Template:Did you know nominations/Erythranthe cuprea


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:27, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Erythranthe cuprea

 * ... that copper flowers (pictured) grow in Chile? Source: "which is usually a coppery orange" and "in the foothill region of central Chile"
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Clam Lake Canal
 * Comment: Moved from user space to article space 14 Feb 2017. NOTE: this species was previously called Mimulus cupreus so the older sources will say that instead of Erythranthe cuprea.

Created by HalfGig (talk). Self-nominated at 18:38, 14 February 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Nominated same day it was moved to main namespace, and just over 1500 bytes, satisfying length and date criteria. The source text refers to "petal lobe anthocyanin pigmentation" polymorphism, but the article only states "petal lobe polymorphism"; is there a reason for the use of the more general statement? Can you clarify the term "duplication" in the quotation; is this gene duplication or chromosomal duplication? (Perhaps remove the quotation, rephrase, and provide a link for duplication and "trans-regulatory mechanism".) In "Its characteristics in nectar and petal shape...", the source refers more specifically to "corolla", not just petal; should this be mentioned in the text? I've added several links to the article - can you please ensure they are correct, and if not, update them? Image is properly licenced and created by uploader, and is suitable at the scale needed for DYK. Hook is short and cited, but I don't think it will generate many views for the article. Perhaps you can mention other species that have cyanidin (with ref, of course), or perhaps that the colouration is derived by a different mechanism from other species in the genus. Mind  matrix  00:56, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Forgot to mention, QPQ completed, and I will AGF for the three sources I cannot access. Mind  matrix  00:58, 15 February 2017 (UTC)


 * I've made some edits related to the polymorphism and the duplication. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 02:56, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Pls review again. I asked the expert Sminthopsis84 to bail me out again. I'm having trouble of thinking of other hooks that aren't too technical.  HalfGig   talk  03:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * ALT1 ... that copper flowers (pictured) can be yellow in Chile?
 * ALT2 ... that copper flowers (pictured) are sometimes yellow? HalfGig   talk  01:09, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg All text in article is OK, with the exception of "rather than the far more common yellow-colored Monkey-flowers" that I didn't catch earlier; the article Erythranthe states "Most species in the genus have red or pink petals but there is a group with yellow petals called yellow monkeyflowers" (it is sourced to the Cooley ref also used in this article). Could you tweak the wording of this sentence for better accuracy. Hooks are short and cited, but I just don't think they'd generate many clicks - there are many yellow flowers, and many flowers in Chile. What's distinctive about this plant? How about mentioning that unlike other yellow monkeyflowers, this one is usually a coppery colour? Or that its colour is caused by a water-soluble pigment? Or it has a high degree of self-pollination? Mind  matrix  15:29, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * tweaked wording.
 * ALT3 ...that because of a water-soluble pigment, Erythranthe cuprea (pictured) has copper-colored flowers instead of the more common red and yellow flowers found in its genus?     HalfGig   talk  17:23, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg All issues addressed. Good to go for ALT3, which I think is the best hook of the bunch. Mind  matrix  17:48, 17 February 2017 (UTC)