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      "scientific_name": "Costus zamoranus",
      "authorship": "Steyerm.",
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      "scientific_name": "Costus zingiberoides",
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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/costus/"
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