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  "$schema": "https://botanai.app/schema/genus-v1.json",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/melanospermum/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "melanospermum"
  },
  "genus": "Melanospermum",
  "family": "Scrophulariaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/scrophulariaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 6,
  "documented_species": 0,
  "species": [
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanospermum foliosum",
      "authorship": "(Benth.) Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000450857",
      "slug": "melanospermum-foliosum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanospermum italae",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000450846",
      "slug": "melanospermum-italae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanospermum rudolfii",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000450855",
      "slug": "melanospermum-rudolfii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanospermum rupestre",
      "authorship": "(Hiern) Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000450865",
      "slug": "melanospermum-rupestre",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanospermum swazicum",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000450854",
      "slug": "melanospermum-swazicum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanospermum transvaalense",
      "authorship": "(Hiern) Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001035302",
      "slug": "melanospermum-transvaalense",
      "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/melanospermum/"
  }
}