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  },
  "genus": "Polytrichastrum",
  "family": "Polytrichaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Polytrichastrum alpinum",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/polytrichastrum-alpinum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polytrichastrum altaicum",
      "authorship": "Ignatov & G.L.Merr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001199860",
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      "documented": false,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Polytrichastrum emodi",
      "authorship": "G.L.Sm.",
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      "documented": false,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Polytrichastrum fragile",
      "authorship": "(Bryhn) Schljakov",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001146702",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polytrichastrum lyallii",
      "authorship": "(Mitt.) G.L.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001186709",
      "slug": "polytrichastrum-lyallii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polytrichastrum papillatum",
      "authorship": "G.L.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001169748",
      "slug": "polytrichastrum-papillatum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polytrichastrum septentrionale",
      "authorship": "(Sw. ex Brid.) E.I.Ivanova, N.E.Bell & Ignatov",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000017536",
      "slug": "polytrichastrum-septentrionale",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Polytrichastrum sexangulare",
      "authorship": "(Flörke ex Brid.) G.L.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001186712",
      "slug": "polytrichastrum-sexangulare",
      "photographs_found": 15,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/polytrichastrum-sexangulare/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polytrichastrum sphaerothecium",
      "authorship": "(Besch.) J.-P.Frahm",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001204829",
      "slug": "polytrichastrum-sphaerothecium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Polytrichastrum tenellum",
      "authorship": "(Müll.Hal.) G.L.Sm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001169749",
      "slug": "polytrichastrum-tenellum",
      "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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    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/polytrichastrum/"
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}