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  "id": {
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  "genus": "Pterocactus",
  "family": "Cactaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus araucanus",
      "authorship": "A.Cast.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000397954",
      "slug": "pterocactus-araucanus",
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    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus australis",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus fischeri",
      "authorship": "Britton & Rose",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pterocactus-fischeri/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus fragilis",
      "authorship": "R.Kiesling, E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000082150",
      "slug": "pterocactus-fragilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus gonjianii",
      "authorship": "R.Kiesling",
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      "slug": "pterocactus-gonjianii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus hickenii",
      "authorship": "Britton & Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000398018",
      "slug": "pterocactus-hickenii",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus megliolii",
      "authorship": "R.Kiesling",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000398041",
      "slug": "pterocactus-megliolii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus neuquensis",
      "authorship": "R.Kiesling, E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001433778",
      "slug": "pterocactus-neuquensis",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus reticulatus",
      "authorship": "R.Kiesling",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000398038",
      "slug": "pterocactus-reticulatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus tuberosus",
      "authorship": "(Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001257523",
      "slug": "pterocactus-tuberosus",
      "photographs_found": 27,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pterocactus-tuberosus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Pterocactus valentini",
      "authorship": "Speg.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000398037",
      "slug": "pterocactus-valentini",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/pterocactus-valentini/"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
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    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/pterocactus/"
  }
}