Talk:Trunk (botany)

Trunk (botany) has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: April 19, 2025. (Reviewed version).

Query

Isn't trunk more a horticultural and gardening term than a botanical one? A main trunk marks the dirrerence between a small tree and a large shrub in gardening practice. Wetman 03:51, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Trunk/Stem

Having come across a confusing puzzle in the Pando article and the Quaking Aspen article, I'm trying to figure something out. What's the distinction between a trunk and a stem? Is a trunk a specialized stem, or an entirely different structure? Geofferic ^T•_C✡ 04:01, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would recommend this page should be a subsection of the plant stem page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_stem). A trunk is just a woody stem. Ggmcnickle (talk) 21:30, 18 January 2017 (UTC

Possible Biologarphy

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"Xylem and Phloem | Basic Biology". Basic Biology. Retrieved 2018-02-11. Etchells, J. Peter; Mishra, Laxmi S.; Kumar, Manoj; Campbell, Liam; Turner, Simon R. (2015-04-20).

"Wood Formation in Trees Is Increased by Manipulating PXY-Regulated Cell Division". Current Biology. 25 (8): 1050–1055. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.023. ISSN 0960-9822. PMC 4406943 . PMID 25866390. Boerjan, Wout (June 2003).

"Lignin Biosynthesis". Annual Review of Plant Biology. 54:519-546 – via Annual Review.

Fiebach, Klemens; Grimm, Dieter (2000). Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. doi:10.1002/14356007.a23_073/full. ISBN 9783527306732.

Birx, H. James (2010-06-10). 21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781452266305.

Ferrenberg, Scott (February 2014). "Smooth bark surfaces can defend trees against insect attack: resurrecting a 'slippery' hypothesis". Functional Ecology. 28 – via British Ecology Society. Rebek, E. (2008).

"Interspecific Variation in Resistance to Emerald Ash Borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Among North American and Asian Ash (Fraxinus spp.) [2008]". Environmental entomology – via Food and Agronomy Organization of the united states.

Brockerhoff, E (November 2017). "Ecology of forest insect invasions". BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS. 19.

Hashemi, Hosein. "Symptoms and fungi associated with elm trees decline in Iran". EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH. 136: 857–879 – via Web of Science.

Tulik, Mirela (April 2017). "Anatomical and genetic aspects of ash dieback: a look at the wood structure". IFOREST-BIOGEOSCIENCES AND FORESTRY. 10: 522–528 – via Wed of Science.

Algeo, TJ (January 1998). "Terrestrial-marine teleconnections in the Devonian: links between the evolution of land plants, weathering processes, and marine anoxic events". PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 353: 113–128 – via Web of Science.

Frazie25 (talk) 05:38, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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GA review

Passed. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 11:03, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:Trunk (botany)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Dracophyllum (talk · contribs) 06:44, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Alexeyevitch (talk · contribs) 07:37, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was delighted to see this page rewritten after seeing it show up on my watchlist. :-) Keen to review! Alexeyevitch^(talk) 07:37, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	In angiosperms annual rings are also influenced by... - comma after "angiosperms" Done. The principle factor that effects - spelling Done There are several mechanism - add "s" done In trees it involves the movement of energy away - comma done CWD's ecological value is extensive as - ditto done ... in may languages. - many? yes. done. There is both evidence that exogenous... - I feel like this could have better flow. changed to There is evidence to suggest that exogenous cytokinins both stimulate and do not stimulate cambial growth rates There are countless other medicinal uses of trunks and barks - I feel like "many other" is more formal. done depending on in what concentration it is found - rm "in" changed to depending on its concentration OK.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.	Names of continents, countries, and common stuff should generally not be wlinked per MOS:OL delinked Suggest adding: `{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2025}}` and `{{Use New Zealand English\|date=April 2025}}` or anything else you prefer :-) done. Suggest adding link to Commons.
2. Verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.	Reference layout is sufficient and article consistently uses sfn refs. Passed.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).	Turner et al. 2023 appears to have an sfn error. fixed All references appear to be reliable. Passed.
	2c. it contains no original research.	Will begin spotchecking... [9] - no access but assuming good faith [18] - ditto [27] - ditto [36] - good [45] - no access but assuming good faith [54] - good [63] - good [72] - good [81] - couldn't access but assuming good faith Overall, looks good. Passed.
	2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.	Earwig is clear.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.	Could there be some coverage about Moriori, and possibly Māori? e.g. carvings, waka building, making weapons. I've added the Moriori bit and mention canoes, but i don't think there is anything super remarkable about the relationship between Māori and wood, at least with respect to other indigenous cultures. Draco phyllum 10:20, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply] Well... I learned the timber from some endemic trees are of great importance to Māori, and were used for crafting weapons, building canoes, and whakairo rakau. This could be added later (and it's not required for GA) other than that, this article has good comprehensiveness. Passed. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 10:36, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).	No issues.
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.	No issues here.
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.	Article is stable and free of edit wars. Passed.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.	File:雀榕 Ficus superba var. japonica 20210717091156 20.jpg Y File:Adansonia grandidieri04.jpg Y File:Woody Dicot Stem One Year Quercus (35678970992) (cropped).jpg Y File:Eucalyptus deglupta. Rainbow Eucalyptus - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg Y File:Stamm-en-text40pt.svg Y File:Поперечный срез стебля Ginkgo biloba.jpg Y File:Tree secondary growth diagram.svg Y File:Dynamic Tree Model.svg Y File:Bird canada nest log (23797052873).jpg Y File:Mossy logs - geograph.org.uk - 109919.jpg Y File:Epiphytes costa rica santa elena.jpg Y File:Leopard Tree AdF.jpg Y File:Tilia tomentosa coupe MHNT.jpg Y File:Pollaiolo, Piero del - Apollo and Daphne.jpg Y File:Tree trunk carving - geograph.org.uk - 7021207.jpg Y File:S'G̱ang Gwaay Llanagaay 6311.jpg Y File:Chatham Island Tree Carving.JPG Y All licenses have been verified. Passed.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	All images are encyclopedic and have sufficient captions. Passed.
	7. Overall assessment.	Passed.

- I've added a sentence on the Moriori. Draco phyllum 08:18, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  - Alright... that's all from me... this is a really well-organized and well-formatted article, congrats on getting this to GA @Dracophyllum:. Keep up the good work you've been doing recently. :-) Alexeyevitch^(talk) 10:59, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in parts of India, North America, and Africa, people marry tree trunks?

Source: https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fs0378-1127%2802%2900525-x On Page 39

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Yaelokre
Comment: Bit of a tongue in cheek DYK, as "marriage" is purely a spiritual exercise in this context.

Improved to Good Article status by Dracophyllum (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 5 past nominations.

Draco phyllum 11:34, 19 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

The page was promoted to GA recently enough. WP:EARWIG turns up no copyvios. QPQ is done. The hook is short, interesting, and really funny. I don't have access to the hook source, so I will assume good faith. Looks good to me! ArtemisiaGentileschiFan (talk) 13:08, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

- Source quote: "• Symbolic “marriages” between humans and trees (the person touches the tree trunk for a period of time, usually a number of hours) have been recorded in the Punjab and Himalaya regions of India, among Sioux Indians in North America and among some sub-Saharan African tribes." Draco phyllum 20:47, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]