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Explanation of adding Leonhard in addition to Leonhart
editI added Leonhard to the first sentence as an alternative to Leonhart. Google shows about a 2:1 preference for Leonhart.Fuchs over Leonhard.Fuchs. Even though Leonhard could be considered "wrong," it is quite commonly spelled that way, at least in English sources (I cited an encyclopedia as a source), so I think it's worth mentioning in the article (though maybe less prominently than the first sentence). The alternate spelling may aid searches (although Leonhard Fuchs is already a redirect here), and it may help readers who want to search for more information about him, so they'll know to look for both spellings of his name. I assume Leonhard is just an anglicization, but I don't know for sure, and can't find a source for that. If someone can source it, perhaps the sentence could read "sometimes anglicized as Leonhard Fuchs" rather than just "sometimes Leonhard Fuchs." -Agyle 09:20, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
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Fuchsia color
editThis article makes the somewhat ridiculous claim that the magenta dye fuchsine was named for the "increasing popularity of the genus Fuchsia" and yet "irrelevant of the actual colors of any flowers in the genus Fuchsia". It's cited, apparently (I can't read French), but it's self-contradictory on its face... isn't it? 73.189.133.220 (talk) 14:35, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
- Related: where is the source for the following:
It is sometimes thought that the color fuchsia is also named for Fuchs, but that derives from fuchsine, an early trade name for the dye rosaniline hydrochloride, which produces a brilliant pink-purple color.
- Fuschia claims that the color is actually named after the plant. SorghumBean (talk) 04:20, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
- I rewrote that section to say that the color is indirectly named after Fuchs. The French source says that fuchsine was named after the color of Fuchsia flowers in addition to the pun of Renard/Fuchs/fox. —howcheng {chat} 07:37, 11 May 2022 (UTC)