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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/mesostemma/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "mesostemma"
  },
  "genus": "Mesostemma",
  "family": "Caryophyllaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/caryophyllaceae/",
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  "documented_species": 1,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma alexeenkoanum",
      "authorship": "(Schischk.) Ikonn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001292303",
      "slug": "mesostemma-alexeenkoanum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma amblyosepalum",
      "authorship": "(Schrenk) Chepinoga",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000056453",
      "slug": "mesostemma-amblyosepalum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma dichotomum",
      "authorship": "(L.) Arabi, Rabeler & Zarre",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000079185",
      "slug": "mesostemma-dichotomum",
      "photographs_found": 58,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/mesostemma-dichotomum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma gypsophiloides",
      "authorship": "(Fenzl) M.T.Sharples & E.A.Tripp",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000079186",
      "slug": "mesostemma-gypsophiloides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma karatavicum",
      "authorship": "(Schischk.) Vved.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001292304",
      "slug": "mesostemma-karatavicum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma kotschyanum",
      "authorship": "(Fenzl ex Boiss.) Vved.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001292305",
      "slug": "mesostemma-kotschyanum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma latifolium",
      "authorship": "(Benth. ex G.Don) Ikonn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375642",
      "slug": "mesostemma-latifolium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma martjanovii",
      "authorship": "(Kryl.) Ikonn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001292306",
      "slug": "mesostemma-martjanovii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma perfoliatum",
      "authorship": "(Rech.f.) Rech.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375647",
      "slug": "mesostemma-perfoliatum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma platyphyllum",
      "authorship": "(Rech.f.) Rech.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375648",
      "slug": "mesostemma-platyphyllum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Mesostemma schugnanicum",
      "authorship": "(Schischk.) Ikonn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001292307",
      "slug": "mesostemma-schugnanicum",
      "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/mesostemma/"
  }
}