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      "scientific_name": "Liatris microcephala",
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      "scientific_name": "Liatris mucronata",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Liatris patens",
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      "scientific_name": "Liatris pilosa",
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      "scientific_name": "Liatris provincialis",
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    {
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      "scientific_name": "Liatris pycnostachya",
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      "authorship": "Michx.",
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      "scientific_name": "Liatris squarrosa",
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    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Liatris tenuis",
      "authorship": "Shinners",
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      "scientific_name": "Liatris × boykinii",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Liatris × creditonensis",
      "authorship": "Gaiser",
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      "slug": "liatris-creditonensis",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Liatris × gladewitzii",
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      "scientific_name": "Liatris × johnsonii",
      "authorship": "Matt White",
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      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Liatris × macdanieliana",
      "authorship": "J.R.Allison",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000036799",
      "slug": "liatris-macdanieliana",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Liatris × orzellii",
      "authorship": "G.L.Nesom",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Liatris × platylepis",
      "authorship": "(Schumann) Small",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000050626",
      "slug": "liatris-platylepis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Liatris × ridgwayi",
      "authorship": "Standl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000018112",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Liatris × serotina",
      "authorship": "(Greene) Schumann",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000046838",
      "slug": "liatris-serotina",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Liatris × steelei",
      "authorship": "Gaiser",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000070060",
      "slug": "liatris-steelei",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Liatris × stellei",
      "authorship": "Gaiser",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000050868",
      "slug": "liatris-stellei",
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      "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/liatris/"
  }
}