User talk:Curtis Clark/Archive 1

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Pecan

Hi Curtis - Carya illinoinensis is correct; see Flora of North America and Letters, HortScience 26(11):1358 for details. - MPF 29 June 2005 17:18 (UTC)

Yes; presumably a typo on the part of IK, though I don't know the full details. - MPF 29 June 2005 17:32 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to thank you for copyediting my plant articles. English not being my native language, I tend to have issues with vocabulary. Circeus

Jimbo Wales to Attend San Diego Meetup on October 18 2005

Hello, Jimbo Wales will be in San Diego to attend OOPSLA and has agreed to come by and visit with the San Diego wikipedians. If you are interested, you will find more info on my talk page. Johntex\^talk 00:54, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

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Nice work fixing the addition to Rancho Cucamonga, California. -Willmcw 21:10, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

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Thank you for fixing the category on Coast live oak. I ran a trial run on AWB, and you got to it before I did. --—Viriditas | Talk 09:45, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks the third

I'm glad you caught out my wrong usage of microgametophytes at male. Could you tell me whether a plant strictly has "male" gametes at all or are microgametophytes the closest cell plants contain? --Oldak Quill 18:03, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Microgametophytes (I prefer the term "male gametophyte", since it's more precise) produce sperm cells, ranging from the dozens or hundreds made by heterosporous lycophytes and ferns to the two produced by most seed plants. A pollen grain is the male gametophyte of a seed plant; in the second stage of its life, the pollen tube, a single nucleus divides to form the two sperm cells. They lack flagella in flowering plants and conifers, but have flagella in ginkgoes and cycads.--Curtis Clark 06:05, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Ah! I didn't realise that plants had sperm, thanks for the info. --Oldak Quill 08:12, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Burs

Everything I found in the first several pages of Google about Burs the ancient people is from Wikipedia or a copy of it. Can you cite a reference?

No, I can't. I didn't write that material; I just edited the page to make it visible.

Because "bur" is a common US spelling of "burr", I would be a lot happier if there were an article about the ancient people and then some disambiguation pages.

Well, it's a wiki, so you can edit it if you want. In my personal opinion, a "see also" should be sufficient, since the Burr article already explains all the other meanings. --Russ Blau (talk) 11:11, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the note on deleting material on user talk pages. I will no longer do that. Dapoloplayer 19:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Guidance appreciated ...

Thank you for your helpful comments on my discussion page ... Ingyhere 09:23, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Need help from a botanic expert

Thank you for sharing the brilliant and techincally excel picture in the Salvia columbariae artice.

Hi! Professor Clark, would you please help me to verify if the picture in the link is Coyote gourd (Cucurbita digitata or palmata)? [1] Also, I would like to know if this species occurs in the Puente Hills Area naturally.

Secondly, I need you help to indentify this beautiful flower in a landscaped lawn.[2] Geographer 08:12, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I think you are right

I was at school when I replied to your comment and at the time I was a little upset about a grade that I had received in my Organic Chemistry test. I know I should not take my frustration on other people. Anyhow, I already requested permition to Cal Poly Pomona's webmaster for the usage of those pictures in Wikipedia. In case the request is denied I understand that the pictures must be deleted as they violate the author's copyright. Lufthmark 28 March 2006 (UTC)