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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/mesosphaerum/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "mesosphaerum"
  },
  "genus": "Mesosphaerum",
  "family": "Lamiaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/lamiaceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum argutifolium",
      "authorship": "(Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum asperifolium",
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      "slug": "mesosphaerum-asperifolium",
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      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum caatingense",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum chacapoyense",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum collinum",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/mesosphaerum-collinum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum diffusum",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum diversifolium",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum eriocephalum",
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      "slug": "mesosphaerum-eriocephalum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum gymnocaulon",
      "authorship": "(Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001333656",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-gymnocaulon",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum irwinii",
      "authorship": "(Harley) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001318961",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-irwinii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum lachnosphaerium",
      "authorship": "(Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001333657",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-lachnosphaerium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum marrubiifolium",
      "authorship": "(Epling & Mathias) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001429378",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-marrubiifolium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum melissoides",
      "authorship": "(Kunth) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000242155",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-melissoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum oblongifolium",
      "authorship": "(Benth.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000242179",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/mesosphaerum-oblongifolium/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum obtusatum",
      "authorship": "(Benth.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000242182",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-obtusatum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum pectinatum",
      "authorship": "(L.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000242198",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-pectinatum",
      "photographs_found": 29,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/mesosphaerum-pectinatum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum perbullatum",
      "authorship": "(Fern.Alonso) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001333690",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-perbullatum",
      "photographs_found": 27,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/mesosphaerum-perbullatum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum pilosum",
      "authorship": "(Benth.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000242204",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-pilosum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum pseudoglaucum",
      "authorship": "(Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001333693",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-pseudoglaucum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum purdiei",
      "authorship": "(Benth.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000242217",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-purdiei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum septentrionale",
      "authorship": "(Epling) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001333696",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-septentrionale",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum sidifolium",
      "authorship": "(L'Hér.) Harley & J.F.B.Pastore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001429188",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-sidifolium",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/mesosphaerum-sidifolium/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum suaveolens",
      "authorship": "(L.) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000242254",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-suaveolens",
      "photographs_found": 291,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/mesosphaerum-suaveolens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesosphaerum urticodes",
      "authorship": "(Kunth) Kuntze",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000242274",
      "slug": "mesosphaerum-urticodes",
      "photographs_found": 50,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/mesosphaerum-urticodes/"
    }
  ],
  "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/mesosphaerum/"
  }
}