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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/polycarena/",
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  "family": "Scrophulariaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/scrophulariaceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Polycarena aemulans",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001232393",
      "slug": "polycarena-aemulans",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena aurea",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001137664",
      "slug": "polycarena-aurea",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/polycarena-aurea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena batteniana",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001232394",
      "slug": "polycarena-batteniana",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/polycarena-batteniana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena capensis",
      "authorship": "(L.) Benth.",
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      "slug": "polycarena-capensis",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/polycarena-capensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena comptonii",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000474817",
      "slug": "polycarena-comptonii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena exigua",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000474819",
      "slug": "polycarena-exigua",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena filiformis",
      "authorship": "Diels",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001137675",
      "slug": "polycarena-filiformis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena formosa",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001273267",
      "slug": "polycarena-formosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena gilioides",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001137677",
      "slug": "polycarena-gilioides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena gracilis",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001276747",
      "slug": "polycarena-gracilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena lilacina",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000474835",
      "slug": "polycarena-lilacina",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena linearifolia",
      "authorship": "(Bolus) Levyns",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001137684",
      "slug": "polycarena-linearifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena nardouwensis",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001273268",
      "slug": "polycarena-nardouwensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena pubescens",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001137695",
      "slug": "polycarena-pubescens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena rariflora",
      "authorship": "Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001137698",
      "slug": "polycarena-rariflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena silenoides",
      "authorship": "Harv. ex Benth.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001137702",
      "slug": "polycarena-silenoides",
      "photographs_found": 11,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/polycarena-silenoides/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena subtilis",
      "authorship": "Hilliard",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000474828",
      "slug": "polycarena-subtilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polycarena tenella",
      "authorship": "Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001137705",
      "slug": "polycarena-tenella",
      "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/polycarena/"
  }
}