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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/calathea/",
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  "genus": "Calathea",
  "family": "Marantaceae",
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      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
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      "scientific_name": "Calathea anulque",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Calathea asplundii",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Calathea barryi",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea brenesii",
      "authorship": "Standl.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea caesariata",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea calderon-saenzii",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn. & M.Serna",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001346639",
      "slug": "calathea-calderon-saenzii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea carlae",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000923228",
      "slug": "calathea-carlae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea casupito",
      "authorship": "(Jacq.) G.Mey.",
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      "slug": "calathea-casupito",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea chiriquensis",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
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      "slug": "calathea-chiriquensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea cofaniorum",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001342940",
      "slug": "calathea-cofaniorum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea confusa",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001042321",
      "slug": "calathea-confusa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea congesta",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
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      "slug": "calathea-congesta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea croatii",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000051687",
      "slug": "calathea-croatii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea crotalifera",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/calathea-crotalifera/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea erythrolepis",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/calathea-erythrolepis/"
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      "scientific_name": "Calathea fredgandersii",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea fredii",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001339500",
      "slug": "calathea-fredii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea galdamesiana",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn. & Rod.Flores",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001345465",
      "slug": "calathea-galdamesiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea gentryi",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001255422",
      "slug": "calathea-gentryi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea grandifolia",
      "authorship": "Lindl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000342890",
      "slug": "calathea-grandifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea guzmanioides",
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      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/calathea-guzmanioides/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea hagbergii",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000342898",
      "slug": "calathea-hagbergii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea harlingii",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000342900",
      "slug": "calathea-harlingii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea inscripta",
      "authorship": "(W.Bull) N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000835116",
      "slug": "calathea-inscripta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea ischnosiphonoides",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000342916",
      "slug": "calathea-ischnosiphonoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea jondule",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn. & Hammel",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001042917",
      "slug": "calathea-jondule",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea lanibracteata",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001039108",
      "slug": "calathea-lanibracteata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea lanicaulis",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000342936",
      "slug": "calathea-lanicaulis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea lasiostachya",
      "authorship": "Donn.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000342938",
      "slug": "calathea-lasiostachya",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/calathea-lasiostachya/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea lateralis",
      "authorship": "(Ruiz & Pav.) Lindl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000342942",
      "slug": "calathea-lateralis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea latrinotecta",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000342944",
      "slug": "calathea-latrinotecta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea lutea",
      "authorship": "(Aubl.) Schult.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000342972",
      "slug": "calathea-lutea",
      "photographs_found": 74,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/calathea-lutea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea marantina",
      "authorship": "K.Koch",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000342989",
      "slug": "calathea-marantina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea monstera",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001039070",
      "slug": "calathea-monstera",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea multispicata",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn. & M.Serna",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000020760",
      "slug": "calathea-multispicata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea neillii",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000051688",
      "slug": "calathea-neillii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea neurophylla",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000051692",
      "slug": "calathea-neurophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea nitens",
      "authorship": "hort. ex Ender",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343014",
      "slug": "calathea-nitens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea oscariana",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001335981",
      "slug": "calathea-oscariana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea platystachya",
      "authorship": "Standl. & L.O.Williams",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343049",
      "slug": "calathea-platystachya",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea pluriplicata",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343051",
      "slug": "calathea-pluriplicata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea plurispicata",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343052",
      "slug": "calathea-plurispicata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea ravenii",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001283442",
      "slug": "calathea-ravenii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea recurvata",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000923143",
      "slug": "calathea-recurvata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea retroflexa",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343069",
      "slug": "calathea-retroflexa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea rubribracteata",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001342920",
      "slug": "calathea-rubribracteata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea shishicoensis",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001342942",
      "slug": "calathea-shishicoensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea similis",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343096",
      "slug": "calathea-similis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea spiralis",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343105",
      "slug": "calathea-spiralis",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea striata",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343115",
      "slug": "calathea-striata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea tarrazuensis",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000923147",
      "slug": "calathea-tarrazuensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea timothei",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343120",
      "slug": "calathea-timothei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea toroi",
      "authorship": "S.Suárez",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043887",
      "slug": "calathea-toroi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea trianae",
      "authorship": "L.B.Sm. & Idrobo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343122",
      "slug": "calathea-trianae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea utilis",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000343137",
      "slug": "calathea-utilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea velutinifolia",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000051690",
      "slug": "calathea-velutinifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea verruculosa",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000923146",
      "slug": "calathea-verruculosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Calathea yawankama",
      "authorship": "H.Kenn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000003437",
      "slug": "calathea-yawankama",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
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  "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/calathea/"
  }
}