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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/melochia/",
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  "genus": "Melochia",
  "family": "Malvaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Melochia anomala",
      "authorship": "Griseb.",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melochia-anomala/"
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      "scientific_name": "Melochia arenosa",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melochia argentina",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melochia bernoulliana",
      "authorship": "Donn.Sm.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia betonicifolia",
      "authorship": "A.St.-Hil.",
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      "slug": "melochia-betonicifolia",
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      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia betsiliensis",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140580",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia bissei",
      "authorship": "A.Rodr.",
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      "slug": "melochia-bissei",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia canescens",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001247053",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia caracasana",
      "authorship": "Jacq.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452164",
      "slug": "melochia-caracasana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia chamaedrys",
      "authorship": "A.St.-Hil.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140630",
      "slug": "melochia-chamaedrys",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia colombiana",
      "authorship": "Cuatrec.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001260981",
      "slug": "melochia-colombiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia corchorifolia",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452175",
      "slug": "melochia-corchorifolia",
      "photographs_found": 108,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melochia-corchorifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia crenata",
      "authorship": "Vahl",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452173",
      "slug": "melochia-crenata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia degeneriana",
      "authorship": "A.C.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001263052",
      "slug": "melochia-degeneriana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia gardneri",
      "authorship": "Sprague",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001260979",
      "slug": "melochia-gardneri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia goldbergii",
      "authorship": "Cristóbal",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001141144",
      "slug": "melochia-goldbergii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia graminifolia",
      "authorship": "A.St.-Hil.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452147",
      "slug": "melochia-graminifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia grayana",
      "authorship": "A.C.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001260906",
      "slug": "melochia-grayana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia hassleriana",
      "authorship": "Chodat",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452145",
      "slug": "melochia-hassleriana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia hermannioides",
      "authorship": "A.St.-Hil.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452144",
      "slug": "melochia-hermannioides",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia illicioides",
      "authorship": "K.Schum.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140636",
      "slug": "melochia-illicioides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia kerriifolia",
      "authorship": "Triana & Planch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451972",
      "slug": "melochia-kerriifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia lanata",
      "authorship": "A.St.-Hil.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140639",
      "slug": "melochia-lanata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia lanceolata",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140640",
      "slug": "melochia-lanceolata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia leucantha",
      "authorship": "J.F.Macbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140724",
      "slug": "melochia-leucantha",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia longebracteolata",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140576",
      "slug": "melochia-longebracteolata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia longepetiolata",
      "authorship": "A.C.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001260902",
      "slug": "melochia-longepetiolata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia longidentata",
      "authorship": "Goldberg",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451969",
      "slug": "melochia-longidentata",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia lupulina",
      "authorship": "Sw.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451968",
      "slug": "melochia-lupulina",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melochia-lupulina/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia manducata",
      "authorship": "C.Wright",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451965",
      "slug": "melochia-manducata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia melissifolia",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452159",
      "slug": "melochia-melissifolia",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melochia-melissifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia ministella",
      "authorship": "Cristóbal",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001258643",
      "slug": "melochia-ministella",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia mollipila",
      "authorship": "A.C.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452157",
      "slug": "melochia-mollipila",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia mollis",
      "authorship": "(Kunth) Triana & Planch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452161",
      "slug": "melochia-mollis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia morongii",
      "authorship": "Britton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001141146",
      "slug": "melochia-morongii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia nodiflora",
      "authorship": "Sw.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452152",
      "slug": "melochia-nodiflora",
      "photographs_found": 68,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melochia-nodiflora/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia nudiflora",
      "authorship": "Standl. & L.O.Williams",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452148",
      "slug": "melochia-nudiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia oaxacana",
      "authorship": "Dorr & L.C.Barnett",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001269311",
      "slug": "melochia-oaxacana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia odorata",
      "authorship": "L.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001260575",
      "slug": "melochia-odorata",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia parhamii",
      "authorship": "A.C.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452210",
      "slug": "melochia-parhamii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia parvifolia",
      "authorship": "Kunth",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452209",
      "slug": "melochia-parvifolia",
      "photographs_found": 12,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melochia-parvifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia peruviana",
      "authorship": "Desr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140725",
      "slug": "melochia-peruviana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia pilosa",
      "authorship": "(Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452207",
      "slug": "melochia-pilosa",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia pterocarpa",
      "authorship": "Arènes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452204",
      "slug": "melochia-pterocarpa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia pulverulenta",
      "authorship": "Miers",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452203",
      "slug": "melochia-pulverulenta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia pyramidata",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452202",
      "slug": "melochia-pyramidata",
      "photographs_found": 414,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melochia-pyramidata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia roseiflora",
      "authorship": "A.C.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001260905",
      "slug": "melochia-roseiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia savannarum",
      "authorship": "Britton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001261949",
      "slug": "melochia-savannarum",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia sergipana",
      "authorship": "Monteiro",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452220",
      "slug": "melochia-sergipana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia simplex",
      "authorship": "A.St.-Hil.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140643",
      "slug": "melochia-simplex",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia speciosa",
      "authorship": "S.Watson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001223926",
      "slug": "melochia-speciosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia splendens",
      "authorship": "A.St.-Hil. & Naudin",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140644",
      "slug": "melochia-splendens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia taiwaniana",
      "authorship": "S.S.Ying",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000041718",
      "slug": "melochia-taiwaniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia thymifolia",
      "authorship": "(C.Presl) Goldberg",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001141164",
      "slug": "melochia-thymifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia tomentella",
      "authorship": "(C.Presl) Hemsl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001140647",
      "slug": "melochia-tomentella",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia tomentosa",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452214",
      "slug": "melochia-tomentosa",
      "photographs_found": 267,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melochia-tomentosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia trujilloi",
      "authorship": "J.B.Rondón & Cumaná",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000744246",
      "slug": "melochia-trujilloi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia ulmifolia",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452188",
      "slug": "melochia-ulmifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia umbellata",
      "authorship": "(Houtt.) Stapf",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001260558",
      "slug": "melochia-umbellata",
      "photographs_found": 13,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melochia-umbellata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia urticifolia",
      "authorship": "(Turcz.) Standl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000452187",
      "slug": "melochia-urticifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia villosa",
      "authorship": "(Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000451939",
      "slug": "melochia-villosa",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melochia-villosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia villosissima",
      "authorship": "(C.Presl) Merr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001260908",
      "slug": "melochia-villosissima",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melochia werdermannii",
      "authorship": "Goldberg",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001253044",
      "slug": "melochia-werdermannii",
      "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/melochia/"
  }
}