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I've just reverted a major edit, so I'll explain why. The changes to the lede section took this from being a page about all the substances that have been called Opopanax to just one, derived from Commiphora erythraea var. glabrescens. Apart from the historical interest, which is extremely significant for this substance, I think it was incorrect to take the statement from the citation that "all production" is from this species to mean that there is no non-commercial use of the other plants. African opopanax is something that the reader may also want to know about. Copyright infringement was also a problem with the edit. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 14:45, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
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The lead section currently says "Historically, opopanax is a gum obtained from the plant Panax" citing the Oxford Latin Dictionary. Such works are not reliable sources of botanical information; identifications of historical accounts of plants and plant products with modern plant names is fraught with difficulty. Panax is an Asian and North American genus, unlikely to have been known to the ancient world. Unless a better source can be found, this statement should be removed. Peter coxhead ( talk) 10:07, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
The Myrrh article seems to me to have a better description of what the sources say about opopanax production from Commiphora spp. A number of resins/gums are produced from these trees, and are distributed under various names. "True" myrrh and "true" modern opopanax may come from particular species, but names are confused in practice. Peter coxhead ( talk) 11:00, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: No comments from other users. ( non-admin closure) Neux-Neux ( talk) 14:04, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Sweet myrrh → bisabol – Both sweet myrrh and opopanax are ambiguous commercial names. The original name bisabol that appears in scientific literature is unambiguous and therefore a better title. Neux-Neux ( talk) 10:44, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
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I've just reverted a major edit, so I'll explain why. The changes to the lede section took this from being a page about all the substances that have been called Opopanax to just one, derived from Commiphora erythraea var. glabrescens. Apart from the historical interest, which is extremely significant for this substance, I think it was incorrect to take the statement from the citation that "all production" is from this species to mean that there is no non-commercial use of the other plants. African opopanax is something that the reader may also want to know about. Copyright infringement was also a problem with the edit. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 14:45, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://books.google.ca/books?id=A8OyTzGGJhYC. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, and according to fair use may copy sentences and phrases, provided they are included in quotation marks and referenced properly. The material may also be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Therefore such paraphrased portions must provide their source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Sminthopsis84 ( talk) 14:45, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
The lead section currently says "Historically, opopanax is a gum obtained from the plant Panax" citing the Oxford Latin Dictionary. Such works are not reliable sources of botanical information; identifications of historical accounts of plants and plant products with modern plant names is fraught with difficulty. Panax is an Asian and North American genus, unlikely to have been known to the ancient world. Unless a better source can be found, this statement should be removed. Peter coxhead ( talk) 10:07, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
The Myrrh article seems to me to have a better description of what the sources say about opopanax production from Commiphora spp. A number of resins/gums are produced from these trees, and are distributed under various names. "True" myrrh and "true" modern opopanax may come from particular species, but names are confused in practice. Peter coxhead ( talk) 11:00, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: No comments from other users. ( non-admin closure) Neux-Neux ( talk) 14:04, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Sweet myrrh → bisabol – Both sweet myrrh and opopanax are ambiguous commercial names. The original name bisabol that appears in scientific literature is unambiguous and therefore a better title. Neux-Neux ( talk) 10:44, 9 September 2020 (UTC)