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      "url": null
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua boranensis",
      "authorship": "Chiov.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "documented": false,
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua bussei",
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      "url": null
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua calantha",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua candida",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua crassifolia",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua cylindrocarpa",
      "authorship": "Hadj-Moust.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290405",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "slug": "maerua-decumbens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua denhardtiorum",
      "authorship": "Gilg",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290551",
      "slug": "maerua-denhardtiorum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua descampsii",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290576",
      "slug": "maerua-descampsii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua dewaillyi",
      "authorship": "Aubrév. & Pellegr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375704",
      "slug": "maerua-dewaillyi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua duchesnei",
      "authorship": "(De Wild.) F.White",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375703",
      "slug": "maerua-duchesnei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua edulis",
      "authorship": "(Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf",
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      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/maerua-edulis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua elegans",
      "authorship": "R.Wilczek",
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      "slug": "maerua-elegans",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua emini",
      "authorship": "Pax",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290545",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua endlichii",
      "authorship": "Gilg & Gilg-Ben.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua erlangeriana",
      "authorship": "Gilg & Gilg-Ben.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua filiformis",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/maerua-filiformis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua friesii",
      "authorship": "Gilg & Gilg-Ben.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290544",
      "slug": "maerua-friesii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua gilgiana",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375738",
      "slug": "maerua-gilgiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua gilgii",
      "authorship": "Schinz",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua gillettii",
      "authorship": "Kers",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua glauca",
      "authorship": "Chiov.",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua grantii",
      "authorship": "Oliv.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290537",
      "slug": "maerua-grantii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua holstii",
      "authorship": "Pax",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290550",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua homblei",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375726",
      "slug": "maerua-homblei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua humbertii",
      "authorship": "Hadj-Moust.",
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      "slug": "maerua-humbertii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua intricata",
      "authorship": "Kers",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290582",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua juncea",
      "authorship": "Pax",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375657",
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      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/maerua-juncea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua kaessneri",
      "authorship": "Gilg & Gilg-Ben.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290554",
      "slug": "maerua-kaessneri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua kaokoensis",
      "authorship": "Swanepoel",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000507559",
      "slug": "maerua-kaokoensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua kirkii",
      "authorship": "(Oliv.) F.White",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290534",
      "slug": "maerua-kirkii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua koratensis",
      "authorship": "Srisanga & Watthana",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000027794",
      "slug": "maerua-koratensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua macrantha",
      "authorship": "Gilg",
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      "slug": "maerua-macrantha",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua mendesii",
      "authorship": "J.A.Abreu, E.S.Martins & Catarino",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001340621",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua mungaii",
      "authorship": "Beentje",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001277626",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua nana",
      "authorship": "R.A.Graham ex Polhill",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290562",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua nervosa",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/maerua-nervosa/"
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua nuda",
      "authorship": "Scott Elliot",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua oblongifolia",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua paniculata",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua parvifolia",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/maerua-parvifolia/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua pintobastoae",
      "authorship": "J.A.Abreu, E.S.Martins & Catarino",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001340620",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua polyandra",
      "authorship": "R.A.Graham",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290549",
      "slug": "maerua-polyandra",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua prittwitzii",
      "authorship": "Gilg & Gilg-Ben.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290535",
      "slug": "maerua-prittwitzii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua pseudopetalosa",
      "authorship": "(Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375681",
      "slug": "maerua-pseudopetalosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua puccionii",
      "authorship": "Chiov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375683",
      "slug": "maerua-puccionii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Maerua purpurascens",
      "authorship": "Thulin",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001261008",
      "slug": "maerua-purpurascens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua racemulosa",
      "authorship": "(DC.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290479",
      "slug": "maerua-racemulosa",
      "photographs_found": 12,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/maerua-racemulosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua robynsii",
      "authorship": "R.Wilczek",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375671",
      "slug": "maerua-robynsii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua rosmarinoides",
      "authorship": "(Sond.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290482",
      "slug": "maerua-rosmarinoides",
      "photographs_found": 23,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/maerua-rosmarinoides/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua salicifolia",
      "authorship": "Wild",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375668",
      "slug": "maerua-salicifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua scandens",
      "authorship": "(Klotzsch) Müll.Berol. ex B.D.Jacks.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1200010275",
      "slug": "maerua-scandens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua schinzii",
      "authorship": "Pax",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375679",
      "slug": "maerua-schinzii",
      "photographs_found": 27,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/maerua-schinzii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua schliebenii",
      "authorship": "Gilg-Ben.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290564",
      "slug": "maerua-schliebenii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua sessiliflora",
      "authorship": "Gilg",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290531",
      "slug": "maerua-sessiliflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua siamensis",
      "authorship": "(Kurz) Pax",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375794",
      "slug": "maerua-siamensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua somalensis",
      "authorship": "Pax",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375797",
      "slug": "maerua-somalensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua subcordata",
      "authorship": "(Gilg) DeWolf",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290556",
      "slug": "maerua-subcordata",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Maerua triphylla",
      "authorship": "A.Rich.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001290558",
      "slug": "maerua-triphylla",
      "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/maerua/"
  }
}