:Whether Hepaticae belongs in the lead depends on how widely used it is, in documents which are reasonably likely to be read today.  Such a thing tends to be notoriously hard to pin down, and I have not seen anything conclusive so far one way or the other.  With respect to the process, I don't think the question of whether it is mentioned in the lead is as important (one way or the other) as either EncycloPetey or Nadiatalent seem to believe. I agree that a participant in an edit war shouldn't protect the page, but for the present it is probably best to wait for the protection to expire in a few weeks.  Trying to come up with the right wording in the midst of, or immediate aftermath of, an edit war is often hard.