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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/chamaecostus/",
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    "slug": "chamaecostus"
  },
  "genus": "Chamaecostus",
  "family": "Costaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/costaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 8,
  "documented_species": 1,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecostus acaulis",
      "authorship": "(S.Moore) T.André & C.D.Specht",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001342278",
      "slug": "chamaecostus-acaulis",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chamaecostus-acaulis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecostus congestiflorus",
      "authorship": "(Rich. ex Gagnep.) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000805530",
      "slug": "chamaecostus-congestiflorus",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecostus curcumoides",
      "authorship": "(Maas) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000805531",
      "slug": "chamaecostus-curcumoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecostus cuspidatus",
      "authorship": "(Nees & Mart.) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000805532",
      "slug": "chamaecostus-cuspidatus",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecostus fragilis",
      "authorship": "(Maas) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000805533",
      "slug": "chamaecostus-fragilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecostus fusiformis",
      "authorship": "(Maas) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000805534",
      "slug": "chamaecostus-fusiformis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecostus lanceolatus",
      "authorship": "(Petersen) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000805535",
      "slug": "chamaecostus-lanceolatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecostus subsessilis",
      "authorship": "(Nees & Mart.) C.D.Specht & D.W.Stev.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000805537",
      "slug": "chamaecostus-subsessilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
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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."
  },
  "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/chamaecostus/"
  }
}