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  "id": {
    "slug": "imperata"
  },
  "genus": "Imperata",
  "family": "Poaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/poaceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Imperata brasiliensis",
      "authorship": "Trin.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875622",
      "slug": "imperata-brasiliensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Imperata brevifolia",
      "authorship": "Vasey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875624",
      "slug": "imperata-brevifolia",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/imperata-brevifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Imperata cheesemanii",
      "authorship": "Hack.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875627",
      "slug": "imperata-cheesemanii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Imperata condensata",
      "authorship": "Steud.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875628",
      "slug": "imperata-condensata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Imperata conferta",
      "authorship": "(J.Presl) Ohwi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875629",
      "slug": "imperata-conferta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Imperata contracta",
      "authorship": "Hitchc.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875630",
      "slug": "imperata-contracta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Imperata cylindrica",
      "authorship": "(L.) Raeusch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875631",
      "slug": "imperata-cylindrica",
      "photographs_found": 829,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/imperata-cylindrica/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Imperata flavida",
      "authorship": "S.M.Phillips & S.L.Chen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875652",
      "slug": "imperata-flavida",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Imperata minutiflora",
      "authorship": "Hack.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875664",
      "slug": "imperata-minutiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Imperata parodii",
      "authorship": "Acev.-Rodr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875666",
      "slug": "imperata-parodii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Imperata tenuis",
      "authorship": "Hack.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000875680",
      "slug": "imperata-tenuis",
      "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/imperata/"
  }
}