Talk:Tuber

message: What is the difference between a stolon and a rhizome? Is a stolon above ground? Or can it be underground? Is it an above or under ground runner? Can a rhizone be above ground? Is a stolon a kind of rhizome? Or are they different? 88888 20:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Stolon

message: For those of you in New England who pronounce the above word as "Tuber," please note the inablility to produce low tones with one of these ;-) Weyandt 20:26, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tuba

message: tubers are weird i dont know why he he he? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.171.207.171 (talk) 21:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  tubers are cool 

message: What is the difference between a tuber and corm? Does taro root qualify as a tuber or a corm? Thanks. ChildofMidnight (talk) 08:04, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: there is a see also section that was moved to the bottom, that touches on corms with a link to that page: Corm – modified stems covered by dry scale-like leaves called a tunic, differing from true bulbs by having distinct nodes and internodes.  Taro is a tuber, it doe not have the dry leaf sheaths that typicality set apart corms. If you think we should cover the differences in more detail, let me know and I can add a section that compares and contrasts corms verses tubers.  Hope this helps. Hardyplants (talk) 10:56, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The distinction as stated in the article is not helpful: whether and how corms differ from true bulbs is not the issue here.  According to  the differences between tuber and corm are that tubers have no specific basal section from which roots grow (so corms are oriented, while stem tubers are not), and that tubers do not have tunics.  However, this does not appear to be an authoritative reference.  Could someone provide a clear distinction, with a better reference? Ott2 (talk) 18:37, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Tuber v. corm

message: What is up with them? Are they stem tubers or root tubers?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.172.66 (talk) 10:53, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Carrots (domesticated) are merely enlarged 'tap roots' which act as food storage for the plant's re-emergence in the next growing season to produce seed and die. They are not 'tubers' or stolons. New&originalusername (talk) 23:38, 9 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Root tubers are usually defined, as in the article, as modified lateral roots, whereas storage tap roots, as in carrots, are not lateral. But it's not clear to me that this is really a fundamental difference, nor that the terms are always used consistently. (See also the material at Storage organ.) Peter coxhead (talk) 12:33, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

text: The French article has (in intro) that "La carotte est un tubercule d'hypocotyle, c'est-à-dire un tubercule formé en partie par l'hypocotyle et en partie par la région supérieure de la racine, et qui s'est tubérisé" --Jerome Potts (talk) 17:47, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately the reference given for this statement is very vague and doesn't have a hyperlink. The Flora of China and the Flora of Pakistan simply say a "taproot". It could be a "storage hypocotyl" (see Storage organ), but at present I can only say that reliable sources I can access all call it a taproot. Peter coxhead (talk) 18:12, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What about carrots? 

message: I added the main page for potatoes. LoLegion (talk) 08:21, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added Main Page For Potatoes 

message: Unfortunately, my botany definitions aren't good enough, otherwise I could make all the corrections myself - but for starters, sweetpotatoes are not tubers - they are storage roots.  Tubers are modified stems.  I believe "tuberous root" is a misnomer.
:See the last sentence of the lead section. In botany, it's frequently the case that terms are used differently in different sources, and there are sources that restrict "tuber" to "stem tuber". But equally there are very reliable sources that do not. Thus The Kew Plant Glossary includes both stem and root tubers under "tuber", saying "a swollen root or branch of a root ... (root-tuber)". Peter coxhead (talk) 06:02, 22 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  This article is inaccurate 

message: I note that the introduction to the article, violated NPV rules. It used the phrase "some sources" and "treat" in a way that clearly implied that roots are not "real" tubers. No matter what the case. if the definition is in dispute, then this article needs to report both definitions in a neutral way. It should not choose sides. I edited this to make it neutral. Nick Beeson (talk) 12:35, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I see that another editor has undone your changes; I would have done so too. The lead summarizes the article and does so neutrally: some sources require tubers to be stem-derived; others do not. A source for each view is presented below in the article. Peter coxhead (talk) 13:07, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terminology