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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × aguilari",
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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × cheiranthoides",
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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × ledon",
      "authorship": "Lam.",
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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × pauranthus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × platysepalus",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Cistus × purpureus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × santae",
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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × sintenisii",
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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × skanbergii",
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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × stenophyllus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × timbalii",
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      "scientific_name": "Cistus × verguinii",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cistus × vinyalsii",
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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",
      "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/cistus/"
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}