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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/boswellia/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "boswellia"
  },
  "genus": "Boswellia",
  "family": "Burseraceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/burseraceae/",
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  "documented_species": 2,
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      "scientific_name": "Boswellia ameero",
      "authorship": "Balf.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569684",
      "slug": "boswellia-ameero",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Boswellia asplenifolia",
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      "slug": "boswellia-asplenifolia",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Boswellia bullata",
      "authorship": "Thulin",
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      "slug": "boswellia-bullata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia dalzielii",
      "authorship": "Hutch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569696",
      "slug": "boswellia-dalzielii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia dioscoridis",
      "authorship": "Thulin",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569697",
      "slug": "boswellia-dioscoridis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia elongata",
      "authorship": "Balf.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569699",
      "slug": "boswellia-elongata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia frereana",
      "authorship": "Birdw.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569700",
      "slug": "boswellia-frereana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia globosa",
      "authorship": "Thulin",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000506703",
      "slug": "boswellia-globosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia microphylla",
      "authorship": "Chiov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569709",
      "slug": "boswellia-microphylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia nana",
      "authorship": "Hepper",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569711",
      "slug": "boswellia-nana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia neglecta",
      "authorship": "S.Moore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569712",
      "slug": "boswellia-neglecta",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia occulta",
      "authorship": "Thulin, DeCarlo & S.P.Johnson",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000020685",
      "slug": "boswellia-occulta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia ogadensis",
      "authorship": "Vollesen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569717",
      "slug": "boswellia-ogadensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia ovalifoliolata",
      "authorship": "N.P.Balakr. & A.N.Henry",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569718",
      "slug": "boswellia-ovalifoliolata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia papyrifera",
      "authorship": "(Caill. ex Delile) Hochst.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569719",
      "slug": "boswellia-papyrifera",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia pirottae",
      "authorship": "Chiov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569720",
      "slug": "boswellia-pirottae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia popoviana",
      "authorship": "Hepper",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569721",
      "slug": "boswellia-popoviana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia rivae",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569722",
      "slug": "boswellia-rivae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia sacra",
      "authorship": "Flück.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569724",
      "slug": "boswellia-sacra",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/boswellia-sacra/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia samhaensis",
      "authorship": "Thulin & Scholte",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000021382",
      "slug": "boswellia-samhaensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia scopulorum",
      "authorship": "Thulin",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000021383",
      "slug": "boswellia-scopulorum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia serrata",
      "authorship": "Roxb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569726",
      "slug": "boswellia-serrata",
      "photographs_found": 25,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/boswellia-serrata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Boswellia socotrana",
      "authorship": "Balf.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000569727",
      "slug": "boswellia-socotrana",
      "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/boswellia/"
  }
}