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A fact from Prunus jamasakura appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that bears may be dispersers of the Japanese mountain cherry (painting pictured)?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 01:00, 9 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Yamazakura, by Kawahara Keiga (Siebold Collection)

... that Siebold's Prunus jamasakura for the Japanese mountain cherry (pictured) is a nomen nudum—or seminudum? Source: x3 (ad loc.)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Grounded (opera) ‎

Created by Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 65 past nominations.

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Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 05:51, 19 April 2024 (UTC).Reply

I get the feeling that this is a knee-slapper for those knowledgeable in Botanical Latin, but it is completely unintelligible to this lay reader. I would suggest finding a different hook. (Otherwise, article eligibility, presentability, and the QPQ checks out.) Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 17:39, 21 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
- Fair/funny comment, how about (source): Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 08:42, 22 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
ALT1: ... that bears may be dispersers of the Japanese mountain cherry (pictured)?
- Perfect! I love that hook. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 05:07, 24 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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