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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium costaricense",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melampodium-costaricense/"
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium cupulatum",
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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium dicoelocarpum",
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      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium diffusum",
      "authorship": "Cass.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium divaricatum",
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    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium glabribracteatum",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium glabrum",
      "authorship": "S.Watson",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium gracile",
      "authorship": "Less.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000011448",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melampodium-gracile/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium leucanthum",
      "authorship": "Torr. & A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000025541",
      "slug": "melampodium-leucanthum",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melampodium-leucanthum/"
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium linearilobium",
      "authorship": "DC.",
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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium linearilobum",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium longicorne",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melampodium-longicorne/"
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium longifolium",
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      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium longifolium",
      "authorship": "Cerv. ex Cav.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium longipes",
      "authorship": "(A.Gray) B.L.Rob.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium longipilum",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium mayfieldii",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000136987",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium microcephalum",
      "authorship": "Less.",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melampodium-microcephalum/"
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melampodium mimulifolium",
      "authorship": "B.L.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000090144",
      "slug": "melampodium-mimulifolium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium montanum",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000083807",
      "slug": "melampodium-montanum",
      "photographs_found": 15,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melampodium-montanum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium nayaritense",
      "authorship": "Stuessy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000093114",
      "slug": "melampodium-nayaritense",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium northingtonii",
      "authorship": "B.L.Turner",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000012487",
      "slug": "melampodium-northingtonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium nutans",
      "authorship": "Stuessy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000017725",
      "slug": "melampodium-nutans",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium paniculatum",
      "authorship": "Gardner",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000082071",
      "slug": "melampodium-paniculatum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium percussum",
      "authorship": "Cav.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000074046",
      "slug": "melampodium-percussum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium perfoliatum",
      "authorship": "(Cav.) Kunth",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000119523",
      "slug": "melampodium-perfoliatum",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melampodium-perfoliatum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium pilosum",
      "authorship": "Stuessy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000135626",
      "slug": "melampodium-pilosum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium pringlei",
      "authorship": "B.L.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000063350",
      "slug": "melampodium-pringlei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium repens",
      "authorship": "Sessé & Moc.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000041482",
      "slug": "melampodium-repens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium rosei",
      "authorship": "B.L.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000005268",
      "slug": "melampodium-rosei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium sericeum",
      "authorship": "Lag.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000130452",
      "slug": "melampodium-sericeum",
      "photographs_found": 22,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melampodium-sericeum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium sinaloense",
      "authorship": "Stuessy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000138202",
      "slug": "melampodium-sinaloense",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium sinuatum",
      "authorship": "Brandegee",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000075425",
      "slug": "melampodium-sinuatum",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melampodium-sinuatum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium strigosum",
      "authorship": "Stuessy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000056888",
      "slug": "melampodium-strigosum",
      "photographs_found": 14,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melampodium-strigosum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium tenellum",
      "authorship": "Hook. & Arn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000038627",
      "slug": "melampodium-tenellum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melampodium tepicense",
      "authorship": "B.L.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000081153",
      "slug": "melampodium-tepicense",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
  ],
  "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/melampodium/"
  }
}