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      "scientific_name": "Malus indica",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus ioensis",
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      "scientific_name": "Malus jinxianensis",
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      "scientific_name": "Malus kansuensis",
      "authorship": "(Batalin) C.K.Schneid.",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus komarovii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus leiocalyca",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus longiunguis",
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      "wfo": "wfo-1000050580",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus mandshurica",
      "authorship": "(Maxim.) Kom. ex Skvortsov",
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      "photographs_found": 11,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malus-mandshurica/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus manshurica",
      "authorship": "(Maxim.) Kom. ex Skvortsov",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001016395",
      "slug": "malus-manshurica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus micromalus",
      "authorship": "Makino",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus muliensis",
      "authorship": "T.C.Ku",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus ombrophila",
      "authorship": "Hand.-Mazz.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus orientalis",
      "authorship": "Uglitzk.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000995206",
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      "photographs_found": 17,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malus-orientalis/"
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      "scientific_name": "Malus platycarpa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus prattii",
      "authorship": "(Hemsl.) C.K.Schneid.",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus prunifolia",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malus-prunifolia/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus rockii",
      "authorship": "Rehder",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001016397",
      "slug": "malus-rockii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus sieversii",
      "authorship": "(Ledeb.) M.Roem.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001016400",
      "slug": "malus-sieversii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Malus sikkimensis",
      "authorship": "(Wenz.) Koehne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001006196",
      "slug": "malus-sikkimensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus spectabilis",
      "authorship": "(Sol.) Borkh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001013600",
      "slug": "malus-spectabilis-sol-borkh",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus spectabilis",
      "authorship": "(Aiton) Borkh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001131696",
      "slug": "malus-spectabilis-aiton-borkh",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus spontanea",
      "authorship": "(Makino) Makino",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001004488",
      "slug": "malus-spontanea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus sublobata",
      "authorship": "(Dippel) Rehder",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000990805",
      "slug": "malus-sublobata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus sylvestris",
      "authorship": "(L.) Mill.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001016475",
      "slug": "malus-sylvestris",
      "photographs_found": 125,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/malus-sylvestris/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus toringo",
      "authorship": "(Siebold) de Vriese",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001004789",
      "slug": "malus-toringo",
      "photographs_found": 49,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus toringoides",
      "authorship": "(Rehder) Hughes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001016409",
      "slug": "malus-toringoides",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Malus transitoria",
      "authorship": "(Batalin) C.K.Schneid.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001015967",
      "slug": "malus-transitoria",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus turkmenorum",
      "authorship": "Juz. & Popov",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000990145",
      "slug": "malus-turkmenorum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus yunnanensis",
      "authorship": "(Franch.) C.K.Schneid.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001016416",
      "slug": "malus-yunnanensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus zhaojiaoensis",
      "authorship": "N.G.Jiang",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000038224",
      "slug": "malus-zhaojiaoensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus × domestica",
      "authorship": "(Suckow) Borkh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001008355",
      "slug": "malus-domestica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus × floribunda",
      "authorship": "Siebold ex Van Houtte",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001014158",
      "slug": "malus-floribunda",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus × kaido",
      "authorship": "(Wenz.) Pardé",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001006186",
      "slug": "malus-kaido",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus × purpurea",
      "authorship": "(A.Barbier) Rehder",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000984327",
      "slug": "malus-purpurea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Malus × robusta",
      "authorship": "(Carrière) Rehder",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001006225",
      "slug": "malus-robusta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus × soulardii",
      "authorship": "(L.H.Bailey) Britton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001006226",
      "slug": "malus-soulardii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Malus × zumi",
      "authorship": "(Matsum.) Rehder",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001006223",
      "slug": "malus-zumi",
      "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"
    }
  ],
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    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/malus/"
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}