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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/aponogeton/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "aponogeton"
  },
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  "family": "Aponogetonaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/aponogetonaceae/",
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      "authorship": "Hochst. ex A.Rich.",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton afroviolaceus",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/aponogeton-afroviolaceus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton angustifolius",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/aponogeton-angustifolius/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton appendiculatus",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
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      "slug": "aponogeton-appendiculatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton azureus",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
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      "slug": "aponogeton-azureus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton bernerianus",
      "authorship": "(Decne.) Hook.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760921",
      "slug": "aponogeton-bernerianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton bogneri",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760923",
      "slug": "aponogeton-bogneri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton boivinianus",
      "authorship": "Baill. ex Jum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760924",
      "slug": "aponogeton-boivinianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton bruggenii",
      "authorship": "S.R.Yadav & Govekar",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760926",
      "slug": "aponogeton-bruggenii",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/aponogeton-bruggenii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton bullosus",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760927",
      "slug": "aponogeton-bullosus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton capuronii",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760929",
      "slug": "aponogeton-capuronii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton cordatus",
      "authorship": "Jum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760930",
      "slug": "aponogeton-cordatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton crispus",
      "authorship": "Thunb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760932",
      "slug": "aponogeton-crispus",
      "photographs_found": 11,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/aponogeton-crispus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton cuneatus",
      "authorship": "S.W.L.Jacobs",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000807730",
      "slug": "aponogeton-cuneatus",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton dassanayakei",
      "authorship": "Manaw. & Yakand.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001346953",
      "slug": "aponogeton-dassanayakei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton decaryi",
      "authorship": "Jum. ex Humbert",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760933",
      "slug": "aponogeton-decaryi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton desertorum",
      "authorship": "Zeyh. ex Spreng.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760934",
      "slug": "aponogeton-desertorum",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/aponogeton-desertorum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton dioecus",
      "authorship": "Bosser",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760936",
      "slug": "aponogeton-dioecus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton distachyos",
      "authorship": "L.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760937",
      "slug": "aponogeton-distachyos",
      "photographs_found": 248,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/aponogeton-distachyos/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton distachyus",
      "authorship": "L.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001073956",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton eggersii",
      "authorship": "Bogner & H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760941",
      "slug": "aponogeton-eggersii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton elongatus",
      "authorship": "F.Muell. ex Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760942",
      "slug": "aponogeton-elongatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton euryspermus",
      "authorship": "Hellq. & S.W.L.Jacobs",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760946",
      "slug": "aponogeton-euryspermus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton fotianus",
      "authorship": "J.Raynal",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760952",
      "slug": "aponogeton-fotianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton fugax",
      "authorship": "J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000911552",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton gottlebei",
      "authorship": "Kasselm. & Bogner",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000916591",
      "slug": "aponogeton-gottlebei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton hexatepalus",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760960",
      "slug": "aponogeton-hexatepalus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton jacobsenii",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760964",
      "slug": "aponogeton-jacobsenii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton junceus",
      "authorship": "Lehm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760965",
      "slug": "aponogeton-junceus",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/aponogeton-junceus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton kannangarae",
      "authorship": "M.A.Silva, Deshaprema & Manamperi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001346471",
      "slug": "aponogeton-kannangarae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton kimberleyensis",
      "authorship": "Hellq. & S.W.L.Jacobs",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760968",
      "slug": "aponogeton-kimberleyensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton lakhonensis",
      "authorship": "A.Camus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760971",
      "slug": "aponogeton-lakhonensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton lancesmithii",
      "authorship": "Hellq. & S.W.L.Jacobs",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760972",
      "slug": "aponogeton-lancesmithii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton longiplumulosus",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760977",
      "slug": "aponogeton-longiplumulosus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton loriae",
      "authorship": "Martelli",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760978",
      "slug": "aponogeton-loriae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton madagascariensis",
      "authorship": "(Mirb.) H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760982",
      "slug": "aponogeton-madagascariensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton masoalaensis",
      "authorship": "Bogner",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000770580",
      "slug": "aponogeton-masoalaensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton natalensis",
      "authorship": "Oliv.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760988",
      "slug": "aponogeton-natalensis",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/aponogeton-natalensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton natans",
      "authorship": "(L.) Engl. & K.Krause",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760989",
      "slug": "aponogeton-natans",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/aponogeton-natans/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton nateshii",
      "authorship": "S.R.Yadav",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001343983",
      "slug": "aponogeton-nateshii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton nudiflorus",
      "authorship": "Peter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760990",
      "slug": "aponogeton-nudiflorus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton proliferus",
      "authorship": "Hellq. & S.W.L.Jacobs",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000760998",
      "slug": "aponogeton-proliferus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton queenslandicus",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761001",
      "slug": "aponogeton-queenslandicus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton ranunculiflorus",
      "authorship": "Jacot Guill. & Marais",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761002",
      "slug": "aponogeton-ranunculiflorus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton rehmannii",
      "authorship": "Oliv.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761003",
      "slug": "aponogeton-rehmannii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton rigidifolius",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761004",
      "slug": "aponogeton-rigidifolius",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton robinsonii",
      "authorship": "A.Camus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761006",
      "slug": "aponogeton-robinsonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton satarensis",
      "authorship": "Sundararagh., A.R.Kulk. & S.R.Yadav",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761007",
      "slug": "aponogeton-satarensis",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/aponogeton-satarensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton schatzianus",
      "authorship": "Bogner & H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000770581",
      "slug": "aponogeton-schatzianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton stuhlmannii",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761010",
      "slug": "aponogeton-stuhlmannii",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton subconjugatus",
      "authorship": "Schumach. & Thonn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761011",
      "slug": "aponogeton-subconjugatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton tenuispicatus",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761013",
      "slug": "aponogeton-tenuispicatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton tofus",
      "authorship": "S.W.L.Jacobs",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000807731",
      "slug": "aponogeton-tofus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton troupinii",
      "authorship": "J.Raynal",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761014",
      "slug": "aponogeton-troupinii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton ulvaceum",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761015",
      "slug": "aponogeton-ulvaceum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton undulatus",
      "authorship": "Roxb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761017",
      "slug": "aponogeton-undulatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton vallisnerioides",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761018",
      "slug": "aponogeton-vallisnerioides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton vanbruggenii",
      "authorship": "Hellq. & S.W.L.Jacobs",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761019",
      "slug": "aponogeton-vanbruggenii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton viridis",
      "authorship": "Jum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761022",
      "slug": "aponogeton-viridis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton wolfgangianus",
      "authorship": "S.R.Yadav",
      "wfo": "wfo-1200030390",
      "slug": "aponogeton-wolfgangianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Aponogeton womersleyi",
      "authorship": "H.Bruggen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000761023",
      "slug": "aponogeton-womersleyi",
      "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/aponogeton/"
  }
}