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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/chironia/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "chironia"
  },
  "genus": "Chironia",
  "family": "Gentianaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/gentianaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 25,
  "documented_species": 9,
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      "scientific_name": "Chironia albiflora",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602650",
      "slug": "chironia-albiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia angolensis",
      "authorship": "Gilg",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602654",
      "slug": "chironia-angolensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia arenaria",
      "authorship": "E.Mey.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602658",
      "slug": "chironia-arenaria",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia baccifera",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602662",
      "slug": "chironia-baccifera",
      "photographs_found": 652,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chironia-baccifera/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia baumiana",
      "authorship": "Gilg",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602670",
      "slug": "chironia-baumiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia decumbens",
      "authorship": "Levyns",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602687",
      "slug": "chironia-decumbens",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chironia-decumbens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia elgonensis",
      "authorship": "Bullock",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602695",
      "slug": "chironia-elgonensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia erythraeoides",
      "authorship": "Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602698",
      "slug": "chironia-erythraeoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia fernandesiana",
      "authorship": "Paiva & I.Nogueira",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602700",
      "slug": "chironia-fernandesiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia flexuosa",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602702",
      "slug": "chironia-flexuosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia gratissima",
      "authorship": "S.Moore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602712",
      "slug": "chironia-gratissima",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia jasminoides",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602721",
      "slug": "chironia-jasminoides",
      "photographs_found": 46,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chironia-jasminoides/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia katangensis",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602724",
      "slug": "chironia-katangensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia krebsii",
      "authorship": "Griseb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602727",
      "slug": "chironia-krebsii",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chironia-krebsii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia laxa",
      "authorship": "Gilg",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602732",
      "slug": "chironia-laxa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia laxiflora",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602733",
      "slug": "chironia-laxiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia linoides",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602735",
      "slug": "chironia-linoides",
      "photographs_found": 86,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chironia-linoides/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia melampyrifolia",
      "authorship": "Lam.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602755",
      "slug": "chironia-melampyrifolia",
      "photographs_found": 74,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chironia-melampyrifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia palustris",
      "authorship": "Burch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602766",
      "slug": "chironia-palustris",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia peduncularis",
      "authorship": "Lindl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602774",
      "slug": "chironia-peduncularis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia peglerae",
      "authorship": "Prain",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602775",
      "slug": "chironia-peglerae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia purpurascens",
      "authorship": "(E.Mey.) Benth. & Hook.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602780",
      "slug": "chironia-purpurascens",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chironia-purpurascens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia serpyllifolia",
      "authorship": "Lehm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602795",
      "slug": "chironia-serpyllifolia",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chironia-serpyllifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia stokoei",
      "authorship": "I.Verd.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602799",
      "slug": "chironia-stokoei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Chironia tetragona",
      "authorship": "L.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000602803",
      "slug": "chironia-tetragona",
      "photographs_found": 94,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/chironia-tetragona/"
    }
  ],
  "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/chironia/"
  }
}