Talk:Taxonomy of Banksia integrifolia

message: Just dropping some notes I digging up on the red links, not enough to start an article yet. Gnangarra 02:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Red links 

message: I overread (that's clearly not a word...) on Circeus' talk page that a review is wanted for this article for a potential FAC. Since I have nothing to do at the moment, I thought I would go through, do some copy editing and give my notes:
*The opening sentence appears to be grammatically incorrect to me (shouldn't it be "The taxonomy of Banksia integrifolia has a long and complex history, which is the result of confusion caused by the species' great variability, and similarities with some closely related species." or The taxonomy of Banksia integrifolia has a long and complex history: the result of confusion caused by the species' great variability, and similarities with some closely related species."?)
*In "Discovery", was every individual specimen drawn or every species?
*I can't discern what is trying to be said in the first sentence of the 2nd paragraph in "Early taxonomic history". Its syntax seems awkward at any rate.
*What is meant by "known species" in the 1st sentence of the 4th paragraph of "Early taxonomic history"? Does is mean he described all of the known specimens that were available, or that this was an exhaustive study, or does it rather mean all of the curently known species? It should be a bit more clear.
*In that same paragraph, it may be worth shortly noting that B. paludosa is currently a distinct species (it only mentions that it was considered a variety of B. integrifolia for an unspecified period of time). While it is discussed later, some readers might have lost sight of which species was which by that point. But this is a very minor point.
*Explain "dentate" in the following paragraph.
*In the final paragraph of that section you should also explain why the challenges failed for the taxonomically impaired.
*In the "20th century" section, you may want to consider explaining "infraspecific taxon", though most intelligent people would be able to figure it out (but common sense is not so common, as they say).
*Despite the fact that "cladogram" has an internal link, it would be nice to give a short definition. Same with "paraphyly" in the following section.
*Get a ref for the last sentence in the 1st paragraph of "Subspecies and hybrids".
*If others agree and if its doable, I would like to see a little more reasoning given for certain taxonomic shifts (e.g. raising var. compar to subspecies level, raising var. aquilonia to subspecies level and then to a distinct species). In addition, short description of how the subspecies differ would be beneficial to readers (for example, how does aquilonia differ from integrifolia and what makes the new monticola subspecies distinct from the type.
I think most of my notes are quite minor and despite my relative inexperience with FAC, I would say that this article would certainly be ready after these minor fixes (probably now even, though some of these issues may be brought up). Great article and good luck! Djlayton4 | talk  |  contribs 19:05, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for the input - I'll have a look later today :) cheers,  Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:07, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Review for FAC