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  "family": "Asteraceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Helminthotheca aculeata",
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      "scientific_name": "Helminthotheca balansae",
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      "scientific_name": "Helminthotheca comosa",
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      "scientific_name": "Helminthotheca echioides",
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      "scientific_name": "Helminthotheca glomerata",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000056943",
      "slug": "helminthotheca-glomerata",
      "photographs_found": 4,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helminthotheca-glomerata/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Helminthotheca maroccana",
      "authorship": "(Sauvage) Talavera & Tremetsberger",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000054694",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helminthotheca spinosa",
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      "wfo": "wfo-1000054695",
      "slug": "helminthotheca-spinosa",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helminthotheca-spinosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helminthotheca × hispanica",
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      "wfo": "wfo-1000054691",
      "slug": "helminthotheca-hispanica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helminthotheca × riphaea",
      "authorship": "Tremetsberger & Talavera",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000054692",
      "slug": "helminthotheca-riphaea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helminthotheca × tingitana",
      "authorship": "Tremetsberger & Talavera",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000054693",
      "slug": "helminthotheca-tingitana",
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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/helminthotheca/"
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