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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/melhania/",
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  "family": "Malvaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/malvaceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Melhania acuminata",
      "authorship": "Mast.",
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      "scientific_name": "Melhania albiflora",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melhania ambovombeensis",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melhania andrahomanensis",
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      "slug": "melhania-andrahomanensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania angustifolia",
      "authorship": "K.Schum.",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania annua",
      "authorship": "Thulin",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania apiculata",
      "authorship": "Baker f.",
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      "slug": "melhania-apiculata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania beguinotii",
      "authorship": "Cufod.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451004",
      "slug": "melhania-beguinotii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania benjaminii",
      "authorship": "(Cronk) Dorr",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000023607",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania brachycarpa",
      "authorship": "Domin",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451002",
      "slug": "melhania-brachycarpa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania burchellii",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140830",
      "slug": "melhania-burchellii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania cannabina",
      "authorship": "Wight ex Mast.",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania carrissoi",
      "authorship": "Exell & Mendonça",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000450998",
      "slug": "melhania-carrissoi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania corchoriflora",
      "authorship": "Baill.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140583",
      "slug": "melhania-corchoriflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania coriacea",
      "authorship": "Chiov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000450989",
      "slug": "melhania-coriacea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania damarana",
      "authorship": "Harv.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140832",
      "slug": "melhania-damarana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania decaryana",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140592",
      "slug": "melhania-decaryana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania dehnhardtii",
      "authorship": "K.Schum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001284042",
      "slug": "melhania-dehnhardtii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania denhamii",
      "authorship": "R.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000450994",
      "slug": "melhania-denhamii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania didyma",
      "authorship": "Eckl. & Zeyh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140833",
      "slug": "melhania-didyma",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania ebenus",
      "authorship": "(Cronk) Dorr",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000023608",
      "slug": "melhania-ebenus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania engleriana",
      "authorship": "K.Schum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000450991",
      "slug": "melhania-engleriana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania erythroxylon",
      "authorship": "(G.Forst.) R.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000450990",
      "slug": "melhania-erythroxylon",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania fiherenanensis",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140597",
      "slug": "melhania-fiherenanensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania forbesii",
      "authorship": "Planch. ex Mast.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451944",
      "slug": "melhania-forbesii",
      "photographs_found": 12,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melhania-forbesii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania fruticosa",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140593",
      "slug": "melhania-fruticosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania futteyporensis",
      "authorship": "Munro ex Mast.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451943",
      "slug": "melhania-futteyporensis",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melhania-futteyporensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania hamiltoniana",
      "authorship": "Wall.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001141226",
      "slug": "melhania-hamiltoniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania hiranensis",
      "authorship": "Thulin",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451947",
      "slug": "melhania-hiranensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania humbertii",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140594",
      "slug": "melhania-humbertii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania incana",
      "authorship": "B.Heyne ex Wight & Arn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451940",
      "slug": "melhania-incana",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melhania-incana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania integra",
      "authorship": "I.Verd.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140834",
      "slug": "melhania-integra",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania itampoloensis",
      "authorship": "(Hochr.) Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140588",
      "slug": "melhania-itampoloensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania jaberi",
      "authorship": "Abedin",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451987",
      "slug": "melhania-jaberi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania javanica",
      "authorship": "Adelb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451979",
      "slug": "melhania-javanica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania kelleri",
      "authorship": "Schinz",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451978",
      "slug": "melhania-kelleri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania latibracteolata",
      "authorship": "Dorr",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000507587",
      "slug": "melhania-latibracteolata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania lisae",
      "authorship": "Dorr",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000023609",
      "slug": "melhania-lisae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania magnifolia",
      "authorship": "Blatt. & Hallb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451980",
      "slug": "melhania-magnifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania mananarensis",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140589",
      "slug": "melhania-mananarensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania melanoxylon",
      "authorship": "(Sol. ex Sims) R.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001274228",
      "slug": "melhania-melanoxylon",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania menafe",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140587",
      "slug": "melhania-menafe",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania minutissima",
      "authorship": "Hochr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140599",
      "slug": "melhania-minutissima",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania muricata",
      "authorship": "Balf.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452000",
      "slug": "melhania-muricata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania oblongifolia",
      "authorship": "F.Muell.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451997",
      "slug": "melhania-oblongifolia",
      "photographs_found": 12,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melhania-oblongifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania orbiculari-dentata",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140600",
      "slug": "melhania-orbiculari-dentata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania ovata",
      "authorship": "(Cav.) Spreng.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451994",
      "slug": "melhania-ovata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania parviflora",
      "authorship": "Chiov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001141149",
      "slug": "melhania-parviflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania perrieri",
      "authorship": "Hochr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140586",
      "slug": "melhania-perrieri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania phillipsiae",
      "authorship": "Baker f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451991",
      "slug": "melhania-phillipsiae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania poissonii",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140596",
      "slug": "melhania-poissonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania polygama",
      "authorship": "I.Verd.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140835",
      "slug": "melhania-polygama",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania polyneura",
      "authorship": "K.Schum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001284046",
      "slug": "melhania-polyneura",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania praemorsa",
      "authorship": "Dorr",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000507588",
      "slug": "melhania-praemorsa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania prostrata",
      "authorship": "Burch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140836",
      "slug": "melhania-prostrata",
      "photographs_found": 33,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melhania-prostrata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania quercifolia",
      "authorship": "Thulin",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451995",
      "slug": "melhania-quercifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania randii",
      "authorship": "Baker f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140839",
      "slug": "melhania-randii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania rehmannii",
      "authorship": "Szyszyl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140840",
      "slug": "melhania-rehmannii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania rotundata",
      "authorship": "Hochst. ex Mast.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001284045",
      "slug": "melhania-rotundata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania sidoides",
      "authorship": "(Wight & Arn.) Noltie",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000453406",
      "slug": "melhania-sidoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania somalensis",
      "authorship": "Baker f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451955",
      "slug": "melhania-somalensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania spathulata",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140595",
      "slug": "melhania-spathulata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania steudneri",
      "authorship": "Schweinf.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451954",
      "slug": "melhania-steudneri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania stipulosa",
      "authorship": "J.R.I.Wood",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451953",
      "slug": "melhania-stipulosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania substricta",
      "authorship": "Dorr",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000507589",
      "slug": "melhania-substricta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania suluensis",
      "authorship": "Gerstner",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140843",
      "slug": "melhania-suluensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania transvaalensis",
      "authorship": "Szyszyl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140844",
      "slug": "melhania-transvaalensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania tulearensis",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140584",
      "slug": "melhania-tulearensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania velutina",
      "authorship": "Forssk.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451950",
      "slug": "melhania-velutina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania virescens",
      "authorship": "K.Schum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140845",
      "slug": "melhania-virescens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania vohipalensis",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140598",
      "slug": "melhania-vohipalensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania volleseniana",
      "authorship": "Dorr",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000507590",
      "slug": "melhania-volleseniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melhania zavattarii",
      "authorship": "Cufod.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451957",
      "slug": "melhania-zavattarii",
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/melhania/"
  }
}