{
  "$schema": "https://botanai.app/schema/genus-v1.json",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/metathelypteris/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "metathelypteris"
  },
  "genus": "Metathelypteris",
  "family": "Thelypteridaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/thelypteridaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 17,
  "documented_species": 3,
  "species": [
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris adscendens",
      "authorship": "(Ching) Ching",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001126516",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-adscendens",
      "photographs_found": 16,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metathelypteris-adscendens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris burrowsiorum",
      "authorship": "N.R.Crouch",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001041932",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-burrowsiorum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris dassanayakei",
      "authorship": "(Fraser-Jenk.) Ranil",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000027882",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-dassanayakei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris dayi",
      "authorship": "(Bedd.) Holttum",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000152493",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-dayi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris decipiens",
      "authorship": "(C.B.Clarke) Ching",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001252507",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-decipiens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris flaccida",
      "authorship": "(Blume) Ching",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001115289",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-flaccida",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris fragilis",
      "authorship": "(Baker) Holttum",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001251438",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-fragilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris glandulifera",
      "authorship": "Ching ex K.H.Shing",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001252511",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-glandulifera",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris glandulosa",
      "authorship": "H.G.Zhou & H.Li",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001125492",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-glandulosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris gracilescens",
      "authorship": "(Blume) Ching",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001127145",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-gracilescens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris hattorii",
      "authorship": "(H.Ito) Ching",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001126518",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-hattorii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris laxa",
      "authorship": "(Franch. & Sav.) Ching",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001115291",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-laxa",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metathelypteris-laxa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris petiolulata",
      "authorship": "Ching ex K.H.Shing",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001252510",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-petiolulata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris singalanensis",
      "authorship": "(Baker) Ching",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001227690",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-singalanensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris uraiensis",
      "authorship": "(Rosenst.) Ching",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001127146",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-uraiensis",
      "photographs_found": 8,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/metathelypteris-uraiensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris vandervekenii",
      "authorship": "Pic.Serm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000152496",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-vandervekenii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Metathelypteris wuyishanica",
      "authorship": "Ching",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001228349",
      "slug": "metathelypteris-wuyishanica",
      "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/metathelypteris/"
  }
}