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  "family": "Acanthaceae",
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      "url": null
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      "url": null
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      "url": null
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia bivalvis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia blanchetiana",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia caquetensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia clavulus",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia coccinea",
      "authorship": "Vell.",
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      "slug": "mendoncia-coccinea",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia combretoides",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia cordata",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia coriacea",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia costaricana",
      "authorship": "Oerst.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia cowanii",
      "authorship": "(S.Moore) Benoist",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia crenata",
      "authorship": "Lindau",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia cuatrecasasii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia decaryi",
      "authorship": "(Benoist) E.Magnaghi",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia delphina",
      "authorship": "E.Magnaghi",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia flagellaris",
      "authorship": "(Baker) Benoist",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia floribunda",
      "authorship": "(Pierre) Benoist",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia garciae",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia gigas",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia gilgiana",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia gilva",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia glabra",
      "authorship": "Poepp.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001044084",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia glabrescens",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia glomerata",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia guatemalensis",
      "authorship": "Standl. & Steyerm.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia hitchcockii",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001231288",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia hoffmannseggiana",
      "authorship": "Nees",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371026",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia hollenbergiae",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001345277",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia hymenophyllacea",
      "authorship": "Rizzini",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia iodioides",
      "authorship": "(S.Moore) Heine",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia kely",
      "authorship": "E.Magnaghi",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia killipii",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
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      "slug": "mendoncia-killipii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia klugii",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001044086",
      "slug": "mendoncia-klugii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia lasiophyta",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001045030",
      "slug": "mendoncia-lasiophyta",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia leucantha",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371226",
      "slug": "mendoncia-leucantha",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia lindaviana",
      "authorship": "(Gilg) Benoist",
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      "slug": "mendoncia-lindaviana",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia lindavii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia litoralis",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001044087",
      "slug": "mendoncia-litoralis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia meyeniana",
      "authorship": "Nees",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001045033",
      "slug": "mendoncia-meyeniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia microchlamys",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371279",
      "slug": "mendoncia-microchlamys",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia mirabilis",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371287",
      "slug": "mendoncia-mirabilis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia mollis",
      "authorship": "Lindau",
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      "slug": "mendoncia-mollis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia multiflora",
      "authorship": "Poepp.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia mutisii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia neblinensis",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia obovata",
      "authorship": "Lindau",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia odorata",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia orbicularis",
      "authorship": "Turrill",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia pedunculata",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001044091",
      "slug": "mendoncia-pedunculata",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia pennellii",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
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      "slug": "mendoncia-pennellii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia peruviana",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia phalacra",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia phytocrenoides",
      "authorship": "(Gilg ex Lindau) Benoist",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia pilosa",
      "authorship": "Mart.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia puberula",
      "authorship": "Mart.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia quadrata",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001250798",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia rabiensis",
      "authorship": "Breteler & Wieringa",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000005265",
      "slug": "mendoncia-rabiensis",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia retusa",
      "authorship": "Turrill",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371307",
      "slug": "mendoncia-retusa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia rizziniana",
      "authorship": "Profice",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371308",
      "slug": "mendoncia-rizziniana",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia robusta",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001045031",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia rosea",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371309",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia rotundifolia",
      "authorship": "Poepp.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001045279",
      "slug": "mendoncia-rotundifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia sericea",
      "authorship": "Leonard ex Wassh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001045034",
      "slug": "mendoncia-sericea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia smithii",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001044092",
      "slug": "mendoncia-smithii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia speciosa",
      "authorship": "Nees",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001045018",
      "slug": "mendoncia-speciosa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia spraguei",
      "authorship": "Turrill",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001044093",
      "slug": "mendoncia-spraguei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia sprucei",
      "authorship": "Lindau",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371252",
      "slug": "mendoncia-sprucei",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia squamuligera",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001044094",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia steyermarkii",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371241",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia tarapotana",
      "authorship": "Lindau",
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      "slug": "mendoncia-tarapotana",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia tessmannii",
      "authorship": "Mildbr.",
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      "slug": "mendoncia-tessmannii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia tetragona",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371250",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia tomentosa",
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      "slug": "mendoncia-tomentosa",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia tonduzii",
      "authorship": "Turrill",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001044507",
      "slug": "mendoncia-tonduzii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia tovarensis",
      "authorship": "(Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Nees) Leonard",
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    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia trichota",
      "authorship": "Leonard",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia velloziana",
      "authorship": "Mart.",
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      "slug": "mendoncia-velloziana",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/mendoncia-velloziana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia villosa",
      "authorship": "(Klotzsch & H.Karst. ex Nees) Leonard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371017",
      "slug": "mendoncia-villosa",
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      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia vinciflora",
      "authorship": "Benoist",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001044335",
      "slug": "mendoncia-vinciflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia williamsii",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371020",
      "slug": "mendoncia-williamsii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mendoncia zarucchii",
      "authorship": "Wassh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000371021",
      "slug": "mendoncia-zarucchii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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    "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."
  },
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    {
      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
      "note": "accepted names, authorities, classification",
      "license": "CC0",
      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-12"
    }
  ],
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    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/mendoncia/"
  }
}