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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Alkanna areolata",
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      "url": null
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Alkanna attilae",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Alkanna aucheriana",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Alkanna auranitica",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Alkanna bracteosa",
      "authorship": "Boiss.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Alkanna calliensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Alkanna cappadocica",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna chrysanthiana",
      "authorship": "Kit Tan",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Alkanna confusa",
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      "slug": "alkanna-confusa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna corcyrensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna cordifolia",
      "authorship": "K.Koch",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525880",
      "slug": "alkanna-cordifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna dumanii",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000525881",
      "slug": "alkanna-dumanii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna frigida",
      "authorship": "Boiss.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525883",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna froedinii",
      "authorship": "Rech.f.",
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      "slug": "alkanna-froedinii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna galilaea",
      "authorship": "Boiss.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525886",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna graeca",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000525887",
      "slug": "alkanna-graeca",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna haussknechtii",
      "authorship": "Bornm.",
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      "slug": "alkanna-haussknechtii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna hellenica",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/alkanna-hellenica/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna hirsutissima",
      "authorship": "(Bertol.) A.DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525895",
      "slug": "alkanna-hirsutissima",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna hispida",
      "authorship": "Hub.-Mor.",
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      "slug": "alkanna-hispida",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna incana",
      "authorship": "Boiss.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525897",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna jordanovii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna kotschyana",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525900",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna leiocarpa",
      "authorship": "Rech.f.",
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      "slug": "alkanna-leiocarpa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna leptophylla",
      "authorship": "Rech.f.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna lutea",
      "authorship": "A.DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525907",
      "slug": "alkanna-lutea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna macrophylla",
      "authorship": "Boiss. & Heldr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525908",
      "slug": "alkanna-macrophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna macrosiphon",
      "authorship": "Boiss. & Heldr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525909",
      "slug": "alkanna-macrosiphon",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna malatyana",
      "authorship": "Şenol & Yıldırım",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001339738",
      "slug": "alkanna-malatyana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna maleolens",
      "authorship": "Bornm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525910",
      "slug": "alkanna-maleolens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna megacarpa",
      "authorship": "A.DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525912",
      "slug": "alkanna-megacarpa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna methanaea",
      "authorship": "Hausskn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525913",
      "slug": "alkanna-methanaea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna milliana",
      "authorship": "Sümbül",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525914",
      "slug": "alkanna-milliana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna mughlae",
      "authorship": "H.Duman, Güner & Şağban",
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      "slug": "alkanna-mughlae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna noneiformis",
      "authorship": "Griseb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525917",
      "slug": "alkanna-noneiformis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna oreodoxa",
      "authorship": "Hub.-Mor.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525918",
      "slug": "alkanna-oreodoxa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna orientalis",
      "authorship": "(L.) Boiss.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525919",
      "slug": "alkanna-orientalis",
      "photographs_found": 14,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/alkanna-orientalis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna pamphylica",
      "authorship": "Hub.-Mor. & Reese",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525924",
      "slug": "alkanna-pamphylica",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna pelia",
      "authorship": "(Halácsy) Rech.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525925",
      "slug": "alkanna-pelia",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna phrygia",
      "authorship": "Bornm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525926",
      "slug": "alkanna-phrygia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna pinardi",
      "authorship": "Boiss.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525928",
      "slug": "alkanna-pinardi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna pindicola",
      "authorship": "Hausskn.",
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      "slug": "alkanna-pindicola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna prasinophylla",
      "authorship": "Rech.f.",
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      "slug": "alkanna-prasinophylla",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna primuliflora",
      "authorship": "Griseb.",
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      "slug": "alkanna-primuliflora",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna pseudotinctoria",
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      "slug": "alkanna-pseudotinctoria",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna pulmonaria",
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      "slug": "alkanna-pulmonaria",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna punctulata",
      "authorship": "Hub.-Mor.",
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      "slug": "alkanna-punctulata",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna sandwithii",
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      "slug": "alkanna-sandwithii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna sartoriana",
      "authorship": "Boiss. & Heldr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525942",
      "slug": "alkanna-sartoriana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna saxicola",
      "authorship": "Hub.-Mor.",
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      "slug": "alkanna-saxicola",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Alkanna scardica",
      "authorship": "Griseb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525944",
      "slug": "alkanna-scardica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna semiromica",
      "authorship": "Ranjbar & Khalvati",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000025386",
      "slug": "alkanna-semiromica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna sfikasiana",
      "authorship": "Kit Tan, Vold & Strid",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000077346",
      "slug": "alkanna-sfikasiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna shattuckia",
      "authorship": "Post",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525945",
      "slug": "alkanna-shattuckia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna sieberi",
      "authorship": "A.DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525946",
      "slug": "alkanna-sieberi",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna sieheana",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000525947",
      "slug": "alkanna-sieheana",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna stojanovii",
      "authorship": "Kožuharov",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525948",
      "slug": "alkanna-stojanovii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna stribrnyi",
      "authorship": "Velen.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525950",
      "slug": "alkanna-stribrnyi",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna strigosa",
      "authorship": "Boiss. & Hohen.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525953",
      "slug": "alkanna-strigosa",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/alkanna-strigosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna sumbulii",
      "authorship": "Yıld.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001339214",
      "slug": "alkanna-sumbulii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna tinctoria",
      "authorship": "Tausch",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525956",
      "slug": "alkanna-tinctoria",
      "photographs_found": 96,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/alkanna-tinctoria/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna trichophila",
      "authorship": "Hub.-Mor.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525962",
      "slug": "alkanna-trichophila",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna tubulosa",
      "authorship": "Boiss.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525966",
      "slug": "alkanna-tubulosa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna verecunda",
      "authorship": "Hub.-Mor.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525967",
      "slug": "alkanna-verecunda",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna viscidula",
      "authorship": "Boiss.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525970",
      "slug": "alkanna-viscidula",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Alkanna × intercedens",
      "authorship": "Rech.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000525898",
      "slug": "alkanna-intercedens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "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/alkanna/"
  }
}