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If you want to discuss the etymology of the name, it is probably best to have a section devoted to it, or you could have an "Etymology and taxonomy" section.
The Description section should be a description of the general characteristics of the group, see Cucurbita, an article you know well, for what I mean. Zombia is another example.
Do you need to have two species lists? Do they contain the same species, or are some species in one and not the other?
Since there are so many and there are significant section differences, I thought making two helped seeing the larger picture and if you want to know what's in a section, it's easy to do so, and likewise for having a straight listing. HalfGigtalk01:26, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Personally, I would put the species lists at the end of the article because otherwise people may not even find the text below.
I think that is a considerable improvement, leaving the main part of the article more rounded and compact. I will now study the article in detail and continue with the rest of the review. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:41, 21 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I still think, as mentioned above, that you additionally need to mention the characteristics of the genus, why the members are included in the genus and not in Mimulus or elsewhere.
"Diplacus is clearly derived from within Mimulus s.l. and was not usually considered to be generically distinct." - Did you mean "generically" or "genetically"?
"Erythranthe was greatly enlarged to include 111 species (species with axile placentation and long pedicels)." - This information should be included additionally in the "Description" section, because it is this that seperates the genus from other members of the Phrymaceae family.
"Members of this genus are found in eastern Asia; several species of which have a high degree of similarity some the species found in North and South America." - This sentence is a bit muddled.
@Cwmhiraeth: I will. This has been harder than I expected but I do want to finish. I'm almost done with what I can do and at this point am waiting on input from someone else, who, unfortunately, has been delayed by real life obligations. I fully intend to finish. Thank you for your patience and understand. HalfGigtalk18:59, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Cwmhiraeth: The guy still hasn't given me his input. He's way overdue from what he promised and I haven't heard from him lately. I guess you should go ahead and take another look and we'll work through it the best we can. HalfGigtalk11:18, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Sminthopsis84 has made a few alterations to the article. I have done some light copyediting, and here are a few more things I noticed:
"Molecular data show Erythranthe and Diplacus to be distinct evolutionary lines, not each other's closest relative, and apart from strictly defined Mimulus." - How about leaving out the middle phrase and rewording this as "Molecular data show Erythranthe and Diplacus to be distinct evolutionary lines that are distinct from Mimulus as strictly defined."
"The plant is hairy to slightly hairy and grows from 0.5–3 cm (0.20–1.18 in) tall." - This is about Erythranthe alsinoides and the dimensions are wrong (more likely 5 to 30 cm tall).
"Diplacus is clearly derived from within Mimulus s.l. and was not usually considered to be a separate genus." - I don't understand this. What do you mean by "Mimulus s.l."?
abbr for "sensu lato", meaning in the broad sense. This is used in botany a lot, as is "sensu stricto", meaning in the strict sense. I've changed to lay terms. HalfGigtalk13:57, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"in central California between 200,000 and 500,000 years ago" - It is customary to put the oldest date first.
Done I agree. This is better. HalfGig talk 21:11, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
Done. Since there are so many, I see the merit to this, note Cucurbita has it the way I first had it. HalfGig talk 01:26, 21 April 2017 (UTC)