Commons:Deletion requests/File:Adenia subsessilifolia - Palmengarten Frankfurt - DSC01662.JPG
This image is plastered all over the web as one of the few extant for this species, but the plant in the image is an entirely unrelated one! It's clearly a Euphorbia (note the district fruit capsules at some stem tips), and Adenia subsessilifolia doesn't look like anything remotely close to this, apart from not having many leaves. Yes, there is a placard for "Adenia subsessilifolia" at the base of the plant, but botanic gardens aren't perfect and make mistakes, usually quite often for a less-known species like this. Either someone made a huge mistake with their identification, or the existing A. subsessilifolia died, because there aren't any in the photo.
Removal would be appreciated (A. subsessilifolia is very endangered, eventually when a picture is uploaded people will be able to see what it looks like, and know not to trample or destroy them. But this image is misleading and has no relevance. I'll even post an image of a cultivated one if no one else does in the next year or so.) 69.181.158.36 02:48, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
- Hi there - I'm sorry that I have mis-identified whatever plant is in the photo; as you might imagine, I am not a botanist and copied the name from the botanical label that seemed to identify the plant. And I'm even sorrier that the image is "plastered all over the web" if it's incorrect. However, I think that deleting the photo is not the right course of action here. My suggestion would be to edit the text to make it clear that the plant is mis-identified, and then move the photo the the "Misidentified plants" category in hopes that someone can correctly identify it. with best wishes, Daderot (talk) 08:01, 12 August 2017 (UTC)
Kept: no valid reason for deletion. Ruthven (msg) 10:20, 4 September 2017 (UTC)
