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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title:Duroia hirsuta
 * Article Evaluation:Topic maintains neutrality and is relevant to the topic much of the time. Introduction lacks completely in citations and are not evenly distributed throughout the article. Two of the citations are specifically relevant to the topic. Article is of low importance but contains room for improvement. Article could discuss specifically which organisms are affected by the release of its toxins. While the interesting symbiotic relationship it shares with ants is described, it does not include the negative impact it has on the tree. Pictures of the tree are not listed on the page. Could also discuss the historical native superstition surrounding this plant. It would attract a lot of interest to this plant. Reproductive/life cycles, plant development, and response to stimulus are possible topics that could be included in this article and would likely be useful information to curious readers.
 * Sources:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Santiago-Madrinan-2/publication/226141252_Identification_of_a_plant_growth_inhibiting_iridoid_lactone_fromDuroia_hirsuta_the_allelopathic_tree_of_the_'Devil's_Garden'/links/00b7d519264fc0a886000000/Identification-of-a-plant-growth-inhibiting-iridoid-lactone-fromDuroia-hirsuta-the-allelopathic-tree-of-the-Devils-Garden.pdf :http://pucedspace.puce.edu.ec/bitstream/handle/23000/919/Ant%20Mutualism%20Increases.pdf?sequence=1

Option 2

 * Article title:Hydnophytum
 * Article Evaluation:Article is short and very general to the phylum this species belongs to. Maintains neutrality without introducing many theoretical observations which tend to surround this phylum. Content is relevant to the topic but could use some specificity on what sets this species apart from the rest of the Myrmecodia. Sources are dispersed evenly throughout the article and contains a good number of citations but does not cite information from two of its five sources. Article is listed as mid-importance. Feel it is necessary to include interesting facts that are unique to this species. Would like to introduce that certain fungi can live inside the cavities of the plant and that their relationship helps both organisms in a mutualistic relationship. Talks about the stimulus the plant receives about the nutrients available in its environment and the evolutionary development in its symbiotic relationship with plants are very interesting and could attract attention to the plant.
 * Sources:https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1978.tb02285.x:

Option 3

 * Article title:Amorphophallus Titanum
 * Article Evaluation:Article is very relevant to the topic but contains a lot of information specifically about the reproductive cycle of the plant. I understand that this information is very relevant because often this plant is found in botanical gardens and more times than not are cultivated rather than found in the wild. Introduction is great in capturing the readers attention but feel that It should also include basic information regarding the plant like where it is native to. Touches a little bit about the habitat the species is found in but feel it could expand more about why the specific environment is so crucial. Hot spots and the influence of climate change could also be discussed and could wake readers to the endangerment many unique plants are in. Increasing global temperatures and forest loss are both factors that are discussed in another article that have to do with its native habitat. The mechanism of how the plant attracts insects for pollination and the plant's metabolism would also be interesting topics that are not covered in the article. Specifically, thermogenesis, which is a widely explored topic for this plant. The author does a good job of maintaining neutrality even while discussing very unique things the plant has over other plants. The article is ranked of low importance but hopefully by expanding on the factors that endanger it, more attention can be brought to this species. Article contains a large number of relevant citations, many from accredited universities.
 * Sources:https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10531-022-02366-0.pdf :https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/45633868/A_torch_in_the_rain_forest_thermogenesis20160514-1710-x3dw4j-libre.pdf?1463282693=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DA_torch_in_the_rain_forest_thermogenesis.pdf&Expires=1702002028&Signature=WSGpEP4SoRf3w5UAL4QKvsPtgRjYlNH-qhrlMGcZEy3k3GqVXJVuchemKx5NF0Vc2oqfOkNKuy7iuQOpLGhOlfJgpiLNCvm1Kkb8XHSLXBXGZP0j~OGHtvVmaHVlWpU~h7W8brVFeXu7JGG5HJlO6xnKsk75eMofP7BWs-BWDFLSBPmhW3VNfkdjeI3fyAOuuUubTOJSw5u1BXJMAHk4i-mVlhZ6b-MMaRljASPeF4o1r27z80XAV29GZo0IvWf747IoLe4xnqrNKtFkovLNm9vsqRQBPaQ3BYjMkBM1YgmjbTT7uVuckFrJDquRds5Zc9xNau2cjenciIKiNXT3Dw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA:

Option 4

 * Article title:Stapelia Gigantia
 * Article Evaluation:Article opens with a strong introduction that gives a brief description of the various names this species possesses but could include the places where this species is native to. Species is a succulent and article could explain briefly about what that means for the plant's structure, lifestyle, and metabolism. The giganticism of the flower would be an interesting topic to discuss and could make way for discussion about its evolutionary adaptations. Different sex phases are also another topic that the article lacks. Author maintains neutrality about the species but is very concise and general. There are a good number of citations but interestingly enough, the citations are numbered increasing in order which makes me question how the author went about conducting his research. Article stays on topic and solely discusses the species. Contains headings in the article that do not include much information. Would reach out to author about possibly filing in these spaces.
 * Sources:https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF01089294.pdf :https://davislab.oeb.harvard.edu/files/davislab/files/davis_et_al_coipb_2008.pdf

Option 5

 * Article title:Nepenthes Atenboroughii
 * Article Evaluation:Article is descriptive and maintains focus on the species. Introduction does a great job at capturing the readers attention about the uniqueness of this plant but could be possibly be unintentionally expressing some bias. the rest of the article is fairly neutral backed up well by its large number of citations. The article does include information about the separate sexes of the species, but perhaps more information on the life cycles, reproductive structures, and development could be discussed. Article does not explain the important symbiotic relationships this plants phylum has and how it is different for this plant. The purpose of such is for Nitrogen uptake through the feces of insects that it attracts. differences in appearance also have an impact on the type of prey it attracts. Hot spots and endangerment of this species are also described by other sources and could improve the relative importance this species is credited for. Article is rated as a B article but feel with some more contributions, this article is already well-written and could climb its way to an A.
 * Sources:https://watermark.silverchair.com/mcac134.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA2MwggNfBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggNQMIIDTAIBADCCA0UGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM2jjtt0anPMHpdN_7AgEQgIIDFt-GXkNzehCy2dJgJVge653rQo6c0bJNysDylLQO5DcXHNesovEFFcTGPiHi3baU3U93FgKqEzgxDAsWwAWFxqnxEm9MJt6DoTLj95AwweksS8wnncNiB0MrAFRjP-_HtTW7jBq7ulobt36aRGr4HPN2Gz9bXyct7RYdHH-zqcYJY8b37UsH3R0ptlzuaeOIl_r9SkNJcTlrwjaWjPNDhC9LE-Vlnksc0A1apanTCC1BVpODnXxxhlXZGubUGaqk4umr-gYOum8zkkNqse8aG0Jt33yA5rYGGW9_LKCRRCFbzOjp4HamLGy992Vc0ECVCNU00VQncnulE0NpMEA5TzPXhojVNRkzNWV9gaMzcxAWBM41YrmLkGpUMUfOMDHPeG6BgGtf2K1xF8ymZmQ6-y3L8eHIZIZnKYBxNyjSL_qfFFoGRWUlHvOWNAy_5WjICO_xheCdAMMDs2UylhLGipIalVArYvqSfPCXTWfpDZeSIMqXWmTwGKKUndNoIH_IxufXKfN39-n1XFBA5MiV5DcmT8iyCCx9LO7YAuvcZVGAXGKTYNHRuV68M4HzQhx5K6SQj9bdrfLcnZ9q_W8-4iHl1Upegn_oROfv0w8JjeZxvAnbxzQFhu3oSienFDlxgmZ-6PSL6ngWVoQ-3A_MkwNHubG7JmHergE1FgbOo_dKIfEM10dbaM_5dSqsKYBja30wPBuJbAyXVHvEfFbmccATLVBh_hcYlHxgAwvl8h-LCD0jqMsZzYqDq-gj8au7bwZk6Ge3pw3lHB49FesUpQVT9QXEqpwrK85lXN4dSwsJq2WPAKAhA9lYTvrFukd1m3a3khwDK7VvDe4Lny0B4ufrEWfNGSouVr1MZ6zPHVb2gvoKjV3w0vSFonGRXBAuZ7ixxqnAk185YWBEEFDt8k3u9T0XUkfGiaOu_1_IsaKSLxYx4lypE2ZSix7d1y1bx8NUsctzbPciNg0dv5BjC5oZB_yd9kIAHU3cTw68I_62dbD_LJI4kOOLvCQjeJ0T-Cdm0_qUMEWRb4GELmGgY_LuDYE64a4: