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      "scientific_name": "Cornus obliqua",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus oligophlebia",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus sanguinea",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cornus-sanguinea/"
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus schindleri",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus sessilis",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus sunhangii",
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      "documented": false,
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus volkensii",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus walteri",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus wardiana",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus wilsoniana",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus × acadiensis",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus × arnoldiana",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus × friedlanderi",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus × lepagei",
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus × slavinii",
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    },
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      "scientific_name": "Cornus × unalaschkensis",
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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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    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/cornus/"
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