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      "scientific_name": "Espostoa blossfeldiorum",
      "authorship": "(Werderm.) Buxb.",
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    },
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Espostoa cremnophila",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Espostoa frutescens",
      "authorship": "Madsen",
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      "slug": "espostoa-frutescens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Espostoa hylaea",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Espostoa lanata",
      "authorship": "(Kunth) Britton & Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000680868",
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      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/espostoa-lanata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Espostoa melanostele",
      "authorship": "(Vaupel) Borg",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000680879",
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      "photographs_found": 16,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/espostoa-melanostele/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Espostoa mirabilis",
      "authorship": "F.Ritter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000680881",
      "slug": "espostoa-mirabilis",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/espostoa-mirabilis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Espostoa senilis",
      "authorship": "(F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000680888",
      "slug": "espostoa-senilis",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Espostoa superba",
      "authorship": "F.Ritter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000680890",
      "slug": "espostoa-superba",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/espostoa-superba/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Espostoa utcubambensis",
      "authorship": "G.J.Charles",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000680892",
      "slug": "espostoa-utcubambensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    "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"
    }
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    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/espostoa/"
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