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      "scientific_name": "Afroaster bowiei",
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      "scientific_name": "Afroaster chimanimaniensis",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster comptonii",
      "authorship": "(W.Lippert) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337002",
      "slug": "afroaster-comptonii",
      "photographs_found": 6,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/afroaster-comptonii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster confertifolius",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001337003",
      "slug": "afroaster-confertifolius",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster erucifolius",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001337005",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/afroaster-erucifolius/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster hispidus",
      "authorship": "(Thunb.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001336999",
      "slug": "afroaster-hispidus",
      "photographs_found": 140,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/afroaster-hispidus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster laevigatus",
      "authorship": "(Sond.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337006",
      "slug": "afroaster-laevigatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster lydenburgensis",
      "authorship": "(W.Lippert) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337007",
      "slug": "afroaster-lydenburgensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster milanjiensis",
      "authorship": "(S.Moore) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337008",
      "slug": "afroaster-milanjiensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster nubimontis",
      "authorship": "(W.Lippert) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337009",
      "slug": "afroaster-nubimontis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster peglerae",
      "authorship": "(Bolus) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337010",
      "slug": "afroaster-peglerae",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/afroaster-peglerae/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster perfoliatus",
      "authorship": "(Oliv.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001336998",
      "slug": "afroaster-perfoliatus",
      "photographs_found": 17,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/afroaster-perfoliatus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster pleiocephalus",
      "authorship": "(Harv.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337011",
      "slug": "afroaster-pleiocephalus",
      "photographs_found": 15,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/afroaster-pleiocephalus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster pseudobakerianus",
      "authorship": "(W.Lippert) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337013",
      "slug": "afroaster-pseudobakerianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster serrulatus",
      "authorship": "(Harv.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337014",
      "slug": "afroaster-serrulatus",
      "photographs_found": 71,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/afroaster-serrulatus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster tansaniensis",
      "authorship": "(W.Lippert) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337015",
      "slug": "afroaster-tansaniensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Afroaster zuluensis",
      "authorship": "(W.Lippert) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337016",
      "slug": "afroaster-zuluensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
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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"
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/afroaster/"
  }
}