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      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus chiapensis",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/acanthocereus-chiapensis/"
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      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus cuixmalensis",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/acanthocereus-cuixmalensis/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus fosterianus",
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      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus haackeanus",
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      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus hesperius",
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      "slug": "acanthocereus-hesperius",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus hirschtianus",
      "authorship": "(K.Schum.) Lodé",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001430023",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus lempirensis",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001302935",
      "slug": "acanthocereus-lempirensis-h-vega-gomez-hin-h-m-hern-0001302935",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus lempirensis",
      "authorship": "H.Vega, Gómez-Hin. & H.M.Hern.",
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      "slug": "acanthocereus-lempirensis-h-vega-gomez-hin-h-m-hern-1000055515",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus macdougallii",
      "authorship": "(Cutak) Lodé",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001430024",
      "slug": "acanthocereus-macdougallii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus maculatus",
      "authorship": "Weing. ex Bravo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001288604",
      "slug": "acanthocereus-maculatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus oaxacensis",
      "authorship": "(Britton & Rose) Lodé",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001430026",
      "slug": "acanthocereus-oaxacensis",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/acanthocereus-oaxacensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus paradoxus",
      "authorship": "P.González-Zamora & Dan.Sánchez",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001430027",
      "slug": "acanthocereus-paradoxus",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus rosei",
      "authorship": "(J.G.Ortega) Lodé",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001430028",
      "slug": "acanthocereus-rosei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus tepalcatepecanus",
      "authorship": "(Sánchez-Mej.) Lodé",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001430029",
      "slug": "acanthocereus-tepalcatepecanus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Acanthocereus tetragonus",
      "authorship": "(L.) Hummelinck",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000513101",
      "slug": "acanthocereus-tetragonus",
      "photographs_found": 397,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/acanthocereus-tetragonus/"
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  "evidence_gate": {
    "rule": "at least 3 photographs licensed for commercial use",
    "rationale": "This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species below the gate is listed here rather than given a page of its own."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
      "note": "accepted names, authorities, classification",
      "license": "CC0",
      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-12"
    }
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    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/acanthocereus/"
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}