Talk:Wisteria

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Deleted spam link Dominicanpapi82 00:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Genus

It says here the genus was named after Daniel Wister who helped underwrite the voyage of the American commercial vessel Empress of China. However, it seems the botanist Thomas Nuttall named the genus Wisteria in honour of Caspar Wistar. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Wistar_%28physician%29 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.25.87.70 (talk) 22:18, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Previous versions of this page also attributed the name to Caspar Wistar, and the mention of Daniel Wister was made by IP. Given the original precedent, the lack of a citation, and the anonymous nature of the editor (if I dare), I'm going to restore the original text and hide the Daniel one. I quickly googled one supporting reference that isn't appropriate for the article [1]. - Draeco (talk) 02:26, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Locations?

I understand/accept that wisteria is native to Eastern U.S. but shouldn't something be said for it thriving naturally in Southern regions (like Louisiana, Texas, etc)? Perhaps some maps could be added which identify regional growth of this plant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.3.17.37 (talk) 14:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)