Template:Did you know nominations/Boykinia richardsonii

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The result was: promoted by Aoidh (talk) 19:52, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Boykinia richardsonii

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Boykinia richardsonii

... that Boykinia richardsonii's (pictured) popularity with grizzly bears in Denali National Park and Preserve has earned it the common name "bearflower"? Source: "Grizzly bears love to frequent these shrub-covered landscapes for bearflowers, also known as Richardson’s brookfoam (Boykinia richardsonii)." "Interpreting Denali's Landcover Types with Fabric", U.S. National Park Service
- ALT1: ... that although specimens of Boykinia richardsonii (pictured) from the Brooks Range have more than twice the chromosomes as those from the Alaska Range, the only difference is the size of their pollen? Source: "Plants from the arctic slope of the Brooks Range have been counted as 2n=84 (Johnson & Packer, 1968), and as 2n=c. 84 (Packer & McPherson, 1974). However, plants from the Alaska Range have been counted as 2n = 36 (Knaben, 1968). This situation needs confirmation and deserves further study, especially with regard to glaciated vs. unglaciated retions. Plants from the two areas are indistinguishable except in that pollen equatorial diameters from Brooks Range plants are statistically larger than they are in plants from the Alaska Range", Richard A. Gornall and Bruce A. Bohm, " "A monograph of Boykinia, Peltoboykinia, Bolandra and Suksdorfia", 1985
- ALT2: ... that although Boykinia richardsonii (pictured) evolved in temperate Alaskan forests, it is found today mainly on the tundra? Source: "It is almost certainly a Tertiary relic, surviving the Pleistocene glaciations isolated in the unglaciated regions of Alaska and the Yukon (Fig. 77; Hulten, 1968). The species grows in stream-side gullies and snow-bed grassland communities in protected depressions where snow lies frequently into mid-June. It can be found in the open or in the partial shade of various Salix species"
- ALT3: ... that Boykinia richardsonii (pictured) survived the Last Glacial Period because some of the regions of the Arctic where it is found were unglaciated? Source: Same as ALT3. Also "Some of the shrubby and herbaceous plants that are now restricted to open bogs, riparian, and well-drained upland habitats (e.g. Boykinia richardsonii, Figure.5) are remnants of this late Tertiary forest, which extended from arctic North America to Asia prior to the Quaternary glaciations", "Rare Vascular Plants of the North Slope", p. 5; U.S. Bureau of Land Management
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Moved to mainspace by Daniel Case (talk). Self-nominated at 23:07, 9 February 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Boykinia richardsonii; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

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Cited: - question
Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Daniel Case: Good article. But I'm not sure about the quotes provided to cite hook alt2. It doesn't explicitly state that it evolved in temperate alaskan forests. Onegreatjoke (talk) 23:42, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

@Onegreatjoke: The quote from ALT3 supports that ... I should have used it first. Daniel Case (talk) 04:56, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Approving I guess. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:26, 15 February 2023 (UTC)