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      "scientific_name": "Arbutus andrachne",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543098",
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    },
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      "scientific_name": "Arbutus arizonica",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/arbutus-arizonica/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus bicolor",
      "authorship": "S.González, M.González & P.D.Sørensen",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/arbutus-bicolor/"
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      "scientific_name": "Arbutus canariensis",
      "authorship": "Veill.",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/arbutus-canariensis/"
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Arbutus hirsuta",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus hirsutus",
      "authorship": "Sessé & Moc.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001230472",
      "slug": "arbutus-hirsutus",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Arbutus madrensis",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000543145",
      "slug": "arbutus-madrensis",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/arbutus-madrensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus menziesii",
      "authorship": "Pursh",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543147",
      "slug": "arbutus-menziesii",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/arbutus-menziesii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus occidentalis",
      "authorship": "McVaugh & Rosatti",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543164",
      "slug": "arbutus-occidentalis",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/arbutus-occidentalis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus tessellata",
      "authorship": "P.D.Sørensen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543197",
      "slug": "arbutus-tessellata",
      "photographs_found": 58,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/arbutus-tessellata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus unedo",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543204",
      "slug": "arbutus-unedo",
      "photographs_found": 892,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/arbutus-unedo/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus xalapensis",
      "authorship": "Kunth",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543212",
      "slug": "arbutus-xalapensis",
      "photographs_found": 559,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/arbutus-xalapensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus × andrachnoides",
      "authorship": "Link",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543100",
      "slug": "arbutus-andrachnoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus × androsterilis",
      "authorship": "Salas, Acebes & del Arco",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543101",
      "slug": "arbutus-androsterilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus × reyorum",
      "authorship": "Demoly",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543184",
      "slug": "arbutus-reyorum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Arbutus × thuretiana",
      "authorship": "Demoly",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543199",
      "slug": "arbutus-thuretiana",
      "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/arbutus/"
  }
}