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  "genus": "Melanoseris",
  "family": "Asteraceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/asteraceae/",
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      "url": null
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris astorensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris atropurpurea",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001043108",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris bonatii",
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      "slug": "melanoseris-bonatii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris bracteata",
      "authorship": "(Hook.f. & Thomson ex C.B.Clarke) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043129",
      "slug": "melanoseris-bracteata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris brunoniana",
      "authorship": "(Wall. ex DC.) N.Kilian & Ze H.Wang",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris ciliata",
      "authorship": "(C.Shih) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043100",
      "slug": "melanoseris-ciliata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris cyanea",
      "authorship": "(D.Don) Edgew.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000114250",
      "slug": "melanoseris-cyanea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris decipiens",
      "authorship": "(C.B.Clarke) N.Kilian & Ze H.Wang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337865",
      "slug": "melanoseris-decipiens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris dolichophylla",
      "authorship": "(C.Shih) Ze H.Wang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337872",
      "slug": "melanoseris-dolichophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris filicina",
      "authorship": "(Duthie ex Stebbins) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337866",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris gilgitensis",
      "authorship": "(Roohi Bano & Qaiser) Ghafoor, Qaiser & Roohi Bano",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000054848",
      "slug": "melanoseris-gilgitensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris graciliflora",
      "authorship": "(DC.) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043115",
      "slug": "melanoseris-graciliflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris henryi",
      "authorship": "(Dunn) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043106",
      "slug": "melanoseris-henryi",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris jilongensis",
      "authorship": "Ze H.Wang & H.Peng",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000005262",
      "slug": "melanoseris-jilongensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris kangdingensis",
      "authorship": "Ze H.Wang",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000056982",
      "slug": "melanoseris-kangdingensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris kashmiriana",
      "authorship": "(Mamgain & R.R.Rao) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337867",
      "slug": "melanoseris-kashmiriana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris lahulensis",
      "authorship": "(Mamgain & R.R.Rao) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337868",
      "slug": "melanoseris-lahulensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris leiolepis",
      "authorship": "(C.Shih) N.Kilian & J.W.Zhang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043109",
      "slug": "melanoseris-leiolepis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris lessertiana",
      "authorship": "(DC.) Decne.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000093102",
      "slug": "melanoseris-lessertiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris likiangensis",
      "authorship": "(Franch.) N.Kilian & Ze H.Wang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043110",
      "slug": "melanoseris-likiangensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris macrantha",
      "authorship": "(C.B.Clarke) N.Kilian & J.W.Zhang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043099",
      "slug": "melanoseris-macrantha",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris macrocephala",
      "authorship": "(C.Shih) N.Kilian & J.W.Zhang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043107",
      "slug": "melanoseris-macrocephala",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris macrorhiza",
      "authorship": "(Royle) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043127",
      "slug": "melanoseris-macrorhiza",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris monocephala",
      "authorship": "(C.C.Chang) Ze H.Wang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337873",
      "slug": "melanoseris-monocephala",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris pectiniformis",
      "authorship": "(C.Shih) N.Kilian & J.W.Zhang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043111",
      "slug": "melanoseris-pectiniformis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris penghuana",
      "authorship": "Ze H.Wang & H.J.Dong",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000058776",
      "slug": "melanoseris-penghuana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris polyclada",
      "authorship": "(Boiss.) Akhani, N.Kilian & Sennikov",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337869",
      "slug": "melanoseris-polyclada",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris qinghaica",
      "authorship": "(S.W.Liu & T.N.Ho) N.Kilian & Ze H.Wang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001337870",
      "slug": "melanoseris-qinghaica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris rapunculoides",
      "authorship": "(DC.) Edgew.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000121722",
      "slug": "melanoseris-rapunculoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris souliei",
      "authorship": "(Franch.) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043130",
      "slug": "melanoseris-souliei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris stewartii",
      "authorship": "(Roohi Bano & Qaiser) Ghafoor, Qaiser & Roohi Bano",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000054849",
      "slug": "melanoseris-stewartii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris tenuis",
      "authorship": "(C.Shih) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043112",
      "slug": "melanoseris-tenuis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris violifolia",
      "authorship": "(Decne.) N.Kilian",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043128",
      "slug": "melanoseris-violifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanoseris yunnanensis",
      "authorship": "(C.Shih) N.Kilian & Ze H.Wang",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001043097",
      "slug": "melanoseris-yunnanensis",
      "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/melanoseris/"
  }
}