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A fact from Koelreuteria dilcheri appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 February2026(check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that after pollination Koelreuteria dilcheri fruits (fossil pictured) likely inflated like a balloon to drift on the wind for dispersal?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. You can locate your hook here. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that Koelreuteria dilcheri fruits (pictured) may have ballooned on the wind and floated in streams?
Source: Wnag et al 2013 "the perfectly globose seeds of Koelreuteria are blown from the high trees and still contained in their light, membranous, bladder-like capsules, so they are dispersed by wind or sometimes by water."
The article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination, I did not find any close paraphrasing, and a QPQ has been provided. The current hook is not DYKHFC-compliant as the "floating in streams" sentences lacks a footnote. More importantly, however, the hook as currently written may not meet DYKINT, as seeds floating in streams may be a "well-duh" statement. I would suggest focusing just on the ballooned aspect, and perhaps give more emphasis on the inflation aspect to connect it to pollination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:03, 20 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
ALT1: ... that after pollination Koelreuteria dilcheri fruits (pictured) likely inflated like a balloon to drift on the wind for dispersal?
@Narutolovehinata5: The seeds don't balloon (and have not been found in the fossils), the fruit capsules which encompass the seeds are what inflate between pollination to maturity and then get carried on the wind. See the modern fruits in the picture.--Kevmin§15:38, 22 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
The descriptivce paper uses both terms, and uses fruit in the title not capsule. The genus produces dry-papery mature fruits that are also called capsule, Fruit is acceptable and more audience approachable.--Kevmin§03:00, 23 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
@Kevmin: before I promote the hook, can you provide the exact part of the source that supports Alt1? I only found "Capsules appear to be inflated in contour", which isn't the same. Barbalalaika 🐌21:05, 9 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
@Barbalalaika:, its the provided Wang et al 2013 in the discussion of Koelreuteria ecology "the perfectly globose seeds of Koelreuteria are blown from the high trees and still contained in their light, membranous, bladder-like capsules, so they are dispersed by wind or sometimes by water." within the "Ecological implications for the fruits and seeds of Koelreuteria" section. As Wang et al clearly establish that the fruits they have just described are within the genus, and show the same inflated capsular morphology as modern Koelreuteria the ecology section is taken to be discussing the fossils and modern species.--Kevmin§14:50, 10 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
Fair enough. I guess I was looking for a statement more explicitly resembling your hook, but you explained your reasoning well. Will promote it later today. Barbalalaika 🐌15:32, 10 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
The article was new enough and long enough at the time of the nomination, I did not find any close paraphrasing, and a QPQ has been provided. The current hook is not DYKHFC-compliant as the "floating in streams" sentences lacks a footnote. More importantly, however, the hook as currently written may not meet DYKINT, as seeds floating in streams may be a "well-duh" statement. I would suggest focusing just on the ballooned aspect, and perhaps give more emphasis on the inflation aspect to connect it to pollination. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 08:03, 20 December 2025 (UTC)
Okay, I think the article as currently written sufficiently clarifies that, so we should be good to go with ATL1. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 01:15, 24 December 2025 (UTC)