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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/ottelia/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "ottelia"
  },
  "genus": "Ottelia",
  "family": "Hydrocharitaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/hydrocharitaceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Ottelia acuminata",
      "authorship": "(Gagnep.) Dandy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769601",
      "slug": "ottelia-acuminata",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia alismoides",
      "authorship": "(L.) Pers.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769606",
      "slug": "ottelia-alismoides",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/ottelia-alismoides/"
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Ottelia balansae",
      "authorship": "(Gagnep.) Dandy",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Ottelia brachyphylla",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000769615",
      "slug": "ottelia-brachyphylla",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia brasiliensis",
      "authorship": "(Planch.) Walp.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769617",
      "slug": "ottelia-brasiliensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia cordata",
      "authorship": "(Wall.) Dandy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769623",
      "slug": "ottelia-cordata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia cylindrica",
      "authorship": "(T.C.E.Fr.) Dandy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769628",
      "slug": "ottelia-cylindrica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia emersa",
      "authorship": "Z.C.Zhao & R.L.Luo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769631",
      "slug": "ottelia-emersa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia exserta",
      "authorship": "(Ridl.) Dandy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769634",
      "slug": "ottelia-exserta",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia fengshanensis",
      "authorship": "Z.Z.Li, S.Wu & Q.F.Wang",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000033494",
      "slug": "ottelia-fengshanensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia fischeri",
      "authorship": "(Gürke) Dandy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769635",
      "slug": "ottelia-fischeri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia guanyangensis",
      "authorship": "Z.Z.Li, Q.F.Wang & S.Wu",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000006094",
      "slug": "ottelia-guanyangensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia kunenensis",
      "authorship": "(Gürke) Dandy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769644",
      "slug": "ottelia-kunenensis",
      "photographs_found": 9,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/ottelia-kunenensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia lisowskii",
      "authorship": "Symoens",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000913852",
      "slug": "ottelia-lisowskii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia mesenterium",
      "authorship": "(Hallier f.) Hartog",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769653",
      "slug": "ottelia-mesenterium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia muricata",
      "authorship": "(C.H.Wright) Dandy",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769654",
      "slug": "ottelia-muricata",
      "photographs_found": 11,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/ottelia-muricata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia obtusifolia",
      "authorship": "T.C.E.Fr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769655",
      "slug": "ottelia-obtusifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia ovalifolia",
      "authorship": "(R.Br.) Rich.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769656",
      "slug": "ottelia-ovalifolia",
      "photographs_found": 48,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/ottelia-ovalifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia profundecordata",
      "authorship": "Symoens",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001344703",
      "slug": "ottelia-profundecordata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia scabra",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769662",
      "slug": "ottelia-scabra",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia songmingensis",
      "authorship": "(Z.T.Jiang, H.Li & Z.L.Dao) Zhi Z.Li, Q.F.Wang & Jin M.Chen",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000030765",
      "slug": "ottelia-songmingensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia ulvifolia",
      "authorship": "(Planch.) Walp.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769669",
      "slug": "ottelia-ulvifolia",
      "photographs_found": 32,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/ottelia-ulvifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Ottelia verdickii",
      "authorship": "Gürke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000769670",
      "slug": "ottelia-verdickii",
      "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/ottelia/"
  }
}