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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/gymnosphaera/",
  "id": {
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  "genus": "Gymnosphaera",
  "family": "Cyatheaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/cyatheaceae/",
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  "documented_species": 4,
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      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera acrostichoides",
      "authorship": "(Alderw.) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004236",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-acrostichoides",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera alticola",
      "authorship": "Tardieu",
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      "slug": "gymnosphaera-alticola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera andersonii",
      "authorship": "(J.Scott ex Bedd.) Ching & S.K.Wu",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001233407",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-andersonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera andohahelensis",
      "authorship": "(Tardieu) Tardieu",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001107629",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-andohahelensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera annae",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera atropurpurea",
      "authorship": "(Copel.) Copel.",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera austroyunnanensis",
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      "slug": "gymnosphaera-austroyunnanensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera bachmaensis",
      "authorship": "S.Y.Dong",
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      "slug": "gymnosphaera-bachmaensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera baileyana",
      "authorship": "(Domin) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004238",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-baileyana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera biformis",
      "authorship": "(Rosenst.) Copel.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001255560",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-biformis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera boivinii",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001109892",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera bonii",
      "authorship": "(Christ) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000041435",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-bonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera capensis",
      "authorship": "(L.f.) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004239",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-capensis",
      "photographs_found": 252,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/gymnosphaera-capensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera commutata",
      "authorship": "(Mett.) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004240",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-commutata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera denticulata",
      "authorship": "(Baker) Copel.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001126568",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-denticulata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera dimorpha",
      "authorship": "(Christ) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004241",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-dimorpha",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera gammiei",
      "authorship": "(R.D.Dixit) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000048920",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-gammiei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera gigantea",
      "authorship": "(Wall. ex Hook.) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1200009156",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-gigantea",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera glabra",
      "authorship": "Blume",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001255565",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-glabra",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera henryi",
      "authorship": "(Baker) S.R.Ghosh",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000140199",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-henryi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera hornei",
      "authorship": "(Baker) Copel.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001255585",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-hornei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera impolita",
      "authorship": "(Rakotondr. & Janssen) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004242",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-impolita",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera khasyana",
      "authorship": "(Moore ex Kuhn) Ching",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001233409",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-khasyana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera lurida",
      "authorship": "(Blume) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004243",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-lurida",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera metteniana",
      "authorship": "(Hance) Tagawa",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001126564",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-metteniana",
      "photographs_found": 30,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/gymnosphaera-metteniana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera mildbraedii",
      "authorship": "(Brause) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004244",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-mildbraedii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera nicklesii",
      "authorship": "Tardieu & F.Ballard ex Tardieu",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000140203",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-nicklesii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera ogurae",
      "authorship": "(Hayata) Tagawa",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000140204",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-ogurae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera olivacea",
      "authorship": "(Brause) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004245",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-olivacea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera phankelocii",
      "authorship": "S.Y.Dong & C.W.Chen",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000058529",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-phankelocii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera phlebodes",
      "authorship": "(Lehnert & Coritico) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004246",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-phlebodes",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera podophylla",
      "authorship": "(Hook.) Copel.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001126563",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-podophylla",
      "photographs_found": 52,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/gymnosphaera-podophylla/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera poolii",
      "authorship": "(C.Chr.) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004247",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-poolii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera ramispina",
      "authorship": "(Hook.Hook. & Baker) Copel.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001255520",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-ramispina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera ramispinoides",
      "authorship": "(M.Kato) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004248",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-ramispinoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera rebeccae",
      "authorship": "(F.Muell.) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004249",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-rebeccae",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/gymnosphaera-rebeccae/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera rouhaniana",
      "authorship": "(Rakotondr. & Janssen) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004250",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-rouhaniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera rubella",
      "authorship": "(Holttum) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004251",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-rubella",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera salletii",
      "authorship": "(Tardieu & C.Chr. ex C.Chr. & Tardieu) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004252",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-salletii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera salvinii",
      "authorship": "(Hook.) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004253",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-salvinii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera saxicola",
      "authorship": "S.Y.Dong & Z.Y.Zuo",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000041433",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-saxicola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera scandens",
      "authorship": "(Brause) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004254",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-scandens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera schlechteri",
      "authorship": "(Brause) Copel.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001255934",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-schlechteri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera schliebenii",
      "authorship": "(Reimers) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004255",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-schliebenii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera subdubia",
      "authorship": "(Alderw.) S.Y.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000004256",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-subdubia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Gymnosphaera vietnamensis",
      "authorship": "S.Y.Dong & C.W.Chen",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000058530",
      "slug": "gymnosphaera-vietnamensis",
      "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/gymnosphaera/"
  }
}