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      "scientific_name": "Balanophora flava",
      "authorship": "(Hook.f.) Lidén",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Balanophora fungosa",
      "authorship": "J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/balanophora-fungosa/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanophora harlandii",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/balanophora-harlandii/"
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      "scientific_name": "Balanophora involucrata",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/balanophora-involucrata/"
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Balanophora japonica",
      "authorship": "Makino",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000558686",
      "slug": "balanophora-japonica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanophora latisepala",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000558697",
      "slug": "balanophora-latisepala",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Balanophora laxiflora",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/balanophora-laxiflora/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanophora lowii",
      "authorship": "Hook.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000558699",
      "slug": "balanophora-lowii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Balanophora nipponica",
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      "slug": "balanophora-nipponica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Balanophora papuana",
      "authorship": "Schltr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000558715",
      "slug": "balanophora-papuana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Balanophora parajaponica",
      "authorship": "R.X.Yu, S.Y.Zhou & Y.Q.Li",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000025682",
      "slug": "balanophora-parajaponica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanophora polyandra",
      "authorship": "Griff.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000558723",
      "slug": "balanophora-polyandra",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanophora reflexa",
      "authorship": "Becc.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000558726",
      "slug": "balanophora-reflexa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanophora subcupularis",
      "authorship": "P.C.Tam",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000558733",
      "slug": "balanophora-subcupularis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanophora tobiracola",
      "authorship": "Makino",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000558738",
      "slug": "balanophora-tobiracola",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanophora wilderi",
      "authorship": "Setch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000558744",
      "slug": "balanophora-wilderi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Balanophora yakushimensis",
      "authorship": "Hatus. & Masam.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000558747",
      "slug": "balanophora-yakushimensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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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."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "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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  ],
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    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/balanophora/"
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