Talk:Hypericum perforatum (flowering tops)

Revision as of 23:14, 26 March 2013

Hi all, I just did a bunch of changes, jumping back and forth. Sorry if it caused confusion in the page's register, this was my training session. =) A couple of points I do want to bring up: I moved the Alkemist's voucher pictures to "Botanical entries" section, as I believe that's where they should belong. We should really discuss this, once and for all: what goes into botanical entries and what goes into macroscopic entries? Perhaps, it is a topic that needs to be clarified at one of the upcoming general teleconferences. My personal opinion is that vouchers should be in the botanical section, views of whole plant should be in the botanical section, and any pictures of fresh whole plant parts should be in the botanical section. It would be good to point out some distinguishing characters of the plant (this refers to any section) to make the illustrations somewhat more informative. Otherwise, you can't really tell from this voucher if it is Hypericum perforatum or Hypericum maculatum, for example. I mean, if we go into botanical ID, we should at least do it well, otherwise it becomes a bunch of pretty pictures with little real value. This applies to any other section just as well. As for macroscopic entries, they, in my opinion, should include images of raw material as it is received by manufacturers or circulated commercially. Thanks! Pavel AHP

I also updated a bit the botanical description.