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      "scientific_name": "Cynodon aethiopicus",
      "authorship": "Clayton & J.R.Harlan",
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      "scientific_name": "Cynodon ambiguus",
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    },
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      "scientific_name": "Cynodon barberi",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon convergens",
      "authorship": "F.Muell.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000861172",
      "slug": "cynodon-convergens",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Cynodon coursii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon dactylon",
      "authorship": "(L.) Pers.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000861178",
      "slug": "cynodon-dactylon",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cynodon-dactylon/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon incompletus",
      "authorship": "Nees",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000861225",
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      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon nlemfuensis",
      "authorship": "Vanderyst",
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      "slug": "cynodon-nlemfuensis",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/cynodon-nlemfuensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon plectostachyus",
      "authorship": "(K.Schum.) Pilg.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000861260",
      "slug": "cynodon-plectostachyus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon prostratus",
      "authorship": "(C.A.Gardner & C.E.Hubb.) P.M.Peterson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001330188",
      "slug": "cynodon-prostratus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon radiatus",
      "authorship": "Roth",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000861270",
      "slug": "cynodon-radiatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon simonii",
      "authorship": "P.M.Peterson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001330189",
      "slug": "cynodon-simonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon tenellus",
      "authorship": "R.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000861279",
      "slug": "cynodon-tenellus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon transvaalensis",
      "authorship": "Burtt Davy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000861283",
      "slug": "cynodon-transvaalensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Cynodon × magennisii",
      "authorship": "Hurcombe",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000861152",
      "slug": "cynodon-magennisii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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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."
  },
  "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/cynodon/"
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}