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  "genus": "Pteridium",
  "family": "Dennstaedtiaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/dennstaedtiaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 5,
  "documented_species": 4,
  "species": [
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pteridium aquilinum",
      "authorship": "(L.) Kuhn",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001107402",
      "slug": "pteridium-aquilinum",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pteridium-aquilinum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pteridium caudatum",
      "authorship": "(L.) Maxon",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001110350",
      "slug": "pteridium-caudatum",
      "photographs_found": 136,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pteridium-caudatum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pteridium esculentum",
      "authorship": "(G.Forst.) Cockayne",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001284721",
      "slug": "pteridium-esculentum",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pteridium-esculentum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pteridium latiusculum",
      "authorship": "Hieron.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001110349",
      "slug": "pteridium-latiusculum",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pteridium-latiusculum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pteridium rostratum",
      "authorship": "(Burm.f.) Fraser-Jenk.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000028576",
      "slug": "pteridium-rostratum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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      "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/pteridium/"
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