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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/butia/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "butia"
  },
  "genus": "Butia",
  "family": "Arecaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/arecaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 25,
  "documented_species": 6,
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      "scientific_name": "Butia archeri",
      "authorship": "(Glassman) Glassman",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000692222",
      "slug": "butia-archeri",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/butia-archeri/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia arenicola",
      "authorship": "(Barb.Rodr.) Burret",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000692319",
      "slug": "butia-arenicola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia buenopolensis",
      "authorship": "B.F.Sant'Anna-Santos",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000025889",
      "slug": "butia-buenopolensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia campicola",
      "authorship": "(Barb.Rodr.) Noblick",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000692625",
      "slug": "butia-campicola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia capitata",
      "authorship": "(Mart.) Becc.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000692727",
      "slug": "butia-capitata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia catarinensis",
      "authorship": "Noblick & Lorenzi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000917104",
      "slug": "butia-catarinensis",
      "photographs_found": 11,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/butia-catarinensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia diamantinensis",
      "authorship": "(K.Soares) B.F.Sant'Anna-Santos",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000066315",
      "slug": "butia-diamantinensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia eriospatha",
      "authorship": "(Mart. ex Drude) Becc.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000693688",
      "slug": "butia-eriospatha",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/butia-eriospatha/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia exilata",
      "authorship": "Deble & Marchiori",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000921333",
      "slug": "butia-exilata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia exospadix",
      "authorship": "Noblick",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000807986",
      "slug": "butia-exospadix",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia lallemantii",
      "authorship": "Deble & Marchiori",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000807987",
      "slug": "butia-lallemantii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia lepidotispatha",
      "authorship": "Noblick",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000917105",
      "slug": "butia-lepidotispatha",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia leptospatha",
      "authorship": "(Burret) Noblick",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000807988",
      "slug": "butia-leptospatha",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia marmorii",
      "authorship": "Noblick",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000807989",
      "slug": "butia-marmorii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia matogrossensis",
      "authorship": "Noblick & Lorenzi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000917106",
      "slug": "butia-matogrossensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia microspadix",
      "authorship": "Burret",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000693865",
      "slug": "butia-microspadix",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia noblickii",
      "authorship": "Deble, Marchiori, F.S.Alves & A.S.Oliveira",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001316487",
      "slug": "butia-noblickii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia odorata",
      "authorship": "(Barb.Rodr.) Noblick",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000915484",
      "slug": "butia-odorata",
      "photographs_found": 37,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/butia-odorata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia paraguayensis",
      "authorship": "(Barb.Rodr.) L.H.Bailey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000694063",
      "slug": "butia-paraguayensis",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/butia-paraguayensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia poni",
      "authorship": "(Hauman) Burret",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000694157",
      "slug": "butia-poni",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia pubispatha",
      "authorship": "Noblick & Lorenzi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000917107",
      "slug": "butia-pubispatha",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia purpurascens",
      "authorship": "Glassman",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000694476",
      "slug": "butia-purpurascens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia soffiae",
      "authorship": "B.F.Sant'Anna-Santos",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000055827",
      "slug": "butia-soffiae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia witeckii",
      "authorship": "K.Soares & S.J.Longhi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001316488",
      "slug": "butia-witeckii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Butia yatay",
      "authorship": "(Mart.) Becc.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000694781",
      "slug": "butia-yatay",
      "photographs_found": 44,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/butia-yatay/"
    }
  ],
  "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/butia/"
  }
}