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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/cussonia/",
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  "genus": "Cussonia",
  "family": "Araliaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/araliaceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Cussonia angolensis",
      "authorship": "(Seem.) Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933613",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia arborea",
      "authorship": "Hochst. ex A.Rich.",
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      "slug": "cussonia-arborea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia arenicola",
      "authorship": "Strey",
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      "slug": "cussonia-arenicola",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cussonia-arenicola/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia bancoensis",
      "authorship": "Aubrév. & Pellegr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933617",
      "slug": "cussonia-bancoensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia brieyi",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933623",
      "slug": "cussonia-brieyi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia corbisieri",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933629",
      "slug": "cussonia-corbisieri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia gamtoosensis",
      "authorship": "Strey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933636",
      "slug": "cussonia-gamtoosensis",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cussonia-gamtoosensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia holstii",
      "authorship": "Harms ex Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933639",
      "slug": "cussonia-holstii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia jatrophoides",
      "authorship": "Hutch. & E.A.Bruce",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933643",
      "slug": "cussonia-jatrophoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia natalensis",
      "authorship": "Sond.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933657",
      "slug": "cussonia-natalensis",
      "photographs_found": 50,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cussonia-natalensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia nicholsonii",
      "authorship": "Strey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933658",
      "slug": "cussonia-nicholsonii",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cussonia-nicholsonii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia ostinii",
      "authorship": "Chiov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933660",
      "slug": "cussonia-ostinii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia paniculata",
      "authorship": "Eckl. & Zeyh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933661",
      "slug": "cussonia-paniculata",
      "photographs_found": 96,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cussonia-paniculata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia sessilis",
      "authorship": "Lebrun",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933669",
      "slug": "cussonia-sessilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia sphaerocephala",
      "authorship": "Strey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933670",
      "slug": "cussonia-sphaerocephala",
      "photographs_found": 41,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cussonia-sphaerocephala/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia spicata",
      "authorship": "Thunb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933671",
      "slug": "cussonia-spicata",
      "photographs_found": 285,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cussonia-spicata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia thyrsiflora",
      "authorship": "Thunb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933672",
      "slug": "cussonia-thyrsiflora",
      "photographs_found": 247,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cussonia-thyrsiflora/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia transvaalensis",
      "authorship": "Reyneke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933675",
      "slug": "cussonia-transvaalensis",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cussonia-transvaalensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia zimmermannii",
      "authorship": "Harms",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933680",
      "slug": "cussonia-zimmermannii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cussonia zuluensis",
      "authorship": "Strey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000933681",
      "slug": "cussonia-zuluensis",
      "photographs_found": 13,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cussonia-zuluensis/"
    }
  ],
  "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/cussonia/"
  }
}