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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/baptisia/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "baptisia"
  },
  "genus": "Baptisia",
  "family": "Fabaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/fabaceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Baptisia aberrans",
      "authorship": "(Larisey) Weakley",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001423545",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-aberrans/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia alba",
      "authorship": "(L.) R.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001349863",
      "slug": "baptisia-alba",
      "photographs_found": 330,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-alba/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia arachnifera",
      "authorship": "W.H.Duncan",
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      "slug": "baptisia-arachnifera",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia auriculata",
      "authorship": "Sweet",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000559905",
      "slug": "baptisia-auriculata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia australis",
      "authorship": "(L.) R.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000182246",
      "slug": "baptisia-australis",
      "photographs_found": 286,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-australis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia bracteata",
      "authorship": "Muhl. ex Elliott",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000182250",
      "slug": "baptisia-bracteata",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-bracteata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia calycosa",
      "authorship": "Engelm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1200001712",
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      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-calycosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia cinerea",
      "authorship": "(Raf.) Fernald & B.G.Schub.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000163889",
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      "photographs_found": 51,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-cinerea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia deamii",
      "authorship": "Larisey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001060864",
      "slug": "baptisia-deamii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia hirsuta",
      "authorship": "Small",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000166182",
      "slug": "baptisia-hirsuta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia lactea",
      "authorship": "(Raf.) Thieret",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000164285",
      "slug": "baptisia-lactea",
      "photographs_found": 536,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-lactea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia lanceolata",
      "authorship": "(Walter) Elliott",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000174810",
      "slug": "baptisia-lanceolata",
      "photographs_found": 45,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-lanceolata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia lecontei",
      "authorship": "Torr. & A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000174809",
      "slug": "baptisia-lecontei",
      "photographs_found": 43,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-lecontei/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia leucophaea",
      "authorship": "Nutt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000182912",
      "slug": "baptisia-leucophaea",
      "photographs_found": 494,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-leucophaea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia megacarpa",
      "authorship": "Chapm. ex Torr. & A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000178781",
      "slug": "baptisia-megacarpa",
      "photographs_found": 14,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-megacarpa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia nuttalliana",
      "authorship": "Small",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000163891",
      "slug": "baptisia-nuttalliana",
      "photographs_found": 86,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-nuttalliana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia perfoliata",
      "authorship": "(L.) R.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000178782",
      "slug": "baptisia-perfoliata",
      "photographs_found": 36,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-perfoliata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia retusa",
      "authorship": "Raf.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000559916",
      "slug": "baptisia-retusa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia simplicifolia",
      "authorship": "Croom",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000178783",
      "slug": "baptisia-simplicifolia",
      "photographs_found": 26,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-simplicifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia sphaerocarpa",
      "authorship": "Nutt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000178539",
      "slug": "baptisia-sphaerocarpa",
      "photographs_found": 60,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-sphaerocarpa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia tinctoria",
      "authorship": "(L.) R.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001417157",
      "slug": "baptisia-tinctoria",
      "photographs_found": 446,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/baptisia-tinctoria/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia × bicolor",
      "authorship": "Greenm. & Larisey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001060863",
      "slug": "baptisia-bicolor",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia × bushii",
      "authorship": "Small",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000180962",
      "slug": "baptisia-bushii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia × microphylla",
      "authorship": "Nutt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000209794",
      "slug": "baptisia-microphylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia × serenae",
      "authorship": "M.A.Curtis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000209795",
      "slug": "baptisia-serenae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia × sulphurea",
      "authorship": "Engelm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000178784",
      "slug": "baptisia-sulphurea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Baptisia × variicolor",
      "authorship": "Kosnik, Diggs, Redshaw & Lipscomb",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000559920",
      "slug": "baptisia-variicolor",
      "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/baptisia/"
  }
}