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      "scientific_name": "Cucumis melo",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Cucumis rumphianus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cucumis sativus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cucumis setosus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cucumis silentvalleyi",
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      "scientific_name": "Cucumis thulinianus",
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      "scientific_name": "Cucumis umbellatus",
      "authorship": "I.Telford",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000749094",
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      "documented": false,
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      "scientific_name": "Cucumis variabilis",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cucumis-variabilis/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Cucumis zambianus",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000743663",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Cucumis zeyheri",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000629024",
      "slug": "cucumis-zeyheri",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cucumis-zeyheri/"
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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."
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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/cucumis/"
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}