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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/empogona/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "empogona"
  },
  "genus": "Empogona",
  "family": "Rubiaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/rubiaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 30,
  "documented_species": 1,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona acidophylla",
      "authorship": "(Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912387",
      "slug": "empogona-acidophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona aequatoria",
      "authorship": "(Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912388",
      "slug": "empogona-aequatoria",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona africana",
      "authorship": "(Sim) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912389",
      "slug": "empogona-africana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona aulacosperma",
      "authorship": "(Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912390",
      "slug": "empogona-aulacosperma",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona bequaertii",
      "authorship": "(De Wild.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912391",
      "slug": "empogona-bequaertii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona bracteata",
      "authorship": "(Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912392",
      "slug": "empogona-bracteata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona breteleri",
      "authorship": "(Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912394",
      "slug": "empogona-breteleri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona buxifolia",
      "authorship": "(Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912395",
      "slug": "empogona-buxifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona cacondensis",
      "authorship": "(Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912397",
      "slug": "empogona-cacondensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona concolor",
      "authorship": "(N.Hallé) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912398",
      "slug": "empogona-concolor",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona congesta",
      "authorship": "(Oliv.) J.E.Burrows",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001426895",
      "slug": "empogona-congesta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona coriacea",
      "authorship": "(Sond.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912399",
      "slug": "empogona-coriacea",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona crepiniana",
      "authorship": "(De Wild. & T.Durand) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912400",
      "slug": "empogona-crepiniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona deightonii",
      "authorship": "(Brenan) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912401",
      "slug": "empogona-deightonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona discolor",
      "authorship": "(Brenan) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912402",
      "slug": "empogona-discolor",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona filiformistipulata",
      "authorship": "(De Wild.) Bremek.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000948551",
      "slug": "empogona-filiformistipulata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona glabra",
      "authorship": "(K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912405",
      "slug": "empogona-glabra",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona gossweileri",
      "authorship": "(S.Moore) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912406",
      "slug": "empogona-gossweileri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona jenniferae",
      "authorship": "Cheek",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000001400",
      "slug": "empogona-jenniferae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona kirkii",
      "authorship": "Hook.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000948553",
      "slug": "empogona-kirkii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona lanceolata",
      "authorship": "(Sond.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912408",
      "slug": "empogona-lanceolata",
      "photographs_found": 30,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/empogona-lanceolata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona macrophylla",
      "authorship": "(K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912409",
      "slug": "empogona-macrophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona maputensis",
      "authorship": "(Bridson & A.E.van Wyk) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912410",
      "slug": "empogona-maputensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona ngalaensis",
      "authorship": "(Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912411",
      "slug": "empogona-ngalaensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona nogueirae",
      "authorship": "(Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912412",
      "slug": "empogona-nogueirae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona ovalifolia",
      "authorship": "(Hiern) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912413",
      "slug": "empogona-ovalifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona reflexa",
      "authorship": "(Hutch.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912417",
      "slug": "empogona-reflexa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona somaliensis",
      "authorship": "(Robbr.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912420",
      "slug": "empogona-somaliensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona talbotii",
      "authorship": "(Wernham) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912421",
      "slug": "empogona-talbotii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Empogona welwitschii",
      "authorship": "(K.Schum.) Tosh & Robbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000912422",
      "slug": "empogona-welwitschii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "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/empogona/"
  }
}