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      "scientific_name": "Cereus pierre-braunianus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus polymorphus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus strictus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus tehuacanensis",
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus vargasianus",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus yungasensis",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Cereus × aurora",
      "authorship": "Rydb.",
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus × callicanthus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus × colvillii",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus × devauxii",
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus × flemingii",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Cereus × funkii",
      "authorship": "C.F.Först.",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Cereus × ruber",
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus × rueferi",
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      "scientific_name": "Cereus × smithianus",
      "authorship": "Sweet",
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      "slug": "cereus-smithianus",
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      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Cereus × vulcan",
      "authorship": "Müll.Arg.",
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    "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."
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      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
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      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
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