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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/raphia/",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/raphia-australis/"
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      "scientific_name": "Raphia diasticha",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Raphia farinifera",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/raphia-farinifera/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia gabonica",
      "authorship": "S.Mogue, Sonké & Couvreur",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001316680",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Raphia gentiliana",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
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      "slug": "raphia-gentiliana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia hookeri",
      "authorship": "G.Mann & H.Wendl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294908",
      "slug": "raphia-hookeri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia laurentii",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294916",
      "slug": "raphia-laurentii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia longiflora",
      "authorship": "G.Mann & H.Wendl.",
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      "slug": "raphia-longiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia mannii",
      "authorship": "Becc.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294922",
      "slug": "raphia-mannii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia matombe",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294923",
      "slug": "raphia-matombe",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia monbuttorum",
      "authorship": "Drude",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294926",
      "slug": "raphia-monbuttorum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia palma-pinus",
      "authorship": "(Gaertn.) Hutch.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294932",
      "slug": "raphia-palma-pinus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia regalis",
      "authorship": "Becc.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294939",
      "slug": "raphia-regalis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia rostrata",
      "authorship": "Burret",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294940",
      "slug": "raphia-rostrata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia ruwenzorica",
      "authorship": "Otedoh",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294942",
      "slug": "raphia-ruwenzorica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia sese",
      "authorship": "De Wild.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294945",
      "slug": "raphia-sese",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia sudanica",
      "authorship": "A.Chev.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294947",
      "slug": "raphia-sudanica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia taedigera",
      "authorship": "(Mart.) Mart.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294948",
      "slug": "raphia-taedigera",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia textilis",
      "authorship": "Welw.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294950",
      "slug": "raphia-textilis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia vinifera",
      "authorship": "P.Beauv.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000294951",
      "slug": "raphia-vinifera",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Raphia zamiana",
      "authorship": "S.Mogue, Sonké & Couvreur",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001316681",
      "slug": "raphia-zamiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
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  "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/raphia/"
  }
}