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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/armatocereus/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "armatocereus"
  },
  "genus": "Armatocereus",
  "family": "Cactaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/cactaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 8,
  "documented_species": 4,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Armatocereus cartwrightianus",
      "authorship": "(Britton & Rose) Backeb. ex A.W.Hill",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287548",
      "slug": "armatocereus-cartwrightianus",
      "photographs_found": 20,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/armatocereus-cartwrightianus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Armatocereus ghiesbreghtii",
      "authorship": "(K.Schum.) F.Ritter ex M.H.J.van der Meer",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001302735",
      "slug": "armatocereus-ghiesbreghtii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Armatocereus godingianus",
      "authorship": "(Britton & Rose) Backeb. ex E.Salisb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287546",
      "slug": "armatocereus-godingianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Armatocereus laetus",
      "authorship": "(Kunth) Backeb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000548621",
      "slug": "armatocereus-laetus",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Armatocereus matucanensis",
      "authorship": "Backeb. ex A.W.Hill",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289179",
      "slug": "armatocereus-matucanensis",
      "photographs_found": 12,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/armatocereus-matucanensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Armatocereus procerus",
      "authorship": "Rauh & Backeb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000548629",
      "slug": "armatocereus-procerus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Armatocereus rauhii",
      "authorship": "Backeb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000548631",
      "slug": "armatocereus-rauhii",
      "photographs_found": 9,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/armatocereus-rauhii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Armatocereus riomajensis",
      "authorship": "Rauh & Backeb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000548633",
      "slug": "armatocereus-riomajensis",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/armatocereus-riomajensis/"
    }
  ],
  "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/armatocereus/"
  }
}