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  },
  "genus": "Elodea",
  "family": "Hydrocharitaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Elodea bifoliata",
      "authorship": "H.St.John",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000770736",
      "slug": "elodea-bifoliata",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Elodea callitrichoides",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Elodea canadensis",
      "authorship": "Fraser ex Spach",
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      "slug": "elodea-canadensis-fraser-ex-spach",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/elodea-canadensis-fraser-ex-spach/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Elodea canadensis",
      "authorship": "Michx.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000770739",
      "slug": "elodea-canadensis-michx",
      "photographs_found": 605,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/elodea-canadensis-michx/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Elodea densa",
      "authorship": "(Planch.) Casp.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000770746",
      "slug": "elodea-densa",
      "photographs_found": 153,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/elodea-densa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Elodea granatensis",
      "authorship": "Bonpl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001066598",
      "slug": "elodea-granatensis-bonpl",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Elodea granatensis",
      "authorship": "Humb. & Bonpl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000770749",
      "slug": "elodea-granatensis-humb-bonpl",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Elodea heterostemon",
      "authorship": "(S.Koehler & C.P.Bove) Byng & Christenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001424868",
      "slug": "elodea-heterostemon",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Elodea naias",
      "authorship": "(Planch.) Casp.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000770760",
      "slug": "elodea-naias",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Elodea nuttallii",
      "authorship": "(Planch.) H.St.John",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000770762",
      "slug": "elodea-nuttallii",
      "photographs_found": 45,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/elodea-nuttallii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Elodea potamogeton",
      "authorship": "(Bertero) Espinosa",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000770770",
      "slug": "elodea-potamogeton",
      "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/elodea/"
  }
}