Template:Did you know nominations/Lomatium erythrocarpum
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The result was: promoted by Allen3 talk 13:54, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
Lomatium erythrocarpum[edit]
- ... that the redfruit desertparsley (pictured) is a wild carrot found only on the Blue Mountains of Oregon?
- Reviewed: Ed Conwell
Created/expanded by IceCreamAntisocial (talk). Nominated by Rcej (talk) at 09:33, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
More or less acceptable as is, although I have a few comments:
- Is it common practice in species articles to use metric measures first and then the customary equivalents in parentheses? Since it's about a plant found only in the US the usage would usually be opposite (the Center for Plant Convservation page from which most of the info has been taken does it that way, I noticed).
- Thx for reviewing!
Usually, on Wikipedia we just tend to stick with the units the author of the article uses:) Rcej (Robert) – talk 02:30, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
- Uh, no. WP:UNIT says that metric is supposed to be used in science articles. So this is correct, but not for the reason you believe. Daniel Case (talk) 04:37, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
- Thx for reviewing!
- There could be more than just an able recitation of the facts of the plant. The source notes it's "the only species of Lomatium in the Pacific Northwest that grows on south-facing slopes at high elevations" and also explains why the USFWS doesn't consider it to be even a threatened species despite its rarity.
Of course, eventually, I'm sure we'll be able to use the cited journal articles as additional sources. Daniel Case (talk) 18:03, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
- There could be more than just an able recitation of the facts of the plant. The source notes it's "the only species of Lomatium in the Pacific Northwest that grows on south-facing slopes at high elevations" and also explains why the USFWS doesn't consider it to be even a threatened species despite its rarity.