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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/clitoria/",
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      "authorship": "Mart. ex Benth.",
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      "scientific_name": "Clitoria andrei",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Clitoria annua",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-annua/"
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      "scientific_name": "Clitoria arborea",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
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      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria arborescens",
      "authorship": "R.Br.",
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      "slug": "clitoria-arborescens",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Clitoria australis",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria brachycalyx",
      "authorship": "Harms",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165591",
      "slug": "clitoria-brachycalyx",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria brachystegia",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria brasilensis",
      "authorship": "Sessé & Moc.",
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      "slug": "clitoria-brasilensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria canescens",
      "authorship": "Pittier ex Fantz",
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      "slug": "clitoria-canescens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria cavalcantei",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192565",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria cearensis",
      "authorship": "Huber",
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      "slug": "clitoria-cearensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria chanondii",
      "authorship": "Chuakul",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000611918",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria cordiformis",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
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      "slug": "clitoria-cordiformis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria cordobensis",
      "authorship": "Burkart",
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      "slug": "clitoria-cordobensis",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria coriacea",
      "authorship": "Schery",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165595",
      "slug": "clitoria-coriacea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria dendrina",
      "authorship": "Pittier",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165596",
      "slug": "clitoria-dendrina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria densiflora",
      "authorship": "(Benth.) Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165597",
      "slug": "clitoria-densiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria epetiolata",
      "authorship": "Burkart",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165598",
      "slug": "clitoria-epetiolata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria fairchildiana",
      "authorship": "R.A.Howard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000164325",
      "slug": "clitoria-fairchildiana",
      "photographs_found": 20,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-fairchildiana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria falcata",
      "authorship": "Lam.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000179174",
      "slug": "clitoria-falcata",
      "photographs_found": 20,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria flagellaris",
      "authorship": "(Benth.) Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192613",
      "slug": "clitoria-flagellaris",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria flexuosa",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192615",
      "slug": "clitoria-flexuosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria fragrans",
      "authorship": "Small",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165600",
      "slug": "clitoria-fragrans",
      "photographs_found": 16,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-fragrans/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria froesii",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192619",
      "slug": "clitoria-froesii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria glaberrima",
      "authorship": "Pittier",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165601",
      "slug": "clitoria-glaberrima",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria guianensis",
      "authorship": "(Aubl.) Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000174045",
      "slug": "clitoria-guianensis",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-guianensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria hanceana",
      "authorship": "Hemsl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192633",
      "slug": "clitoria-hanceana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria hermannii",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192641",
      "slug": "clitoria-hermannii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria heterophylla",
      "authorship": "Lam.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000196567",
      "slug": "clitoria-heterophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria humilis",
      "authorship": "Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165602",
      "slug": "clitoria-humilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria irwinii",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192647",
      "slug": "clitoria-irwinii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria javanica",
      "authorship": "Miq.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192649",
      "slug": "clitoria-javanica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria javitensis",
      "authorship": "(Kunth) Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000184224",
      "slug": "clitoria-javitensis",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-javitensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria juninensis",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192651",
      "slug": "clitoria-juninensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria kaessneri",
      "authorship": "Harms",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000179194",
      "slug": "clitoria-kaessneri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria kaieteurensis",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192652",
      "slug": "clitoria-kaieteurensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria lasciva",
      "authorship": "Bojer ex Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192653",
      "slug": "clitoria-lasciva",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria laurifolia",
      "authorship": "Poir.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000179201",
      "slug": "clitoria-laurifolia",
      "photographs_found": 12,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-laurifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria leptostachya",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165603",
      "slug": "clitoria-leptostachya",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria linearis",
      "authorship": "Gagnep.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192668",
      "slug": "clitoria-linearis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria macrophylla",
      "authorship": "Wall.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192669",
      "slug": "clitoria-macrophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria magentea",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192674",
      "slug": "clitoria-magentea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria mariana",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165604",
      "slug": "clitoria-mariana",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-mariana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria mexicana",
      "authorship": "Link",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000174046",
      "slug": "clitoria-mexicana",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-mexicana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria monticola",
      "authorship": "Brandegee",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165605",
      "slug": "clitoria-monticola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria moyobambensis",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192733",
      "slug": "clitoria-moyobambensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria mucronulata",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001054540",
      "slug": "clitoria-mucronulata",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria nana",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165606",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria nervosa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria obidensis",
      "authorship": "Huber",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165608",
      "slug": "clitoria-obidensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria occidentalis",
      "authorship": "Sweet",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000611939",
      "slug": "clitoria-occidentalis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria pendens",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192681",
      "slug": "clitoria-pendens",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria plumosa",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192682",
      "slug": "clitoria-plumosa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria polystachya",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165610",
      "slug": "clitoria-polystachya",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-polystachya/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria pozuzoensis",
      "authorship": "J.F.Macbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165611",
      "slug": "clitoria-pozuzoensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria quadalupensis",
      "authorship": "Scop.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001054541",
      "slug": "clitoria-quadalupensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria sagotii",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192688",
      "slug": "clitoria-sagotii",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-sagotii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria selloi",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165612",
      "slug": "clitoria-selloi",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria simplicifolia",
      "authorship": "(Kunth) Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000174047",
      "slug": "clitoria-simplicifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria snethlageae",
      "authorship": "Ducke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165613",
      "slug": "clitoria-snethlageae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria speciosa",
      "authorship": "Cav.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000611947",
      "slug": "clitoria-speciosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria steyermarkii",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192698",
      "slug": "clitoria-steyermarkii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria stipularis",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001054542",
      "slug": "clitoria-stipularis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria ternatea",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000179216",
      "slug": "clitoria-ternatea",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/clitoria-ternatea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria tomentosa",
      "authorship": "Mart.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000611951",
      "slug": "clitoria-tomentosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria triflora",
      "authorship": "S.Watson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000165614",
      "slug": "clitoria-triflora",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria tristis",
      "authorship": "Ten.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000611952",
      "slug": "clitoria-tristis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria tunuhiensis",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192717",
      "slug": "clitoria-tunuhiensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Clitoria woytkowskii",
      "authorship": "Fantz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192718",
      "slug": "clitoria-woytkowskii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
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  "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/clitoria/"
  }
}