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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/launaea/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "launaea"
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  "genus": "Launaea",
  "family": "Asteraceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/asteraceae/",
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  "documented_species": 11,
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      "scientific_name": "Launaea acanthodes",
      "authorship": "(Boiss.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000057612",
      "slug": "launaea-acanthodes",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea acaulis",
      "authorship": "(Roxb.) Babc. ex Kerr",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000095807",
      "slug": "launaea-acaulis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea almahrahensis",
      "authorship": "N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000020778",
      "slug": "launaea-almahrahensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea amal-aminiae",
      "authorship": "N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000115667",
      "slug": "launaea-amal-aminiae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea angolensis",
      "authorship": "N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000116752",
      "slug": "launaea-angolensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea angustifolia",
      "authorship": "(Coss. & Durieu) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000062345",
      "slug": "launaea-angustifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea arborescens",
      "authorship": "(Batt.) Murb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000049123",
      "slug": "launaea-arborescens",
      "photographs_found": 136,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-arborescens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea aspleniifolia",
      "authorship": "(Willd.) Hook.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000010720",
      "slug": "launaea-aspleniifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea benadirensis",
      "authorship": "Chiov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000070567",
      "slug": "launaea-benadirensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea bornmuelleri",
      "authorship": "(Hausskn. ex Bornm.) Bornm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000074096",
      "slug": "launaea-bornmuelleri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea brunneri",
      "authorship": "(Webb) Amin ex Boulos",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000127562",
      "slug": "launaea-brunneri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea cabrae",
      "authorship": "(De Wild.) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000030652",
      "slug": "launaea-cabrae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea calmadowensis",
      "authorship": "Baldesi & N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000027572",
      "slug": "launaea-calmadowensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea capitata",
      "authorship": "(Spreng.) Dandy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000007824",
      "slug": "launaea-capitata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea castanosperma",
      "authorship": "F.G.Davies",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000075319",
      "slug": "launaea-castanosperma",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea cervicornis",
      "authorship": "(Boiss.) Font Quer & Rothm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000092270",
      "slug": "launaea-cervicornis",
      "photographs_found": 13,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-cervicornis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea cornuta",
      "authorship": "(Hochst. ex Oliv. & Hiern) C.Jeffrey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000078105",
      "slug": "launaea-cornuta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea crassifolia",
      "authorship": "(Balf.f.) C.Jeffrey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000115914",
      "slug": "launaea-crassifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea crepoides",
      "authorship": "Balf.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000101779",
      "slug": "launaea-crepoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea fragilis",
      "authorship": "(Asso) Pau",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000129803",
      "slug": "launaea-fragilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea gorgadensis",
      "authorship": "(Bolle) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000136836",
      "slug": "launaea-gorgadensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea hafunensis",
      "authorship": "Chiov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000024500",
      "slug": "launaea-hafunensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea intybacea",
      "authorship": "(Jacq.) Beauverd",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000083220",
      "slug": "launaea-intybacea",
      "photographs_found": 20,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-intybacea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea korovinii",
      "authorship": "(Popov) Popov ex Pavlov",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000051488",
      "slug": "launaea-korovinii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea lackii",
      "authorship": "N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000125551",
      "slug": "launaea-lackii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea lanifera",
      "authorship": "Pau",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000136140",
      "slug": "launaea-lanifera",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-lanifera/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea massauensis",
      "authorship": "(Fresen.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000085205",
      "slug": "launaea-massauensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea microcephala",
      "authorship": "Hook.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000044571",
      "slug": "launaea-microcephala",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea mucronata",
      "authorship": "(Forssk.) Muschl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000063161",
      "slug": "launaea-mucronata",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea nana",
      "authorship": "(Baker) Chiov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000042852",
      "slug": "launaea-nana",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea nudicaulis",
      "authorship": "Less.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000022998",
      "slug": "launaea-nudicaulis-less",
      "photographs_found": 14,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-nudicaulis-less/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea nudicaulis",
      "authorship": "(L.) Hook.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000026452",
      "slug": "launaea-nudicaulis-l-hook-f",
      "photographs_found": 14,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-nudicaulis-l-hook-f/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea oligocephala",
      "authorship": "(Hausskn. & Bornm.) Bornm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000006498",
      "slug": "launaea-oligocephala",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea omanensis",
      "authorship": "N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000123649",
      "slug": "launaea-omanensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea petitiana",
      "authorship": "(A.Rich.) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000060783",
      "slug": "launaea-petitiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea picridioides",
      "authorship": "(Webb) Engl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000048380",
      "slug": "launaea-picridioides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea platyphylla",
      "authorship": "Rech.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000044042",
      "slug": "launaea-platyphylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea polydichotoma",
      "authorship": "(Ostenf.) Amin ex N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000016008",
      "slug": "launaea-polydichotoma",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea procumbens",
      "authorship": "(Roxb.) Ramayya & Rajagopal",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000026949",
      "slug": "launaea-procumbens",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-procumbens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea pseudoabyssinica",
      "authorship": "(Chiov.) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000132275",
      "slug": "launaea-pseudoabyssinica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea pumila",
      "authorship": "(Cav.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000091632",
      "slug": "launaea-pumila",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea quercifolia",
      "authorship": "(Desf.) Pamp.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000004765",
      "slug": "launaea-quercifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea quettaensis",
      "authorship": "N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000075249",
      "slug": "launaea-quettaensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea rarifolia",
      "authorship": "(Oliv. & Hiern) Boulos",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000129192",
      "slug": "launaea-rarifolia",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-rarifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea rhynchocarpa",
      "authorship": "(Balf.f.) Mies",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000056089",
      "slug": "launaea-rhynchocarpa",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-rhynchocarpa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea rogersii",
      "authorship": "(Humbert) Humbert & Boulos",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000023483",
      "slug": "launaea-rogersii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea rueppellii",
      "authorship": "(Sch.Bip. ex Oliv. & Hiern) Boulos",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000134172",
      "slug": "launaea-rueppellii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea sarmentosa",
      "authorship": "(Willd.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000003627",
      "slug": "launaea-sarmentosa",
      "photographs_found": 30,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-sarmentosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea secunda",
      "authorship": "(C.B.Clarke) Hook.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000087645",
      "slug": "launaea-secunda",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea socotrana",
      "authorship": "N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000045040",
      "slug": "launaea-socotrana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea spinosa",
      "authorship": "(Forssk.) Sch.Bip. ex Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000072562",
      "slug": "launaea-spinosa",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/launaea-spinosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea stenocephala",
      "authorship": "(Boiss.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000055635",
      "slug": "launaea-stenocephala",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea taraxacifolia",
      "authorship": "(Willd.) Amin ex C.Jeffrey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000029622",
      "slug": "launaea-taraxacifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea thalassica",
      "authorship": "N.Kilian, Brochmann & Rustan",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000020985",
      "slug": "launaea-thalassica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea verdickii",
      "authorship": "(De Wild.) Boulos",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000075219",
      "slug": "launaea-verdickii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea viminea",
      "authorship": "Batt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000028293",
      "slug": "launaea-viminea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Launaea violacea",
      "authorship": "(O.Hoffm.) Boulos",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000023795",
      "slug": "launaea-violacea",
      "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/launaea/"
  }
}