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      "scientific_name": "Astrophytum asterias",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/astrophytum-asterias/"
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      "scientific_name": "Astrophytum capricorne",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/astrophytum-capricorne/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Astrophytum caput-medusae",
      "authorship": "D.R.Hunt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000555052",
      "slug": "astrophytum-caput-medusae",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Astrophytum coahuilense",
      "authorship": "(H.Moeller) K.Kayser",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000555059",
      "slug": "astrophytum-coahuilense",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Astrophytum myriostigma",
      "authorship": "Lem.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000555080",
      "slug": "astrophytum-myriostigma",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/astrophytum-myriostigma/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Astrophytum ornatum",
      "authorship": "(DC.) Britton & Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000555101",
      "slug": "astrophytum-ornatum",
      "photographs_found": 17,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/astrophytum-ornatum/"
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    "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."
  },
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    {
      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
      "note": "accepted names, authorities, classification",
      "license": "CC0",
      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-12"
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    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/astrophytum/"
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