Template:Did you know nominations/Banksia speciosa

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The result was: promoted by Allen3 ^talk 14:54, 3 May 2013 (UTC).

Banksia speciosa

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... that whole populations of Banksia speciosa (pictured) have perished from Phytophthora cinnamomi dieback in Western Australia?

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Hurricane Joanne (1972)

5x expanded by Casliber (talk), Hesperian (talk). Nominated by Casliber (talk) at 21:12, 1 May 2013 (UTC).

Length (>5x expansion), date verified. Hook's offline ref accepted AGF. All non-lead paragraphs have refs; all refs appear to be RS. No apparent close paraphrasing issues. QPQ done. Interesting hook and its length is fine. Gtg. --Rosiestep (talk) 05:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)