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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/lespedeza/",
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  "family": "Fabaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/fabaceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza angustifolia",
      "authorship": "(Pursh) Elliott",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-angustifolia/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza bicolor",
      "authorship": "Turcz.",
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      "slug": "lespedeza-bicolor",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-bicolor/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza buergeri",
      "authorship": "Miq.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza cambodianum",
      "authorship": "V.D.Nguyen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001335878",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
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      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza capitata",
      "authorship": "Michx.",
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      "photographs_found": 887,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-capitata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza caraganae",
      "authorship": "Bunge",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000197903",
      "slug": "lespedeza-caraganae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza chinensis",
      "authorship": "G.Don",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192145",
      "slug": "lespedeza-chinensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza cuneata",
      "authorship": "(Dum.Cours.) G.Don",
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      "slug": "lespedeza-cuneata",
      "photographs_found": 1581,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-cuneata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza cyrtobotrya",
      "authorship": "Miq.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000185058",
      "slug": "lespedeza-cyrtobotrya",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza danxiaensis",
      "authorship": "Q.Fan, W.Y.Zhao & K.W.Jiang",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000002971",
      "slug": "lespedeza-danxiaensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza daurica",
      "authorship": "(Laxm.) Schindl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000197891",
      "slug": "lespedeza-daurica",
      "photographs_found": 13,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-daurica/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza davidii",
      "authorship": "Franch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000186113",
      "slug": "lespedeza-davidii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza dunnii",
      "authorship": "Schindl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000197872",
      "slug": "lespedeza-dunnii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza elegans",
      "authorship": "Cambess.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000204762",
      "slug": "lespedeza-elegans",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza fasciculiflora",
      "authorship": "Franch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000197879",
      "slug": "lespedeza-fasciculiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza floribunda",
      "authorship": "Bunge",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000197885",
      "slug": "lespedeza-floribunda",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza fordii",
      "authorship": "Schindl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000197864",
      "slug": "lespedeza-fordii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza forrestii",
      "authorship": "Schindl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000197882",
      "slug": "lespedeza-forrestii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza frutescens",
      "authorship": "(L.) Hornem.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000166792",
      "slug": "lespedeza-frutescens",
      "photographs_found": 104,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-frutescens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza gerardiana",
      "authorship": "Wall. ex Maxim.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000204765",
      "slug": "lespedeza-gerardiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza hengduanshanensis",
      "authorship": "(C.J.Chen) Bo Xu, X.F.Gao & Li Bing Zhang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001341885",
      "slug": "lespedeza-hengduanshanensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza hirta",
      "authorship": "(L.) Hornem.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000173701",
      "slug": "lespedeza-hirta",
      "photographs_found": 379,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-hirta/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza hisauchii",
      "authorship": "T.Nemoto & H.Ohashi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362824",
      "slug": "lespedeza-hisauchii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza hispida",
      "authorship": "(Franch.) T.Nemoto & H.Ohashi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001034794",
      "slug": "lespedeza-hispida",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza homoloba",
      "authorship": "Nakai",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000185060",
      "slug": "lespedeza-homoloba",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza inschanica",
      "authorship": "(Maxim.) Schindl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000197906",
      "slug": "lespedeza-inschanica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza japonica",
      "authorship": "L.H.Bailey",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000185063",
      "slug": "lespedeza-japonica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza jianghuensis",
      "authorship": "Song Huang, Jia X.Li & B.Pan bis",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000078383",
      "slug": "lespedeza-jianghuensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza jiangxiensis",
      "authorship": "Bo Xu, X.F.Gao & Li Bing Zhang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001336471",
      "slug": "lespedeza-jiangxiensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza juncea",
      "authorship": "(L.f.) Pers.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000186750",
      "slug": "lespedeza-juncea",
      "photographs_found": 25,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-juncea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza leptostachya",
      "authorship": "Engelm. ex A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000164449",
      "slug": "lespedeza-leptostachya",
      "photographs_found": 24,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-leptostachya/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza lichiyuniae",
      "authorship": "T.Nemoto, H.Ohashi & T.Itoh",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000509721",
      "slug": "lespedeza-lichiyuniae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza maritima",
      "authorship": "Nakai",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362831",
      "slug": "lespedeza-maritima",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza maruyamana",
      "authorship": "Murata",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362832",
      "slug": "lespedeza-maruyamana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza maximowiczii",
      "authorship": "C.K.Schneid.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001059445",
      "slug": "lespedeza-maximowiczii",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza melanantha",
      "authorship": "Nakai",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192177",
      "slug": "lespedeza-melanantha",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza pilosa",
      "authorship": "(Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000185061",
      "slug": "lespedeza-pilosa",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-pilosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza procumbens",
      "authorship": "Michx.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000173702",
      "slug": "lespedeza-procumbens",
      "photographs_found": 318,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-procumbens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza pseudomaximowiczii",
      "authorship": "D.P.Jin, Bo Xu & B.H.Choi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001443900",
      "slug": "lespedeza-pseudomaximowiczii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza repens",
      "authorship": "(L.) W.P.C.Barton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000173703",
      "slug": "lespedeza-repens",
      "photographs_found": 239,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-repens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza sessilifolia",
      "authorship": "Gamble",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362886",
      "slug": "lespedeza-sessilifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza stuevei",
      "authorship": "Nutt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000173704",
      "slug": "lespedeza-stuevei",
      "photographs_found": 78,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-stuevei/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza taiwaniana",
      "authorship": "S.S.Ying",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000076401",
      "slug": "lespedeza-taiwaniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza texana",
      "authorship": "Britton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000164451",
      "slug": "lespedeza-texana",
      "photographs_found": 74,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-texana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza thunbergii",
      "authorship": "(DC.) Nakai",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000185059",
      "slug": "lespedeza-thunbergii",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-thunbergii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza tomentosa",
      "authorship": "(Thunb.) Siebold ex Maxim.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000185065",
      "slug": "lespedeza-tomentosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza tricolor",
      "authorship": "(Nakai) D.P.Jin, J.W.Park & B.H.Choi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001443902",
      "slug": "lespedeza-tricolor",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza violacea",
      "authorship": "(L.) Pers.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000173705",
      "slug": "lespedeza-violacea",
      "photographs_found": 147,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-violacea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza virgata",
      "authorship": "(Thunb.) DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192231",
      "slug": "lespedeza-virgata",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza virginica",
      "authorship": "(L.) Britton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000164452",
      "slug": "lespedeza-virginica",
      "photographs_found": 488,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lespedeza-virginica/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × acuticarpa",
      "authorship": "Mack. & Bush",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001260213",
      "slug": "lespedeza-acuticarpa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × bicoloba",
      "authorship": "S.Akiyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362956",
      "slug": "lespedeza-bicoloba",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × brittonii",
      "authorship": "E.P.Bicknell",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001049962",
      "slug": "lespedeza-brittonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × cyrto-buergeri",
      "authorship": "S.Akiyama & H.Ohba",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362846",
      "slug": "lespedeza-cyrto-buergeri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × cyrtoloba",
      "authorship": "S.Akiyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362848",
      "slug": "lespedeza-cyrtoloba",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × hiratukae",
      "authorship": "Nakai",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362852",
      "slug": "lespedeza-hiratukae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × intermixta",
      "authorship": "Makino",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192270",
      "slug": "lespedeza-intermixta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × kagoshimensis",
      "authorship": "Hatus.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192274",
      "slug": "lespedeza-kagoshimensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × longifolia",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001049971",
      "slug": "lespedeza-longifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × macrovirgata",
      "authorship": "Kitag.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000192233",
      "slug": "lespedeza-macrovirgata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × manniana",
      "authorship": "Mack. & Bush",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001049972",
      "slug": "lespedeza-manniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × miquelii",
      "authorship": "S.Akiyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362835",
      "slug": "lespedeza-miquelii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × neglecta",
      "authorship": "(Britton) Mack. & Bush",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001049973",
      "slug": "lespedeza-neglecta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × nuttallii",
      "authorship": "Darl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001053761",
      "slug": "lespedeza-nuttallii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × oblongifolia",
      "authorship": "(Britton) W.Stone",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001049974",
      "slug": "lespedeza-oblongifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × robusta",
      "authorship": "Nakai",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000362884",
      "slug": "lespedeza-robusta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lespedeza × simulata",
      "authorship": "Mack. & Bush",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000175977",
      "slug": "lespedeza-simulata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
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  "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."
  },
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    {
      "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/lespedeza/"
  }
}