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  "family": "Zamiaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Dioon angustifolium",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/dioon-angustifolium/"
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Dioon argenteum",
      "authorship": "T.J.Greg., Chemnick, Salas-Mor. & Vovides",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Dioon califanoi",
      "authorship": "De Luca & Sabato",
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      "slug": "dioon-califanoi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon caputoi",
      "authorship": "De Luca, Sabato & Vázq.Torres",
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      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon edule",
      "authorship": "Lindl.",
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      "slug": "dioon-edule",
      "photographs_found": 23,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/dioon-edule/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon holmgrenii",
      "authorship": "De Luca, Sabato & Vázq.Torres",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000648120",
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      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon mejiae",
      "authorship": "Standl. & L.O.Williams",
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      "slug": "dioon-mejiae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon merolae",
      "authorship": "De Luca, Sabato & Vázq.Torres",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000648124",
      "slug": "dioon-merolae",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/dioon-merolae/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon oaxacensis",
      "authorship": "Gut.Ortega, Pérez-Farr. & Vovides",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000022162",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon planifolium",
      "authorship": "Salas-Mor., Chemnick & T.J.Greg.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001346175",
      "slug": "dioon-planifolium",
      "photographs_found": 32,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/dioon-planifolium/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon purpusii",
      "authorship": "Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000648125",
      "slug": "dioon-purpusii",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/dioon-purpusii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon rzedowskii",
      "authorship": "De Luca, A.Moretti, Sabato & Vázq.Torres",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000648126",
      "slug": "dioon-rzedowskii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon salas-moralesiae",
      "authorship": "Gut.Ortega & Pérez-Farr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000026747",
      "slug": "dioon-salas-moralesiae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon sonorense",
      "authorship": "(De Luca, Sabato & Vázq.Torres) Chemnick, T.J.Greg. & Salas-Mor.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000648127",
      "slug": "dioon-sonorense",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon spinulosum",
      "authorship": "Dyer ex Eichler",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000648128",
      "slug": "dioon-spinulosum",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/dioon-spinulosum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon stevensonii",
      "authorship": "Nic.-Mor. & Vovides",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912227",
      "slug": "dioon-stevensonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon tomasellii",
      "authorship": "De Luca, Sabato & Vázq.Torres",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000648130",
      "slug": "dioon-tomasellii",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/dioon-tomasellii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Dioon vovidesii",
      "authorship": "Gut.Ortega & Pérez-Farr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000003796",
      "slug": "dioon-vovidesii",
      "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/dioon/"
  }
}