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  "id": {
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  "family": "Asteraceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Metalasia adunca",
      "authorship": "Less.",
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      "scientific_name": "Metalasia agathosmoides",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Metalasia albescens",
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      "scientific_name": "Metalasia alfredii",
      "authorship": "Pillans",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000034534",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Metalasia aurea",
      "authorship": "D.Don",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000091123",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-aurea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia bodkinii",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000019525",
      "slug": "metalasia-bodkinii",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-bodkinii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia brevifolia",
      "authorship": "(Lam.) Levyns",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000045950",
      "slug": "metalasia-brevifolia",
      "photographs_found": 67,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-brevifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia calcicola",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000003929",
      "slug": "metalasia-calcicola",
      "photographs_found": 42,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-calcicola/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia capitata",
      "authorship": "(Lam.) Less.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000002762",
      "slug": "metalasia-capitata",
      "photographs_found": 20,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-capitata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia cephalotes",
      "authorship": "(Thunb.) Less.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000074899",
      "slug": "metalasia-cephalotes",
      "photographs_found": 23,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-cephalotes/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia compacta",
      "authorship": "Zeyh. ex Sch.Bip.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000124159",
      "slug": "metalasia-compacta",
      "photographs_found": 134,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-compacta/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia confusa",
      "authorship": "Pillans",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000067543",
      "slug": "metalasia-confusa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia cymbifolia",
      "authorship": "Harv.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000030968",
      "slug": "metalasia-cymbifolia",
      "photographs_found": 44,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-cymbifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia densa",
      "authorship": "(Lam.) P.O.Karis",
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      "slug": "metalasia-densa",
      "photographs_found": 1296,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-densa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia distans",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000094106",
      "slug": "metalasia-distans",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia divergens",
      "authorship": "(Thunb.) D.Don",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000029921",
      "slug": "metalasia-divergens",
      "photographs_found": 38,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-divergens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia dregeana",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000014608",
      "slug": "metalasia-dregeana",
      "photographs_found": 84,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-dregeana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia eburnea",
      "authorship": "Bengtson & P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001334686",
      "slug": "metalasia-eburnea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia erectifolia",
      "authorship": "Pillans",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000040983",
      "slug": "metalasia-erectifolia",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-erectifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia erubescens",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000029616",
      "slug": "metalasia-erubescens",
      "photographs_found": 162,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-erubescens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia fastigiata",
      "authorship": "(Thunb.) D.Don",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000009042",
      "slug": "metalasia-fastigiata",
      "photographs_found": 53,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-fastigiata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia formosa",
      "authorship": "Bengtson & P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001334684",
      "slug": "metalasia-formosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia galpinii",
      "authorship": "L.Bolus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000004514",
      "slug": "metalasia-galpinii",
      "photographs_found": 30,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-galpinii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia humilis",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000039895",
      "slug": "metalasia-humilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia inversa",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000124891",
      "slug": "metalasia-inversa",
      "photographs_found": 66,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-inversa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia juniperoides",
      "authorship": "Pillans",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000029632",
      "slug": "metalasia-juniperoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia lichtensteinii",
      "authorship": "Less.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000070301",
      "slug": "metalasia-lichtensteinii",
      "photographs_found": 78,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-lichtensteinii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia luteola",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000115861",
      "slug": "metalasia-luteola",
      "photographs_found": 53,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-luteola/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia massonii",
      "authorship": "S.Moore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000091621",
      "slug": "metalasia-massonii",
      "photographs_found": 98,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-massonii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia montana",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000032991",
      "slug": "metalasia-montana",
      "photographs_found": 15,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-montana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia muraltiifolia",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000008055",
      "slug": "metalasia-muraltiifolia",
      "photographs_found": 46,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-muraltiifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia muricata",
      "authorship": "(L.) D.Don",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000139243",
      "slug": "metalasia-muricata",
      "photographs_found": 708,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-muricata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia namaquana",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis & Helme",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001332562",
      "slug": "metalasia-namaquana",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia octoflora",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000059441",
      "slug": "metalasia-octoflora",
      "photographs_found": 46,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-octoflora/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia oligocephala",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000027352",
      "slug": "metalasia-oligocephala",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia pallida",
      "authorship": "Bolus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000035716",
      "slug": "metalasia-pallida",
      "photographs_found": 121,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-pallida/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia phillipsii",
      "authorship": "L.Bolus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000116290",
      "slug": "metalasia-phillipsii",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-phillipsii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia plicata",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000042469",
      "slug": "metalasia-plicata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia pulchella",
      "authorship": "(Cass.) P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000116008",
      "slug": "metalasia-pulchella",
      "photographs_found": 144,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-pulchella/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia pulcherrima",
      "authorship": "Less.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000070417",
      "slug": "metalasia-pulcherrima",
      "photographs_found": 27,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-pulcherrima/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia pungens",
      "authorship": "D.Don",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000026263",
      "slug": "metalasia-pungens",
      "photographs_found": 431,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-pungens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia quinqueflora",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000013504",
      "slug": "metalasia-quinqueflora",
      "photographs_found": 24,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-quinqueflora/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia rhoderiodes",
      "authorship": "T.M.Salter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000025378",
      "slug": "metalasia-rhoderiodes",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-rhoderiodes/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia riparia",
      "authorship": "T.M.Salter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000078242",
      "slug": "metalasia-riparia",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-riparia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia rogersii",
      "authorship": "S.Moore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000034131",
      "slug": "metalasia-rogersii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia schlechteri",
      "authorship": "L.Bolus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000096228",
      "slug": "metalasia-schlechteri",
      "photographs_found": 11,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-schlechteri/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia seriphiifolia",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000043535",
      "slug": "metalasia-seriphiifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia serrata",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000040930",
      "slug": "metalasia-serrata",
      "photographs_found": 23,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-serrata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia serrulata",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000133359",
      "slug": "metalasia-serrulata",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-serrulata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia strictifolia",
      "authorship": "Bolus",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000116403",
      "slug": "metalasia-strictifolia",
      "photographs_found": 33,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-strictifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia tenuifolia",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000068620",
      "slug": "metalasia-tenuifolia",
      "photographs_found": 15,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-tenuifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia tenuis",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000066131",
      "slug": "metalasia-tenuis",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-tenuis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia tricolor",
      "authorship": "Pillans",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000069439",
      "slug": "metalasia-tricolor",
      "photographs_found": 9,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-tricolor/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia tristis",
      "authorship": "Bengtson & P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001334683",
      "slug": "metalasia-tristis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia trivialis",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000082601",
      "slug": "metalasia-trivialis",
      "photographs_found": 170,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-trivialis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metalasia umbelliformis",
      "authorship": "P.O.Karis",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000015006",
      "slug": "metalasia-umbelliformis",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metalasia-umbelliformis/"
    }
  ],
  "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/metalasia/"
  }
}