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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/dieffenbachia/",
  "id": {
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  "genus": "Dieffenbachia",
  "family": "Araceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/araceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia aglaonematifolia",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943292",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-aglaonematifolia",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia antioquensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia aurantiaca",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943295",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-aurantiaca",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia batistae",
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      "wfo": "wfo-1000026739",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-batistae",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia beachiana",
      "authorship": "Croat & Grayum",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000047355",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-beachiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia bowmanni",
      "authorship": "H.J.Veitch",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001084121",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-bowmanni",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia brittonii",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943305",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-brittonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia burgeri",
      "authorship": "Croat & Grayum",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793971",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-burgeri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia cannifolia",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943306",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-cannifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia concinna",
      "authorship": "Croat & Grayum",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943309",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-concinna",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia copensis",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793972",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-copensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia cordata",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943312",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-cordata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia costata",
      "authorship": "Klotzsch ex Schott",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943313",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-costata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia crebripistillata",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793973",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-crebripistillata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia daguensis",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943314",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-daguensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia davidsei",
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      "slug": "dieffenbachia-davidsei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia duidae",
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      "slug": "dieffenbachia-duidae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia elegans",
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      "slug": "dieffenbachia-elegans",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia enderi",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943319",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-enderi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia fortunensis",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793975",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-fortunensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia fosteri",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793976",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-fosteri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia fournieri",
      "authorship": "N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943320",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-fournieri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia galdamesiae",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793977",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-galdamesiae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia gracilis",
      "authorship": "Huber",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943323",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-gracilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia grayumiana",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943325",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-grayumiana",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia hammelii",
      "authorship": "Croat & Grayum",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943326",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-hammelii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia herthae",
      "authorship": "Diels",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943327",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-herthae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia horichii",
      "authorship": "Croat & Grayum",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793978",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-horichii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia humilis",
      "authorship": "Poepp.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943328",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-humilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia imperialis",
      "authorship": "Linden & André",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943331",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-imperialis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia isthmia",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793980",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-isthmia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia killipii",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793981",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-killipii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia lancifolia",
      "authorship": "Linden & André",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943334",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-lancifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia leopoldii",
      "authorship": "W.Bull",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943336",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-leopoldii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia longispatha",
      "authorship": "Engl. & K.Krause",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943343",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-longispatha",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia lutheri",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793982",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-lutheri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia macrophylla",
      "authorship": "Poepp.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943344",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-macrophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia meleagris",
      "authorship": "L.Linden & Rodigas",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943347",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-meleagris",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia mortoniana",
      "authorship": "O.Ortiz & Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000026740",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-mortoniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia nitidipetiolata",
      "authorship": "Croat & Grayum",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793984",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-nitidipetiolata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia obliqua",
      "authorship": "Poepp.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943353",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-obliqua",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia obscurinervia",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793985",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-obscurinervia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia oerstedtii",
      "authorship": "Schott",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943354",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-oerstedtii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia olbia",
      "authorship": "L.Linden & Rodigas",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943355",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-olbia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia paludicola",
      "authorship": "N.E.Br. ex Gleason",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943356",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-paludicola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia panamensis",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000793986",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-panamensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia parlatorei",
      "authorship": "Linden & André",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943357",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-parlatorei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia parvifolia",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943359",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-parvifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia pittieri",
      "authorship": "Engl. & K.Krause",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943369",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-pittieri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia rodriguezii",
      "authorship": "Croat & O.Ortiz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001259171",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-rodriguezii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia seguine",
      "authorship": "(Jacq.) Schott",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943374",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-seguine",
      "photographs_found": 84,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/dieffenbachia-seguine/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia shuttleworthii",
      "authorship": "W.Bull ex T.Moore & Mast.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001347973",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-shuttleworthii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia simoneae",
      "authorship": "C.A.S.Bat.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000055188",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-simoneae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia standleyi",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000794000",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-standleyi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia tonduzii",
      "authorship": "Croat & Grayum",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943389",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-tonduzii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia weberbaueri",
      "authorship": "Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943394",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-weberbaueri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia weirii",
      "authorship": "J.J.Veitch",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943397",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-weirii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia wendlandii",
      "authorship": "Schott",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000943398",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-wendlandii",
      "photographs_found": 13,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/dieffenbachia-wendlandii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia williamsii",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000794002",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-williamsii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dieffenbachia wurdackii",
      "authorship": "Croat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000805679",
      "slug": "dieffenbachia-wurdackii",
      "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/dieffenbachia/"
  }
}