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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/colocasia/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "colocasia"
  },
  "genus": "Colocasia",
  "family": "Araceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/araceae/",
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  "documented_species": 2,
  "species": [
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia adiana",
      "authorship": "Nangkar, A.P.Das & Tag",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000031679",
      "slug": "colocasia-adiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia affinis",
      "authorship": "Schott",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000917298",
      "slug": "colocasia-affinis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia boyceana",
      "authorship": "Gogoi & Borah",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001336608",
      "slug": "colocasia-boyceana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia dibangensis",
      "authorship": "Gogoi & Borah",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001336609",
      "slug": "colocasia-dibangensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia esculenta",
      "authorship": "(L.) Schott",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000917419",
      "slug": "colocasia-esculenta",
      "photographs_found": 1063,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/colocasia-esculenta/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia fallax",
      "authorship": "Schott",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000917474",
      "slug": "colocasia-fallax",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia fontanesii",
      "authorship": "Schott",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000917485",
      "slug": "colocasia-fontanesii",
      "photographs_found": 25,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/colocasia-fontanesii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia hassanii",
      "authorship": "H.Ara",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000003573",
      "slug": "colocasia-hassanii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia kachinensis",
      "authorship": "S.S.Zhou & J.T.Yin",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000021777",
      "slug": "colocasia-kachinensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia lihengiae",
      "authorship": "C.L.Long & K.M.Liu",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000357853",
      "slug": "colocasia-lihengiae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia mannii",
      "authorship": "Hook.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000917671",
      "slug": "colocasia-mannii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia menglaensis",
      "authorship": "J.T.Yin, H.Li & Z.F.Xu",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000357858",
      "slug": "colocasia-menglaensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia oresbia",
      "authorship": "A.Hay",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000917763",
      "slug": "colocasia-oresbia",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Colocasia spongifolia",
      "authorship": "P.J.Matthews, V.D.Nguyen, Q.Fang & C.L.Long",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000029733",
      "slug": "colocasia-spongifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "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/colocasia/"
  }
}