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  "family": "Aizoaceae",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops aucampiae",
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      "url": null
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops coleorum",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops comptonii",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops dinteri",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops divergens",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lithops-divergens/"
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops dorotheae",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops francisci",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops fulviceps",
      "authorship": "(N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.",
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      "slug": "lithops-fulviceps",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops gesineae",
      "authorship": "de Boer",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops geyeri",
      "authorship": "Nel",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000361254",
      "slug": "lithops-geyeri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops gracilidelineata",
      "authorship": "Dinter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293532",
      "slug": "lithops-gracilidelineata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops halenbergensis",
      "authorship": "Tischer",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000361277",
      "slug": "lithops-halenbergensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops hallii",
      "authorship": "de Boer",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293534",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops helmutii",
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      "slug": "lithops-helmutii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops hermetica",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops herrei",
      "authorship": "L.Bolus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293537",
      "slug": "lithops-herrei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops hookeri",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000360448",
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      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lithops-hookeri/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops julii",
      "authorship": "(Dinter & Schwantes) N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293539",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Lithops karasmontana",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001293540",
      "slug": "lithops-karasmontana",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lithops-karasmontana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops lesliei",
      "authorship": "(N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293542",
      "slug": "lithops-lesliei",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lithops-lesliei/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops localis",
      "authorship": "(N.E.Br.) Schwantes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293544",
      "slug": "lithops-localis",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lithops-localis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops marmorata",
      "authorship": "(N.E.Br.) N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293545",
      "slug": "lithops-marmorata",
      "photographs_found": 48,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lithops-marmorata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops meyeri",
      "authorship": "L.Bolus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293547",
      "slug": "lithops-meyeri",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lithops-meyeri/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops naureeniae",
      "authorship": "D.T.Cole",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000360454",
      "slug": "lithops-naureeniae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops olivacea",
      "authorship": "L.Bolus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293548",
      "slug": "lithops-olivacea",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/lithops-olivacea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops optica",
      "authorship": "(Marloth) N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001435540",
      "slug": "lithops-optica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops otzeniana",
      "authorship": "Nel",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293550",
      "slug": "lithops-otzeniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops pseudotruncatella",
      "authorship": "(A.Berger) N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293551",
      "slug": "lithops-pseudotruncatella",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops ruschiorum",
      "authorship": "(Dinter & Schwantes) N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293553",
      "slug": "lithops-ruschiorum",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops salicola",
      "authorship": "L.Bolus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293555",
      "slug": "lithops-salicola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops schwantesii",
      "authorship": "Dinter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000360423",
      "slug": "lithops-schwantesii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops turbiniformis",
      "authorship": "(Haw.) N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000360416",
      "slug": "lithops-turbiniformis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops vallis-mariae",
      "authorship": "(Dinter & Schwantes) N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293557",
      "slug": "lithops-vallis-mariae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops verruculosa",
      "authorship": "Nel",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293559",
      "slug": "lithops-verruculosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops villetii",
      "authorship": "L.Bolus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293561",
      "slug": "lithops-villetii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops viridis",
      "authorship": "H.A.Lückh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293563",
      "slug": "lithops-viridis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Lithops werneri",
      "authorship": "Schwantes & H.Jacobsen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001293564",
      "slug": "lithops-werneri",
      "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/lithops/"
  }
}