this page. Peter coxhead (talk) 15:25, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  ENGVAR of article 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I've tagged the sentence concerning daffodils and Wales, since it needs a verb and I have no idea what that verb should be. If the article is trying to say that leeks and Daffodils are related and are both culturally significant to the Welsh, then it should say that and provide a source in the form of an inline citation. Matuko (talk) 19:25, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural significance