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      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus densiflorus",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malacothamnus-densiflorus/"
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      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus enigmaticus",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malacothamnus-enigmaticus/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus fasciculatus",
      "authorship": "(Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Greene",
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      "slug": "malacothamnus-fasciculatus",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malacothamnus-fasciculatus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus foliosus",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001246629",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malacothamnus-foliosus/"
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus fremontii",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malacothamnus-fremontii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus gracilis",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001077721",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus hallii",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001077725",
      "slug": "malacothamnus-hallii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus helleri",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus involucratus",
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      "slug": "malacothamnus-involucratus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus jonesii",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001077091",
      "slug": "malacothamnus-jonesii",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malacothamnus-jonesii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus lucianus",
      "authorship": "(Kearney) K.Morse",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000027812",
      "slug": "malacothamnus-lucianus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus marrubioides",
      "authorship": "(Durand & Hilg.) Greene",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001077092",
      "slug": "malacothamnus-marrubioides",
      "photographs_found": 388,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malacothamnus-marrubioides/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus mendocinensis",
      "authorship": "(Eastw.) Kearney",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000449859",
      "slug": "malacothamnus-mendocinensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus niveus",
      "authorship": "(Eastw.) Kearney",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001077717",
      "slug": "malacothamnus-niveus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus nuttallii",
      "authorship": "Abrams",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001236610",
      "slug": "malacothamnus-nuttallii",
      "photographs_found": 165,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malacothamnus-nuttallii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus orbiculatus",
      "authorship": "(Greene) Greene",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001077720",
      "slug": "malacothamnus-orbiculatus",
      "photographs_found": 358,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malacothamnus-orbiculatus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malacothamnus palmeri",
      "authorship": "(S.Watson) Greene",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001077093",
      "slug": "malacothamnus-palmeri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    "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/malacothamnus/"
  }
}