Template:Did you know nominations/Bactris jamaicana

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:41, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Bactris jamaicana

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• ... that in 1725 Hans Sloane described Bactris jamaicana (which he called Prickly-Pole) as the Jamaican tree species that was "the most fit to make Rods and Scowrers for Guns"? Source: "They are the most fit to made Rods and Scrowrers for Guns of any Tree on this Island" (A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbados, Nieves, S. Christophers and Jamaica, p. 121)
  • ALT1:... that the Jamaican endemic palm Bactris jamaicana is most closely related to a palms species endemic to Cuba and Hispaniola? Source: "Three species of Bactris are recognized in the Greater Antilles: B. cubensis (from Cuba), B. plumeriana (from Hispaniola), and B. jamaicana (from Jamaica). A cladistic analysis of the non-ocreate clade-i.e., Bactris cubensis, B. plumeriana, B. jamaicana, B. macana, and B. gasipaes-confirmed that the Greater Antillean species of Bactris form a monophyletic group, i.e., the Antillean clade." (A revision of the Greater Antillean species of Bactris (Bactridinae: Arecaceae))

• Reviewed: David Leleo Kinimaka

5x expanded by Guettarda (talk). Self-nominated at 22:50, 1 March 2020 (UTC).

• Article was 5x expanded starting on 1 March, and is plenty long enough (2,631 characters). The citation for the main hook is linked to volume 1, but the link you provide here goes to volume 2; that needs fixing. ALT1 doesn't appear to be stated specifically in the article. Harrias ^talk 17:54, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

• Thanks Harrias. I fixed the link - it's correct here and wrong in the article. I also clarified the status of B. cubensis and B. plumeriana in the article and their relationship to one-another. Guettarda (talk) 03:34, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

• Thanks, this is good to go now. Vastly prefer the original hook as more interesting. Spotchecks for copyvio etc carried out, no concerns raised. Harrias ^talk 09:03, 17 March 2020 (UTC)