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  "family": "Asteraceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Melanthera angustifolia",
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    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera angustifolia",
      "authorship": "A.Rich.",
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      "photographs_found": 17,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melanthera-angustifolia-a-rich/"
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      "scientific_name": "Melanthera bryanii",
      "authorship": "(Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
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      "slug": "melanthera-bryanii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera buchii",
      "authorship": "Urb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000086648",
      "slug": "melanthera-buchii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera cinerea",
      "authorship": "Schweinf. ex Schweinf.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000037557",
      "slug": "melanthera-cinerea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera discoidea",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000035739",
      "slug": "melanthera-discoidea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera elliptica",
      "authorship": "O.Hoffm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000078253",
      "slug": "melanthera-elliptica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera fauriei",
      "authorship": "(H.Lév.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
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      "slug": "melanthera-fauriei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera felicis",
      "authorship": "C.D.Adams",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melanthera gambica",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melanthera hastata",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melanthera integrifolia",
      "authorship": "(Nutt.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000075071",
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      "photographs_found": 20,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melanthera-integrifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera kamolensis",
      "authorship": "(O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000071556",
      "slug": "melanthera-kamolensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera latifolia",
      "authorship": "(Gardner) Cabrera",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000131152",
      "slug": "melanthera-latifolia",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melanthera-latifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera micrantha",
      "authorship": "(Nutt.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000018203",
      "slug": "melanthera-micrantha",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera nivea",
      "authorship": "(L.) Small",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000038453",
      "slug": "melanthera-nivea",
      "photographs_found": 394,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melanthera-nivea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera parvifolia",
      "authorship": "Small",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000074006",
      "slug": "melanthera-parvifolia",
      "photographs_found": 12,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melanthera-parvifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera prostrata",
      "authorship": "(Hemsl.) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000041448",
      "slug": "melanthera-prostrata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera pungens",
      "authorship": "Oliv. & Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000085152",
      "slug": "melanthera-pungens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera remyi",
      "authorship": "(A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000028981",
      "slug": "melanthera-remyi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera rhombifolia",
      "authorship": "O.Hoffm. & Muschl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000043767",
      "slug": "melanthera-rhombifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera richardsiae",
      "authorship": "Wild",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000127170",
      "slug": "melanthera-richardsiae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera robinsonii",
      "authorship": "Wild",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000084020",
      "slug": "melanthera-robinsonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera scaberrima",
      "authorship": "Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000011660",
      "slug": "melanthera-scaberrima",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera scandens",
      "authorship": "(Schumach. & Thonn.) Roberty",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000089632",
      "slug": "melanthera-scandens",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera subcordata",
      "authorship": "(A.Gray) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000073788",
      "slug": "melanthera-subcordata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera tenuis",
      "authorship": "(O.Deg. & Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000027297",
      "slug": "melanthera-tenuis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera triternata",
      "authorship": "(Klatt) Wild",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000008682",
      "slug": "melanthera-triternata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera venosa",
      "authorship": "(Sherff) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000030281",
      "slug": "melanthera-venosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melanthera waimeaensis",
      "authorship": "(H.St.John) W.L.Wagner & H.Rob.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000033995",
      "slug": "melanthera-waimeaensis",
      "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/melanthera/"
  }
}