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	~~{{b\|}}~~{{b\|Phytanthrope~~}}{{b\|~~}} is a term which refers to someone who identifies as a plant in a human body on an integral and personal level.<ref name="WhatBeingAPhytanthropeIstoMe">{{Website		{{b\|Phytanthrope}} is a term which refers to someone who identifies as a plant in a human body on an integral and personal level.<ref name="WhatBeingAPhytanthropeIstoMe">{{Website
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	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==
	Phytanthrope is a combination of the Greek terms ~~{{b\|}}~~phyton~~{{b\|}}~~, meaning "plant," and ~~{{b\|}}~~anthrope~~{{b\|}}~~, meaning "human" or "man." It was created using such in order to parallel the word [[therianthrope]].<ref name="WhatBeingAPhytanthropeIstoMe" />		Phytanthrope is a combination of the Greek terms phyton, meaning "plant," and anthrope, meaning "human" or "man." It was created using such in order to parallel the word [[therianthrope]].<ref name="WhatBeingAPhytanthropeIstoMe" />

	Previous terminology that has since fallen out of use to refer to plant-identifying individuals includes wereplant<ref name="wereplant">{{Website		Previous terminology that has since fallen out of use to refer to plant-identifying individuals includes wereplant<ref name="wereplant">{{Website

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	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==
	Phytanthrope is a combination of the Greek terms ''phyton'', meaning "plant," and ''anthrope'', meaning "human" or "man." It was created using such in order to parallel the word [[therianthrope]].<ref name="WhatBeingAPhytanthropeIstoMe" />		Phytanthrope is a combination of the Greek terms {{b\|}}phyton{{b\|}}, meaning "plant," and {{b\|}}anthrope{{b\|}}, meaning "human" or "man." It was created using such in order to parallel the word [[therianthrope]].<ref name="WhatBeingAPhytanthropeIstoMe" />

	Previous terminology that has since fallen out of use to refer to plant-identifying individuals includes wereplant<ref name="wereplant">{{Website		Previous terminology that has since fallen out of use to refer to plant-identifying individuals includes wereplant<ref name="wereplant">{{Website

Who-is-Page: Created the page. Included brief definition, some information on the word's makeup and words which existed in the past and referred to the same experience, some groups, and some external links. Couldn't add the image for the phytanthrope symbol.

2022-01-06T18:41:11Z

Created the page. Included brief definition, some information on the word's makeup and words which existed in the past and referred to the same experience, some groups, and some external links. Couldn't add the image for the phytanthrope symbol.

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{{Jargon
|title=Phytanthrope
|coinedby=Darahagh of [[House of Chimeras]]
|wherecoined=[[Werelist]]
|status=Current
|datecoined=February 10, 2013
|partofspeech=noun
|community=otherkin
}}

'''Phytanthrope''' is a term which refers to someone who identifies as a plant in a human body on an integral and personal level.<ref name="WhatBeingAPhytanthropeIstoMe">{{Website
| last = HouseofChimeras
| first = Darahagh
| year = 2013
| title = What Being A Phytanthrope Is To Me
| publisher = houseofchimeras.weebly.com
| url = https://houseofchimeras.weebly.com/personal-phytanthropy.html
| archiveurl = https://archive.ph/BaIvU
| date = January 6, 2022}}</ref> It was first used on a [[Werelist]] thread on Februrary 10, 2013 by Earth Listener of [[House of Chimeras]], and is attributed to Darahagh of their system. <ref>{{Website
| last = HouseofChimeras
| first = Darahagh
| year = 2013
| title = Those That Are Plants - Page 16
| publisher = www.werelist.net
| url = https://www.werelist.net/showthread.php?32464-Those-That-Are-Plants&p=232363#post232363
| archiveurl =
| date = January 6, 2022}}</ref> Phytanthropes may use the alchemical symbol for Earth to represent themselves, often colored green or with a seedling sprouting from the center-most horizontal line.

== Etymology ==
Phytanthrope is a combination of the Greek terms ''phyton'', meaning "plant," and ''anthrope'', meaning "human" or "man." It was created using such in order to parallel the word [[therianthrope]].<ref name="WhatBeingAPhytanthropeIstoMe" />

Previous terminology that has since fallen out of use to refer to plant-identifying individuals includes wereplant<ref name="wereplant">{{Website
| last = Greywolf
| first = Smash
| year = 1995
| title = Stupid question...
| publisher = alt.horror.werewolves
| url = https://groups.google.com/g/alt.horror.werewolves/c/ZEDpEzhCDjA3
| archiveurl =
| date = January 6, 2022}}</ref>, coined on AHWw in 1995, greenkin<ref name="greenkin">{{Website
| last = Qílóra
| first = Dok
| year = 2004
| title = ...What are the Greenkin?...
| publisher = quilora.com
| url = http://qilora.com/GREEN/greenkin_faq.html
| archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060202203738/http://qilora.com/GREEN/greenkin_faq.html
| date = January 6, 2022}}</ref>, coined in 2004, and woodkin, coined on the now-purged Woodkin LiveJournal in 2006.

Plantkin, a portmanteau of “plant” and “otherkin," is often used as a synonym to phytanthrope. Plantkin seems to have been coined in 2004, on the Plant / Green 'Kin LiveJournal.<ref name="plantkin">{{Website
| last = plant_otherkin
| year =2004
| title = Plant / Green 'Kin
| publisher = livejournal.com
| url = https://plant-otherkin.livejournal.com/profile
| archiveurl = https://archive.ph/ZogFg
| date = January 6, 2022}}</ref>

== Communities and groups ==

There have been many groups centered around plant-identifying individuals and the experience of phytanthropy, both in part due to the specificity of the experience as well as because of some of the historical backlash in [[therian]] and [[otherkin]] circles regarding the legitimacy of phytanthrope experiences.

=== Forums ===

==== Plant Your Spirit ====
Plant Your Spirit is a ProBoards forum from 2006 and is the earliest known forum for plant-identifying individuals.<ref name="PlantYourSpirit">{{Website
| last = WeepingTree
| year = 2006
| title = Plant Your Spirit
| publisher = plantkin.proboards.com
| url = https://plantkin.proboards.com/
| archiveurl =
| date = January 6, 2022}}</ref> It was founded by WeepingTree and its last post dates November 27, 2008.

=== Blogs ===

==== Plant / Green Kin ====
Plant / Green Kin is a LiveJournal from 2004 and is the earliest known record of the use of the word "plantkin." It was founded by the Qilora system, and describes itself as "a community for Otherkin who do not believe themselves to be solely related to beings which are best described as part of the "Animal Kingdom", rather they feel a "kinship" with species which are related to members of the Earth's "Plant-Kingdom."" <ref name="plantkin" /> Its last post dates June 16, 2006.

==== Woodkin ====
According to records in the community, Woodkin was a LiveJournal from 2006 that has since been purged.

==== Plantkin Suggestions ====
Plantkin Suggestions is a Tumblr blog from 2016. It was created with an audience of plantkin and plant-enjoying individuals in mind, and included posts based around moodboards, aesthetics, recipes, decor and other item lists, and self care resources.<ref name="PlantkinSuggestions">{{Website
| last = Cyprus
| year = 2016
| title = Plantkin Suggestions
| publisher = plantkinsuggestion.tumblr.com
| url = https://plantkinsuggestion.tumblr.com
| archiveurl =
| date = January 6, 2022}}</ref>

=== Discords ===

==== Plantkin Unite! ====

Plantkin Unite! is a Discord created by the moderator/owner of Plantkin Suggestions.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GxHaZWNWI04MFB9_AJT8jEVVvVxxlVbd/view A Timeline of Plant-Identified People in the Otherkin Communities] by Darahagh of [[House of Chimeras]]
* [https://houseofchimeras.livejournal.com/128446.html Kin to the Plants: Of People Who Identify As Plants] by Darahagh of [[House of Chimeras]]
* [https://houseofchimeras.livejournal.com/141566.html Place For Plants] by Darahagh of [[House of Chimeras]]

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