Talk:Broad-leaved tree

Exceptions

Obviously this article does not need to go into all details, but I think it still needs not to contradict facts or other wikipedia articles - and I think there is an issues, exemplified by the species Gingko biloba.

1. The present article says "flowering plants [...] form the clade [...] angiosperms", but in the article Flowering plant, it says "[...] angiosperms [...] include [...] a vast majority of broad-leaved trees [...]". As I read it, "a vast majority" really should be "all" - or is e.g. the gymnosperm Ginkgo in fact also a broad-leaved tree? It is clearly a tree, and has broad leaves. Or is the rather descriptive "Broad-leaved tree" in fact too un-scientific for this question to have an answer?
2. The present article also says "It is one of two general types of trees, the other being a conifer". What "general" means in this sentence is a bit unclear, but the article Tree, while admitting to some ambiguity in the term, says "The majority of tree species are angiosperms or hardwoods. Of the rest, many are gymnosperms or softwood trees; these include conifers, cycads, ginkgophytes and gnetales". Perhaps the present article should say "It is one of the two most common types of trees, the other being conifers", or perhaps: "Together with confiers, broad-leaved trees account for most types of trees"?
3. Let me also mention that ferns according to the article Tree also may be called trees; they are not seed plants, i.e., neither angiosperms nor gymnosperms.

Nø (talk) 12:38, 14 February 2024 (UTC)