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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/melocalamus/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "melocalamus"
  },
  "genus": "Melocalamus",
  "family": "Poaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/poaceae/",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus arrectus",
      "authorship": "T.P.Yi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000879615",
      "slug": "melocalamus-arrectus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus blaoensis",
      "authorship": "H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000918176",
      "slug": "melocalamus-blaoensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus compactiflorus",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000879616",
      "slug": "melocalamus-compactiflorus-benth",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus compactiflorus",
      "authorship": "(Kurz) Benth.",
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      "slug": "melocalamus-compactiflorus-kurz-benth",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus cordatus",
      "authorship": "(T.H.Wen & Q.H.Dai) D.Z.Li & M.Y.Zhou",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001427138",
      "slug": "melocalamus-cordatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus cucphuongensis",
      "authorship": "H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000918180",
      "slug": "melocalamus-cucphuongensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus elevatissimus",
      "authorship": "Hsueh f. & T.P.Yi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000879618",
      "slug": "melocalamus-elevatissimus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus grandiauritus",
      "authorship": "N.H.Xia, Q.M.Qin & J.B.Ni",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000033190",
      "slug": "melocalamus-grandiauritus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus indicus",
      "authorship": "R.B.Majumdar",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000879622",
      "slug": "melocalamus-indicus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus kbangensis",
      "authorship": "H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000918175",
      "slug": "melocalamus-kbangensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus mastersii",
      "authorship": "(Munro) R.B.Majumdar",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000879624",
      "slug": "melocalamus-mastersii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus ningmingensis",
      "authorship": "Ohrnb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000879627",
      "slug": "melocalamus-ningmingensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus pacoensis",
      "authorship": "H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000918174",
      "slug": "melocalamus-pacoensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus scandens",
      "authorship": "Hsueh & C.M.Hui",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000879628",
      "slug": "melocalamus-scandens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus truongsonensis",
      "authorship": "H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000918172",
      "slug": "melocalamus-truongsonensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus yenbaiensis",
      "authorship": "H.N.Nguyen & V.T.Tran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000918171",
      "slug": "melocalamus-yenbaiensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melocalamus yunnanensis",
      "authorship": "(T.H.Wen) T.P.Yi",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001282005",
      "slug": "melocalamus-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/melocalamus/"
  }
}