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      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus ekmanii",
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      "documented": false,
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      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus gonzaleztorresii",
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      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus grantianus",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000358078",
      "slug": "leptocereus-grantianus",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus leonii",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus maxonii",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus nudiflorus",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/leptocereus-nudiflorus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus paniculatus",
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    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus prostratus",
      "authorship": "Britton & Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000358064",
      "slug": "leptocereus-prostratus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus quadricostatus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus scopulophilus",
      "authorship": "Areces",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus septentrionalis",
      "authorship": "Hoxey & Gdaniec",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000050716",
      "slug": "leptocereus-septentrionalis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus sylvestris",
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      "slug": "leptocereus-sylvestris",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus undulosus",
      "authorship": "(DC.) D.Barrios & Majure",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001431278",
      "slug": "leptocereus-undulosus",
      "photographs_found": 18,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/leptocereus-undulosus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus velozianus",
      "authorship": "Clase, Y.Encarn., Peguero & Majure",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001431279",
      "slug": "leptocereus-velozianus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus weingartianus",
      "authorship": "(E.Hartmann) Britton & Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289653",
      "slug": "leptocereus-weingartianus",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/leptocereus-weingartianus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Leptocereus wrightii",
      "authorship": "León",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000358070",
      "slug": "leptocereus-wrightii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    "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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    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/leptocereus/"
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}