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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/melocactus/",
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  "family": "Cactaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/cactaceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Melocactus acispinosus",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melocactus acunae",
      "authorship": "León",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melocactus amethystinus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melocactus andinus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus azureus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000369369",
      "slug": "melocactus-azureus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus bahiensis",
      "authorship": "(Britton & Rose) Luetzelb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001288713",
      "slug": "melocactus-bahiensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus bellavistensis",
      "authorship": "Rauh & Backeb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287756",
      "slug": "melocactus-bellavistensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus brederooanus",
      "authorship": "Buining",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289637",
      "slug": "melocactus-brederooanus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus broadwayi",
      "authorship": "(Britton & Rose) A.Berger",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001288724",
      "slug": "melocactus-broadwayi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus caroli-linnaei",
      "authorship": "N.P.Taylor",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289754",
      "slug": "melocactus-caroli-linnaei",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus concinnus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289711",
      "slug": "melocactus-concinnus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus conoideus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus curvispinus",
      "authorship": "Pfeiff.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000369382",
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      "photographs_found": 51,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-curvispinus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus deinacanthus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375387",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melocactus ernestii",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000375382",
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      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-ernestii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus estevesii",
      "authorship": "P.J.Braun",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375378",
      "slug": "melocactus-estevesii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus evae",
      "authorship": "Z.Mészáros",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289750",
      "slug": "melocactus-evae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus ferreophilus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375407",
      "slug": "melocactus-ferreophilus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus glaucescens",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375390",
      "slug": "melocactus-glaucescens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus harlowii",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001288816",
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      "photographs_found": 58,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-harlowii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus holguinensis",
      "authorship": "Areces",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289732",
      "slug": "melocactus-holguinensis",
      "photographs_found": 12,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-holguinensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus inconcinnus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289638",
      "slug": "melocactus-inconcinnus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus intortus",
      "authorship": "(Mill.) Urb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287105",
      "slug": "melocactus-intortus",
      "photographs_found": 64,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-intortus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus lagunaensis",
      "authorship": "(Z.Mészáros) D.Barrios & Majure",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001302818",
      "slug": "melocactus-lagunaensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus lanssensianus",
      "authorship": "P.J.Braun",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375472",
      "slug": "melocactus-lanssensianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus lemairei",
      "authorship": "(Monv. ex Lem.) Miq. ex Lem.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289753",
      "slug": "melocactus-lemairei",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-lemairei/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus levitestatus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289650",
      "slug": "melocactus-levitestatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus longicarpus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289572",
      "slug": "melocactus-longicarpus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus macracanthos",
      "authorship": "(Salm-Dyck) Link & Otto",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289744",
      "slug": "melocactus-macracanthos",
      "photographs_found": 22,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-macracanthos/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus matanzanus",
      "authorship": "León",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287033",
      "slug": "melocactus-matanzanus",
      "photographs_found": 12,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-matanzanus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus mazelianus",
      "authorship": "Říha",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375477",
      "slug": "melocactus-mazelianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus nagyi",
      "authorship": "Z.Mészáros",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289751",
      "slug": "melocactus-nagyi",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-nagyi/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus natalensis",
      "authorship": "(P.J.Braun & Esteves) N.P.Taylor",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000082025",
      "slug": "melocactus-natalensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus neryi",
      "authorship": "K.Schum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000378396",
      "slug": "melocactus-neryi",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-neryi/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus oreas",
      "authorship": "Miq.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001288105",
      "slug": "melocactus-oreas",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus pachyacanthus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289682",
      "slug": "melocactus-pachyacanthus",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-pachyacanthus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus paucispinus",
      "authorship": "Heimen & R.Raul",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289713",
      "slug": "melocactus-paucispinus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus pedernalensis",
      "authorship": "M.M.Mejía & R.G.García",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375453",
      "slug": "melocactus-pedernalensis",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-pedernalensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus perezassoi",
      "authorship": "Areces",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001255949",
      "slug": "melocactus-perezassoi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus peruvianus",
      "authorship": "Vaupel",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287470",
      "slug": "melocactus-peruvianus",
      "photographs_found": 14,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-peruvianus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus praerupticola",
      "authorship": "Areces",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375446",
      "slug": "melocactus-praerupticola",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus radoczii",
      "authorship": "Z.Mészáros",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289752",
      "slug": "melocactus-radoczii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus salvadorensis",
      "authorship": "Werderm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289684",
      "slug": "melocactus-salvadorensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus santiagoensis",
      "authorship": "D.Barrios & Majure",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001302820",
      "slug": "melocactus-santiagoensis",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-santiagoensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus schatzlii",
      "authorship": "W.Till & R.Gruber",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375242",
      "slug": "melocactus-schatzlii",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus sergipensis",
      "authorship": "N.P.Taylor & Meiado",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001432530",
      "slug": "melocactus-sergipensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus smithii",
      "authorship": "(Alexander) Buining ex G.D.Rowley",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289486",
      "slug": "melocactus-smithii",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus stramineus",
      "authorship": "Suringar",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375263",
      "slug": "melocactus-stramineus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus violaceus",
      "authorship": "Pfeiff.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375270",
      "slug": "melocactus-violaceus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus zehntneri",
      "authorship": "(Britton & Rose) Luetzelb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375220",
      "slug": "melocactus-zehntneri",
      "photographs_found": 9,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melocactus-zehntneri/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus × albicephalus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001254884",
      "slug": "melocactus-albicephalus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus × bozsingianus",
      "authorship": "Antesberger",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001432437",
      "slug": "melocactus-bozsingianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocactus × horridus",
      "authorship": "Werderm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375359",
      "slug": "melocactus-horridus",
      "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/melocactus/"
  }
}