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  "family": "Pontederiaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Pontederia africana",
      "authorship": "(Solms) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Pontederia australasica",
      "authorship": "(Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-australasica/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia azurea",
      "authorship": "Sw.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000500899",
      "slug": "pontederia-azurea",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-azurea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia brevipetiolata",
      "authorship": "(Verdc.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Pontederia cordata",
      "authorship": "L.",
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      "photographs_found": 2442,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-cordata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia crassipes",
      "authorship": "Mart.",
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      "photographs_found": 1468,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-crassipes/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia cyanea",
      "authorship": "(F.Muell.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn",
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      "slug": "pontederia-cyanea",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Pontederia diversifolia",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001425154",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Pontederia elata",
      "authorship": "(Ridl.) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001425156",
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      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Pontederia gigantea",
      "authorship": "D.J.Sousa",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000024273",
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      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-gigantea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia hastata",
      "authorship": "L.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501077",
      "slug": "pontederia-hastata",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia heterosperma",
      "authorship": "(Alexander) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001425153",
      "slug": "pontederia-heterosperma",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-heterosperma/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia korsakowii",
      "authorship": "(Regel & Maack) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001425155",
      "slug": "pontederia-korsakowii",
      "photographs_found": 18,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-korsakowii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia meyeri",
      "authorship": "(A.G.Schulz) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001331063",
      "slug": "pontederia-meyeri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia natans",
      "authorship": "P.Beauv.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501146",
      "slug": "pontederia-natans",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-natans/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia ovalis",
      "authorship": "Mart. ex Schult.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501172",
      "slug": "pontederia-ovalis",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia paniculata",
      "authorship": "Spreng.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501195",
      "slug": "pontederia-paniculata",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia paradoxa",
      "authorship": "Mart.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501203",
      "slug": "pontederia-paradoxa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia parviflora",
      "authorship": "Alexander",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501210",
      "slug": "pontederia-parviflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia plantaginea",
      "authorship": "Roxb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501223",
      "slug": "pontederia-plantaginea",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia reflexa",
      "authorship": "D.J.Sousa",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000024274",
      "slug": "pontederia-reflexa",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-reflexa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia rotundifolia",
      "authorship": "L.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501242",
      "slug": "pontederia-rotundifolia",
      "photographs_found": 35,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-rotundifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia sagittata",
      "authorship": "C.Presl",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501261",
      "slug": "pontederia-sagittata",
      "photographs_found": 29,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-sagittata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia subovata",
      "authorship": "(Seub.) Lowden",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501293",
      "slug": "pontederia-subovata",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia triflora",
      "authorship": "(Seub.) G.Agostini, D.Velásquez & Velásquez",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501314",
      "slug": "pontederia-triflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia vaginalis",
      "authorship": "Burm.f.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000501333",
      "slug": "pontederia-vaginalis",
      "photographs_found": 160,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pontederia-vaginalis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pontederia valida",
      "authorship": "(Nagam. & G.X.Wang) M.Pell. & C.N.Horn",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001331067",
      "slug": "pontederia-valida",
      "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/pontederia/"
  }
}