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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum bolusii",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum burttianum",
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      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum calcicola",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum calendulaceum",
      "authorship": "L.f.",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-calendulaceum/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum ciliatum",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum corymbosum",
      "authorship": "L.",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum ecklonis",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum elsieae",
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      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum fruticosum",
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      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum glabrum",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum grandidentatum",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum grandiflorum",
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      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum hafstroemii",
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      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum herbaceum",
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      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum hirsutum",
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      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum hispidum",
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      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum imbricatum",
      "authorship": "L.",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum imbricatum",
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    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum junceum",
      "authorship": "Thunb. ex Harv.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000007011",
      "slug": "osteospermum-junceum-thunb-ex-harv",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-junceum-thunb-ex-harv/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum junceum",
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      "photographs_found": 166,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-junceum-p-j-bergius/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum karooicum",
      "authorship": "(Bolus) Norl.",
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      "slug": "osteospermum-karooicum",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum lanceolatum",
      "authorship": "DC.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum leptolobum",
      "authorship": "(Harv.) Norl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000003665",
      "slug": "osteospermum-leptolobum",
      "photographs_found": 17,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-leptolobum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum microcarpum",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-microcarpum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum microphyllum",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000116744",
      "slug": "osteospermum-microphyllum",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-microphyllum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum monocephalum",
      "authorship": "(Oliver & Hiern) Norl.",
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      "documented": false,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum monstrosum",
      "authorship": "(Burm.f.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt",
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      "slug": "osteospermum-monstrosum",
      "photographs_found": 203,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-monstrosum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum montanum",
      "authorship": "Klatt",
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      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum muricatum",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-muricatum/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum nordenstamii",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum norlindhianum",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum oppositifolium",
      "authorship": "(Ait.) Norl.",
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    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum pinnatum",
      "authorship": "(Thunb.) Norl.",
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    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum polygaloides",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000047415",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-polygaloides-l/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum polygaloides",
      "authorship": "Thunb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000041886",
      "slug": "osteospermum-polygaloides-thunb",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-polygaloides-thunb/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum polypterum",
      "authorship": "(DC.) R.Sadler",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-polypterum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum potbergense",
      "authorship": "A.R.Wood & B.Nord.",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-potbergense/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum pterigoideum",
      "authorship": "Klatt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000010921",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum pyrifolium",
      "authorship": "Norl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000096678",
      "slug": "osteospermum-pyrifolium",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum rigidum",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000031627",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-rigidum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum rotundifolium",
      "authorship": "(DC.) Norl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000007360",
      "slug": "osteospermum-rotundifolium",
      "photographs_found": 85,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-rotundifolium/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum scariosum",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000042110",
      "slug": "osteospermum-scariosum",
      "photographs_found": 44,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-scariosum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum sinuatum",
      "authorship": "(DC.) Norl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000011023",
      "slug": "osteospermum-sinuatum",
      "photographs_found": 78,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-sinuatum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum spinescens",
      "authorship": "Thunb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000063794",
      "slug": "osteospermum-spinescens",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-spinescens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum spinosum",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000000181",
      "slug": "osteospermum-spinosum",
      "photographs_found": 125,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-spinosum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum striatum",
      "authorship": "Burtt Davy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000134729",
      "slug": "osteospermum-striatum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum subulatum",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000020761",
      "slug": "osteospermum-subulatum",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-subulatum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum thodei",
      "authorship": "Markötter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000095018",
      "slug": "osteospermum-thodei",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-thodei/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Osteospermum triquetrum",
      "authorship": "L.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000028768",
      "slug": "osteospermum-triquetrum",
      "photographs_found": 47,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/osteospermum-triquetrum/"
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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/osteospermum/"
  }
}