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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/massonia/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "massonia"
  },
  "genus": "Massonia",
  "family": "Asparagaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/asparagaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 29,
  "documented_species": 6,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia angustifolia",
      "authorship": "L.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000691001",
      "slug": "massonia-angustifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia bakeriana",
      "authorship": "M.Pinter, Mart.-Azorín & Wetschnig",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001343176",
      "slug": "massonia-bakeriana",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/massonia-bakeriana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia calvata",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000688713",
      "slug": "massonia-calvata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia citrina",
      "authorship": "M.Pinter, Deutsch, U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001329675",
      "slug": "massonia-citrina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia depressa",
      "authorship": "Houtt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000689236",
      "slug": "massonia-depressa",
      "photographs_found": 163,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/massonia-depressa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia echinata",
      "authorship": "L.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000688421",
      "slug": "massonia-echinata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia etesionamibensis",
      "authorship": "(U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752675",
      "slug": "massonia-etesionamibensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia gypsicola",
      "authorship": "Mart.-Azorín, M.Pinter, M.B.Crespo, M.Á.Alonso & Wetschnig",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001420911",
      "slug": "massonia-gypsicola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia hirsuta",
      "authorship": "Link & Otto",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000688531",
      "slug": "massonia-hirsuta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia inaequalis",
      "authorship": "W.F.Barker ex Mart.-Azorín, M.Pinter, M.B.Crespo, M.Á.Alonso & Wetschnig",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001420912",
      "slug": "massonia-inaequalis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia jasminiflora",
      "authorship": "Burch. ex Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000688476",
      "slug": "massonia-jasminiflora",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia latebrosa",
      "authorship": "Masson ex Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000689987",
      "slug": "massonia-latebrosa",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia longipes",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000688979",
      "slug": "massonia-longipes",
      "photographs_found": 72,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/massonia-longipes/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia luteovirens",
      "authorship": "(Mart.-Azorín, M.Pinter & Wetschnig) J.C.Manning",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001424931",
      "slug": "massonia-luteovirens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia mimetica",
      "authorship": "Mart.-Azorín, M.Pinter, M.B.Crespo & Wetschnig",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001338200",
      "slug": "massonia-mimetica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia obermeyerae",
      "authorship": "Mart.-Azorín, A.P.Dold, M.Pinter & Wetschnig",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001342280",
      "slug": "massonia-obermeyerae",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia pseudoechinata",
      "authorship": "Mart.-Azorín, M.Pinter & Wetschnig",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001344448",
      "slug": "massonia-pseudoechinata",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia pustulata",
      "authorship": "Jacq.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000690213",
      "slug": "massonia-pustulata",
      "photographs_found": 14,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/massonia-pustulata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia pygmaea",
      "authorship": "Schltdl. ex Kunth",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000690051",
      "slug": "massonia-pygmaea",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia roggeveldensis",
      "authorship": "Mart.-Azorín, M.Pinter & Wetschnig",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001344447",
      "slug": "massonia-roggeveldensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia saniensis",
      "authorship": "Wetschnig, Mart.-Azorín & M.Pinter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001340355",
      "slug": "massonia-saniensis",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia sempervirens",
      "authorship": "U.Müll.-Doblies, G.Milkuhn & D.Müll.-Doblies",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000918202",
      "slug": "massonia-sempervirens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia sessiliflora",
      "authorship": "(Dinter) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001423956",
      "slug": "massonia-sessiliflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia setulosa",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000693284",
      "slug": "massonia-setulosa",
      "photographs_found": 15,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/massonia-setulosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia tenella",
      "authorship": "Sol. ex Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000693175",
      "slug": "massonia-tenella",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia thunbergiana",
      "authorship": "Wetschnig, Mart.-Azorín & M.Pinter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001346266",
      "slug": "massonia-thunbergiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia villosa",
      "authorship": "J.C.Manning",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001420913",
      "slug": "massonia-villosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia visserae",
      "authorship": "(P.E.Barnes) Mart.-Azorín, M.Pinter, M.B.Crespo, M.Á.Alonso & Wetschnig",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001428255",
      "slug": "massonia-visserae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Massonia wittebergensis",
      "authorship": "U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000918196",
      "slug": "massonia-wittebergensis",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/massonia-wittebergensis/"
    }
  ],
  "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/massonia/"
  }
}