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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/hosta/",
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    "slug": "hosta"
  },
  "genus": "Hosta",
  "family": "Asparagaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Hosta albofarinosa",
      "authorship": "D.Q.Wang",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Hosta alismifolia",
      "authorship": "F.Maek.",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta capitata",
      "authorship": "(Koidz.) Nakai",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000662782",
      "slug": "hosta-capitata",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta clausa",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta hypoleuca",
      "authorship": "Murata",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663043",
      "slug": "hosta-hypoleuca",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta jonesii",
      "authorship": "M.G.Chung",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663087",
      "slug": "hosta-jonesii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta kikutii",
      "authorship": "F.Maek.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663097",
      "slug": "hosta-kikutii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta kiyosumiensis",
      "authorship": "F.Maek.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663130",
      "slug": "hosta-kiyosumiensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta longipes",
      "authorship": "(Franch. & Sav.) Matsum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663169",
      "slug": "hosta-longipes",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta longissima",
      "authorship": "F.Maek.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663211",
      "slug": "hosta-longissima",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta minor",
      "authorship": "(Baker) Nakai",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663231",
      "slug": "hosta-minor",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta plantaginea",
      "authorship": "(Lam.) Asch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663320",
      "slug": "hosta-plantaginea",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/hosta-plantaginea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta pulchella",
      "authorship": "N.Fujita",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663342",
      "slug": "hosta-pulchella",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta pycnophylla",
      "authorship": "F.Maek.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663353",
      "slug": "hosta-pycnophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta shikokiana",
      "authorship": "N.Fujita",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663427",
      "slug": "hosta-shikokiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta sieboldiana",
      "authorship": "(Hook.) Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663624",
      "slug": "hosta-sieboldiana",
      "photographs_found": 25,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/hosta-sieboldiana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta sieboldii",
      "authorship": "(Paxton) J.W.Ingram",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663448",
      "slug": "hosta-sieboldii",
      "photographs_found": 18,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/hosta-sieboldii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta tardiva",
      "authorship": "Nakai",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663686",
      "slug": "hosta-tardiva",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta tsushimensis",
      "authorship": "N.Fujita",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663739",
      "slug": "hosta-tsushimensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta ventricosa",
      "authorship": "Stearn",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663761",
      "slug": "hosta-ventricosa",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/hosta-ventricosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta venusta",
      "authorship": "F.Maek.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663772",
      "slug": "hosta-venusta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Hosta yingeri",
      "authorship": "S.B.Jones",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000663795",
      "slug": "hosta-yingeri",
      "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/hosta/"
  }
}