Talk:Watercress

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[edit] Thanks

Seglea, thanks so much for the added table and corrections to the watercress entry. - Plautus

[edit] Integration

Shouldnt this article be integrated with Rorippa? Isnt watercress simply the english name for this genus? Or is watercress only applied to Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum and Rorippa microphylla? TeunSpaans 07:18, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Watercress is the English common name for several species of aquatic plants grown for food. Rorippa microphylla was Nasturtium microphyllum but has (1998) more recently been placed back in Nasturtium. I believe this also is true for R. nasturtium-aquaticum, now in Genus Nasturtium - Marshman 17:18, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) Until taxonomy settles down, maybe should be kept separate from Nasturtium (scientific name) - Marshman
Rorippa seems to be the correct genus, at least for the USDA database. and I agree that two articles are confusing and they should be merged.
ITC as of 12 SEP 2007 - "Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek -- accepted -- watercress" Raggz 16:22, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
It would be great to have a Watercress Article - the cooking, nutrition and such remaining. There should only be one botanical article - Rorippa. ALL scientific names should be referenced in Watercress, and for now, without asserting a preference. There should be one article for the taxonomic issues.

[edit] Food Value Title

If there are no objections I'd like to change the "Food Value" title to something more formal such as "Nutritional Value". Also, I found this link

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17284750&query_hl=6&itool=pubmed_docsum

that I'd like to mention under the aforementioned heading. If someone else wants to do it though, I have no problems with it.24.83.178.11 08:31, 11 February 2007 (UTC)KnowledgeSeeker

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