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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/costularia/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "costularia"
  },
  "genus": "Costularia",
  "family": "Cyperaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/cyperaceae/",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia andringitrensis",
      "authorship": "Larridon",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000031709",
      "slug": "costularia-andringitrensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia baronii",
      "authorship": "C.B.Clarke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362658",
      "slug": "costularia-baronii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia brevifolia",
      "authorship": "Cherm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362673",
      "slug": "costularia-brevifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia cadetii",
      "authorship": "Larridon",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000031710",
      "slug": "costularia-cadetii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia humbertii",
      "authorship": "Bosser",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362709",
      "slug": "costularia-humbertii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia itremoensis",
      "authorship": "Larridon",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000031711",
      "slug": "costularia-itremoensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia leucocarpa",
      "authorship": "(Ridl.) H.Pfeiff.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362722",
      "slug": "costularia-leucocarpa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia melicoides",
      "authorship": "(Poir.) C.B.Clarke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362724",
      "slug": "costularia-melicoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia melleri",
      "authorship": "(Baker) C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001301689",
      "slug": "costularia-melleri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia microcarpa",
      "authorship": "(Cherm.) Kük.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362732",
      "slug": "costularia-microcarpa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia natalensis",
      "authorship": "C.B.Clarke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362736",
      "slug": "costularia-natalensis",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/costularia-natalensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia pantopoda",
      "authorship": "(Baker) C.B.Clarke ex Cherm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362750",
      "slug": "costularia-pantopoda",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia pilisepla",
      "authorship": "(Steud.) J.Kern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001302353",
      "slug": "costularia-pilisepla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia purpurea",
      "authorship": "Cherm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362780",
      "slug": "costularia-purpurea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia robusta",
      "authorship": "(Cherm.) Larridon",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000031712",
      "slug": "costularia-robusta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Costularia xipholepis",
      "authorship": "(Baker) Henriette & Senterre",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001343870",
      "slug": "costularia-xipholepis",
      "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/costularia/"
  }
}