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  "$schema": "https://botanai.app/schema/genus-v1.json",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/benkara/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "benkara"
  },
  "genus": "Benkara",
  "family": "Rubiaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/rubiaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 19,
  "documented_species": 2,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara armigera",
      "authorship": "(K.Schum.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835056",
      "slug": "benkara-armigera",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara depauperata",
      "authorship": "(Drake) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835054",
      "slug": "benkara-depauperata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara emanuelssoniana",
      "authorship": "(Ridsdale) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835065",
      "slug": "benkara-emanuelssoniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara esculenta",
      "authorship": "(Lour.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835067",
      "slug": "benkara-esculenta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara evenosa",
      "authorship": "(Hutch.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835069",
      "slug": "benkara-evenosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara fasciculata",
      "authorship": "(Roxb.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835057",
      "slug": "benkara-fasciculata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara forrestii",
      "authorship": "(J.Anthony) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835076",
      "slug": "benkara-forrestii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara griffithii",
      "authorship": "(Hook.f.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835075",
      "slug": "benkara-griffithii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara hainanensis",
      "authorship": "(Merr.) C.M.Taylor",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000923064",
      "slug": "benkara-hainanensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara hoaensis",
      "authorship": "(Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835074",
      "slug": "benkara-hoaensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara malabarica",
      "authorship": "(Lam.) Tirveng.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000324094",
      "slug": "benkara-malabarica",
      "photographs_found": 13,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/benkara-malabarica/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara microcarpa",
      "authorship": "(Bartl. ex DC.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835073",
      "slug": "benkara-microcarpa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara miquelii",
      "authorship": "(Koord. & Valeton) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835072",
      "slug": "benkara-miquelii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara ovoidea",
      "authorship": "(Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000837866",
      "slug": "benkara-ovoidea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara parviflora",
      "authorship": "(King & Gamble) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835071",
      "slug": "benkara-parviflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara pierrei",
      "authorship": "(Pit.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835070",
      "slug": "benkara-pierrei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara rectispina",
      "authorship": "(Merr.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835061",
      "slug": "benkara-rectispina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara scandens",
      "authorship": "(Thunb.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835068",
      "slug": "benkara-scandens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Benkara sinensis",
      "authorship": "(Lour.) Ridsdale",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000837863",
      "slug": "benkara-sinensis",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/benkara-sinensis/"
    }
  ],
  "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/benkara/"
  }
}