Talk:Banksia scabrella/GA1

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Reviewer: Ucucha 05:29, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've claimed this review and will be leaving comments over the next few days. Ucucha 05:29, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"the four species was unclear."—which four? If the fourth is telmatiaea, it's said to be basal, so the relationship between the four shouldn't be unclear. Also, paragraph needs a cite (presumably to Thiele and Ladiges '96).

~~I don't have the paper with me right now but it was the four forms (two of which are the two subsp of~~ ~~leptophylla)~~ - I think it was that the morphology wasn't as clear cut as some other clades. ~~Will double check on this tonight, and~~ yes the ref is the right one Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:48, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, the authors came up with a tree but the nodes of the clade were not strong, so the strongest evidence is for the cladogram presented, however, another part of the paper notes that B. lanata turns up as sister taxon for B. leptophylla var. leptophylla rather than var. melletica, but notes the former subpsecies is simply larger in all parts, and also notes the node weakness so doesn't make a case for splitting leptophylla's two subspecies into seprate species. Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:47, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"The average annual rainfall is around 450 mm (18 in)"—where?

'over its range' added Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:48, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"although banksia flowerheads in general play host to a variety of birds, mammals and insects."—please cite (or perhaps claim common knowledge)

It is pretty common knowledge but will hunt down the most appropriate cite. Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:48, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The lead could grow a little, and you have some stubby paragraphs here and there that could be combined.

Ucucha 17:51, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good enough now, so I'm passing it as a GA. For FAC, the lead should still be a bit longer, I think, and I'm not sure why you list The Banksia Atlas separately under "References". Ucucha 15:52, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]