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  "family": "Polypodiaceae",
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      "documented": false,
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    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melpomene anazalea",
      "authorship": "Sundue & Lehnert",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melpomene caput-gorgonis",
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      "slug": "melpomene-caput-gorgonis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene deltata",
      "authorship": "(Mickel & Beitel) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melpomene erecta",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene firma",
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      "slug": "melpomene-firma",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Melpomene flabelliformis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melpomene flagellata",
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      "slug": "melpomene-flagellata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melpomene gracilis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melpomene huancabambensis",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Melpomene jimenezii",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene leptostoma",
      "authorship": "(Fée) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001119656",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene melanosticta",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001119657",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene michaelium",
      "authorship": "Lehnert",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000145337",
      "slug": "melpomene-michaelium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene moniliformis",
      "authorship": "(Lag.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001119658",
      "slug": "melpomene-moniliformis",
      "photographs_found": 13,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melpomene-moniliformis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene occidentalis",
      "authorship": "Lehnert",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001033227",
      "slug": "melpomene-occidentalis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene paradoxa",
      "authorship": "Lehnert",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001033228",
      "slug": "melpomene-paradoxa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene pennellii",
      "authorship": "(Copel.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001119659",
      "slug": "melpomene-pennellii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene personata",
      "authorship": "Lehnert",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001281612",
      "slug": "melpomene-personata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene peruviana",
      "authorship": "(Desv.) Reider & R.C.Moran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001119660",
      "slug": "melpomene-peruviana",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/melpomene-peruviana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene pilosissima",
      "authorship": "(M.Martens & Galeotti) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001119661",
      "slug": "melpomene-pilosissima",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene pseudonutans",
      "authorship": "(Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001119662",
      "slug": "melpomene-pseudonutans",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene sklenarii",
      "authorship": "Lehnert",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001037307",
      "slug": "melpomene-sklenarii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene sodiroi",
      "authorship": "(Christ & Rosenst.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001119664",
      "slug": "melpomene-sodiroi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene vulcanica",
      "authorship": "Lehnert",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001037308",
      "slug": "melpomene-vulcanica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene wolfii",
      "authorship": "(Hieron.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001119666",
      "slug": "melpomene-wolfii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene xiphopteroides",
      "authorship": "(Liebm.) A.R.Sm. & R.C.Moran",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001119667",
      "slug": "melpomene-xiphopteroides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene youngii",
      "authorship": "(Stolze) B.León & A.R.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001279422",
      "slug": "melpomene-youngii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Melpomene zempoaltepetlensis",
      "authorship": "(Mickel & Beitel) A.R.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001221237",
      "slug": "melpomene-zempoaltepetlensis",
      "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/melpomene/"
  }
}