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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/micranthocereus/",
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    "slug": "micranthocereus"
  },
  "genus": "Micranthocereus",
  "family": "Cactaceae",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Micranthocereus albicephalus",
      "authorship": "(Buining & Brederoo) F.Ritter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289767",
      "slug": "micranthocereus-albicephalus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Micranthocereus alvinii",
      "authorship": "(M.Machado & Hofacker) N.P.Taylor & M.Lowry",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000050719",
      "slug": "micranthocereus-alvinii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Micranthocereus aureispinus",
      "authorship": "F.Ritter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375217",
      "slug": "micranthocereus-aureispinus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Micranthocereus auri-azureus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375218",
      "slug": "micranthocereus-auri-azureus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Micranthocereus flaviflorus",
      "authorship": "Buining & Brederoo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289768",
      "slug": "micranthocereus-flaviflorus",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/micranthocereus-flaviflorus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Micranthocereus hofackerianus",
      "authorship": "(P.J.Braun & Esteves) M.Machado",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000507642",
      "slug": "micranthocereus-hofackerianus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Micranthocereus polyanthus",
      "authorship": "(Werderm.) Backeb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375237",
      "slug": "micranthocereus-polyanthus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Micranthocereus purpureus",
      "authorship": "(Gürke) F.Ritter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289766",
      "slug": "micranthocereus-purpureus",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/micranthocereus-purpureus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Micranthocereus streckeri",
      "authorship": "Van Heek & Van Criek.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000375232",
      "slug": "micranthocereus-streckeri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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  "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/micranthocereus/"
  }
}