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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca japonica",
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    },
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      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca latbenia",
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      "slug": "phytolacca-latbenia",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca meziana",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/phytolacca-octandra/"
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      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca polyandra",
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      "slug": "phytolacca-polyandra",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca rivinoides",
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      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca rugosa",
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      "slug": "phytolacca-rugosa",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/phytolacca-rugosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca sandwicensis",
      "authorship": "Endl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001091545",
      "slug": "phytolacca-sandwicensis",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/phytolacca-sandwicensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca sanguinea",
      "authorship": "H.Walter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000481926",
      "slug": "phytolacca-sanguinea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca tetramera",
      "authorship": "Hauman",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001091525",
      "slug": "phytolacca-tetramera",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/phytolacca-tetramera/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca thyrsiflora",
      "authorship": "Fenzl ex J.A.Schmidt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000481943",
      "slug": "phytolacca-thyrsiflora",
      "photographs_found": 30,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/phytolacca-thyrsiflora/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Phytolacca weberbaueri",
      "authorship": "H.Walter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001091526",
      "slug": "phytolacca-weberbaueri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    "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"
    }
  ],
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    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/phytolacca/"
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}