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  },
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  "family": "Ericaceae",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Kalmia angustifolia",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000356149",
      "slug": "kalmia-angustifolia",
      "photographs_found": 1698,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/kalmia-angustifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Kalmia buxifolia",
      "authorship": "(Bergius) Gift & Kron",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001280880",
      "slug": "kalmia-buxifolia",
      "photographs_found": 166,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/kalmia-buxifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Kalmia cuneata",
      "authorship": "Michx.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001047048",
      "slug": "kalmia-cuneata",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Kalmia ericoides",
      "authorship": "C.Wright ex Griseb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001047922",
      "slug": "kalmia-ericoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Kalmia hirsuta",
      "authorship": "Walter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001047049",
      "slug": "kalmia-hirsuta",
      "photographs_found": 124,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/kalmia-hirsuta/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Kalmia latifolia",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000356132",
      "slug": "kalmia-latifolia",
      "photographs_found": 3402,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/kalmia-latifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Kalmia microphylla",
      "authorship": "(Hook.) A.Heller",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001046861",
      "slug": "kalmia-microphylla",
      "photographs_found": 321,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/kalmia-microphylla/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Kalmia polifolia",
      "authorship": "Wangenh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000356138",
      "slug": "kalmia-polifolia",
      "photographs_found": 436,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/kalmia-polifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Kalmia procumbens",
      "authorship": "(L.) Gift, Kron & P.F.Stevens ex Galasso, Banfi & F.Conti",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001280881",
      "slug": "kalmia-procumbens",
      "photographs_found": 310,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/kalmia-procumbens/"
    }
  ],
  "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/kalmia/"
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