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  "family": "Cupressaceae",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecyparis flifera",
      "authorship": "Veitch ex Sénécl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001301541",
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    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecyparis formosensis",
      "authorship": "Matsum.",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chamaecyparis-formosensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecyparis hodginsii",
      "authorship": "(Dunn) Rushforth",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000508747",
      "slug": "chamaecyparis-hodginsii",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecyparis lawsoniana",
      "authorship": "(A.Murray bis) Parl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000599456",
      "slug": "chamaecyparis-lawsoniana",
      "photographs_found": 230,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chamaecyparis-lawsoniana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecyparis obtusa",
      "authorship": "(Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000599468",
      "slug": "chamaecyparis-obtusa",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chamaecyparis-obtusa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecyparis pisifera",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000599479",
      "slug": "chamaecyparis-pisifera",
      "photographs_found": 12,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chamaecyparis-pisifera/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chamaecyparis thyoides",
      "authorship": "(L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000599490",
      "slug": "chamaecyparis-thyoides",
      "photographs_found": 255,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chamaecyparis-thyoides/"
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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"
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    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/chamaecyparis/"
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