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  "genus": "Miscanthus",
  "family": "Poaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus depauperatus",
      "authorship": "Merr.",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus ecklonii",
      "authorship": "(Nees) Mabb.",
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      "slug": "miscanthus-ecklonii",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/miscanthus-ecklonii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus erectus",
      "authorship": "Gibbs.-Russ.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus floridulus",
      "authorship": "(Labill.) Warb. ex K.Schum. & Lauterb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000880245",
      "slug": "miscanthus-floridulus",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/miscanthus-floridulus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus fuscus",
      "authorship": "(Roxb.) Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000880247",
      "slug": "miscanthus-fuscus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus longiberbis",
      "authorship": "(Hack.) Nakai",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000880261",
      "slug": "miscanthus-longiberbis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus lutarioriparius",
      "authorship": "L.Liu ex S.L.Chen & Renvoize",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001278187",
      "slug": "miscanthus-lutarioriparius",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus nepalensis",
      "authorship": "(Trin.) Hack.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000880274",
      "slug": "miscanthus-nepalensis",
      "photographs_found": 55,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/miscanthus-nepalensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus nudipes",
      "authorship": "(Griseb.) Hack.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000880275",
      "slug": "miscanthus-nudipes",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus oligostachyus",
      "authorship": "Stapf",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000880281",
      "slug": "miscanthus-oligostachyus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus paniculatus",
      "authorship": "(B.S.Sun) S.L.Chen & Renvoize",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001278186",
      "slug": "miscanthus-paniculatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus sacchariflorus",
      "authorship": "(Maxim.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Franch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001040522",
      "slug": "miscanthus-sacchariflorus-maxim-benth-hook-f-ex-franch",
      "photographs_found": 38,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/miscanthus-sacchariflorus-maxim-benth-hook-f-ex-franch/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus sacchariflorus",
      "authorship": "(Maxim.) Hack.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000880294",
      "slug": "miscanthus-sacchariflorus-maxim-hack",
      "photographs_found": 38,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/miscanthus-sacchariflorus-maxim-hack/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus sinensis",
      "authorship": "Andersson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000880299",
      "slug": "miscanthus-sinensis",
      "photographs_found": 627,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/miscanthus-sinensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus tinctorius",
      "authorship": "(Steud.) Hack.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000880336",
      "slug": "miscanthus-tinctorius",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus villosus",
      "authorship": "Y.C.Liu & H.Peng",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000921867",
      "slug": "miscanthus-villosus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Miscanthus wangpicheonensis",
      "authorship": "T.I.Heo & J.S.Kim",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000028070",
      "slug": "miscanthus-wangpicheonensis",
      "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/miscanthus/"
  }
}