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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/herpetacanthus/",
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  "genus": "Herpetacanthus",
  "family": "Acanthaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus acaulis",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337747",
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    },
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      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus acuminatus",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "slug": "herpetacanthus-angustatus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus chalarostachyus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus delicatus",
      "authorship": "Indriunas & Kameyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001318573",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-delicatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus longiflorus",
      "authorship": "Moric.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001267610",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-longiflorus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus longipetiolatus",
      "authorship": "Indriunas & Kameyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001318551",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-longipetiolatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus macahensis",
      "authorship": "Nees",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000720844",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-macahensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus macrophyllus",
      "authorship": "Nees",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043907",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-macrophyllus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus magnobracteolatus",
      "authorship": "Indriunas & Kameyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001318552",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-magnobracteolatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus melancholicus",
      "authorship": "Nees",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043908",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-melancholicus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus napoensis",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337746",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-napoensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus neesianus",
      "authorship": "Indriunas & Kameyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001318562",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-neesianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus panamensis",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000720846",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-panamensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus parvispica",
      "authorship": "Indriunas & Kameyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001318563",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-parvispica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus pauciflorus",
      "authorship": "Indriunas & Kameyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001318564",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-pauciflorus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus rotundatus",
      "authorship": "(Lindau) Bremek.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001238448",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-rotundatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus rubiginosus",
      "authorship": "Nees",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043909",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-rubiginosus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus stenophyllus",
      "authorship": "Gómez-Laur. & Grayum",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001045160",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-stenophyllus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus strongyloides",
      "authorship": "Indriunas & Kameyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001318565",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-strongyloides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Herpetacanthus tetrandrus",
      "authorship": "(Nees & Mart.) Herter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000720848",
      "slug": "herpetacanthus-tetrandrus",
      "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"
    }
  ],
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    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/herpetacanthus/"
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}