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    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina arthrophylla",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina aspericaulis",
      "authorship": "(Kük.) T.Koyama",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina austrobrasiliensis",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina ayangannensis",
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina bidwellii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "url": null
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina disticha",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina effusa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina ekmanii",
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina ensigera",
      "authorship": "(Hance) T.Koyama",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina falcata",
      "authorship": "(Nees) T.Koyama",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina ficticia",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina filifolia",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Machaerina flexuosa",
      "authorship": "(Boeckeler) J.Kern",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina glomerata",
      "authorship": "(Gaudich.) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464034",
      "slug": "machaerina-glomerata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina gunnii",
      "authorship": "(Hook.f.) J.Kern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464044",
      "slug": "machaerina-gunnii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina hirta",
      "authorship": "Boeckeler",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464049",
      "slug": "machaerina-hirta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina huttonii",
      "authorship": "(Kirk) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464058",
      "slug": "machaerina-huttonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina insularis",
      "authorship": "(Benth.) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464064",
      "slug": "machaerina-insularis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina iridifolia",
      "authorship": "(Bory) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464077",
      "slug": "machaerina-iridifolia",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/machaerina-iridifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina johnsonii",
      "authorship": "(K.L.Wilson) K.L.Wilson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001343675",
      "slug": "machaerina-johnsonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina juncea",
      "authorship": "(R.Br.) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464094",
      "slug": "machaerina-juncea",
      "photographs_found": 72,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/machaerina-juncea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina lamii",
      "authorship": "(Kük.) J.Kern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464110",
      "slug": "machaerina-lamii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina laxa",
      "authorship": "(Nees) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464138",
      "slug": "machaerina-laxa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina maingayi",
      "authorship": "(C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464158",
      "slug": "machaerina-maingayi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina mariscoides",
      "authorship": "(Gaudich.) J.Kern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464178",
      "slug": "machaerina-mariscoides",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina milnei",
      "authorship": "(C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464200",
      "slug": "machaerina-milnei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina montana",
      "authorship": "(J.Raynal) Lye",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464207",
      "slug": "machaerina-montana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina monticola",
      "authorship": "(Guillaumin) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464214",
      "slug": "machaerina-monticola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina muelleri",
      "authorship": "(C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464217",
      "slug": "machaerina-muelleri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina myriantha",
      "authorship": "(Chun & F.C.How) Y.C.Tang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464221",
      "slug": "machaerina-myriantha",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina nuda",
      "authorship": "(Steud.) J.Kern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464229",
      "slug": "machaerina-nuda",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina nukuhivensis",
      "authorship": "(F.Br.) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464234",
      "slug": "machaerina-nukuhivensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina planifolia",
      "authorship": "(Benth.) K.L.Wilson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001429182",
      "slug": "machaerina-planifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina preissii",
      "authorship": "(Nees) L.A.S.Johnson & Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464266",
      "slug": "machaerina-preissii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina raiateensis",
      "authorship": "(J.W.Moore) S.L.Welsh",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464293",
      "slug": "machaerina-raiateensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina restioides",
      "authorship": "(Sw.) Vahl",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464304",
      "slug": "machaerina-restioides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina rubiginosa",
      "authorship": "(Biehler) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464358",
      "slug": "machaerina-rubiginosa",
      "photographs_found": 35,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/machaerina-rubiginosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina scirpoidea",
      "authorship": "(Steud.) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464377",
      "slug": "machaerina-scirpoidea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina sinclairii",
      "authorship": "(Hook.f.) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464396",
      "slug": "machaerina-sinclairii",
      "photographs_found": 113,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/machaerina-sinclairii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina tenax",
      "authorship": "(Hook.f.) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464432",
      "slug": "machaerina-tenax",
      "photographs_found": 26,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/machaerina-tenax/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina teretifolia",
      "authorship": "(R.Br.) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464441",
      "slug": "machaerina-teretifolia",
      "photographs_found": 20,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/machaerina-teretifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina tetragona",
      "authorship": "(Labill.) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464452",
      "slug": "machaerina-tetragona",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina vaginalis",
      "authorship": "(Benth.) T.Koyama",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000464465",
      "slug": "machaerina-vaginalis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Machaerina veillonis",
      "authorship": "(J.Raynal) K.L.Wilson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001343676",
      "slug": "machaerina-veillonis",
      "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."
  },
  "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/machaerina/"
  }
}