Template:Did you know nominations/Croton alabamensis

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The result was: promoted by Launchballer talk 22:07, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Croton alabamensis

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Alabama croton flower

... that the Alabama croton is related to plants found in Cuba and is cultivated at the Mt. Cuba Center in Delaware?

Source: X, 1034436770698604544: "Alabama croton, with its silvery undersides on its foliage, balances out this late summer arrangement. Croton alabamensis var. alabamensis is found in the wild in just a few counties in Alabama. We have some specimens planted along our Main Drive,", "C. alabamensis emerges alone on a long branch that is sister to Croton section Corylocroton and the Cuban endemic genus Moacroton", Molecular Ecology (2006) 15, 2735–2751

ALT1: ... that the two varieties of Alabama croton are separated by more than 1,000 kilometres (620 mi)? Source: "In a surprising discovery in 1989, C. alabamensis was found in central Texas, more than 1000 km from the Alabama populations" Molecular Ecology (2006) 15, 2735–2751
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Drew Thomas

5x expanded by TDogg310 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

TDogg310 (talk) 00:00, 2 June 2024 (UTC).

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:

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - For ALT0, Twitter/X is generally not a reliable source, and the other citation for the plant being at the Mt. Cuba Center in the article fails verification. For ALT1, the source given in the nomination is different to the one in the article (Southwestern Rare and Endangered Plants Proceedings of the Second Conference), and both are offline so I can't check.
Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Thanks for doing a QPQ even though you didn't have to! The one problem is the hook citing - due to the citation given for ALT1 being different to the one used for that fact in the article with both being offline, I don't think I can give this an AGF pass. If you either add the Molecular Ecology source to the statement in the article or provide the relevant quote from Southwestern Rare and Endangered Plants Proceedings of the Second Conference, I think I can pass ALT1 (but not ALT0). Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 02:04, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

TDogg310's last edit was June 12, so I do not think they are coming back. Marking for closure unless they address the above or someone adopts this nomination. Z1720 (talk) 01:31, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Reopened per a request at WT:DYK and pinging @TDogg310, Z1720, Narutolovehinata5, and Suntooooth:. I don't plan on readding this to either T:TDYK or T:TDYKA as I will promote this myself when it has been approved.--Laun chba ller 17:52, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@Launchballer and TDogg310: I'm happy that my concerns have been resolved, per this WT:DYK diff. Happy to pass this. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 21:10, 18 July 2024 (UTC)