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      "scientific_name": "Scirpus lineatus",
      "authorship": "Michx.",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/scirpus-lineatus/"
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      "scientific_name": "Scirpus pedicellatus",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000543118",
      "slug": "scirpus-pedicellatus",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/scirpus-pedicellatus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Scirpus pendulus",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/scirpus-pendulus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Scirpus petelotii",
      "authorship": "Gross",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543217",
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      "url": null
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/scirpus-polyphyllus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Scirpus polystachyus",
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      "url": null
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/scirpus-radicans/"
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      "scientific_name": "Scirpus reichei",
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      "scientific_name": "Scirpus rosthornii",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000544553",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Scirpus spegazzinianus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Scirpus sylvaticus",
      "authorship": "L.",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/scirpus-sylvaticus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Scirpus ternatanus",
      "authorship": "Reinw. ex Miq.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000546576",
      "slug": "scirpus-ternatanus",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/scirpus-ternatanus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Scirpus trachycaulos",
      "authorship": "Phil.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000546835",
      "slug": "scirpus-trachycaulos",
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      "scientific_name": "Scirpus wichurae",
      "authorship": "Boeckeler",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000547801",
      "slug": "scirpus-wichurae",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Scirpus × celakovskyanus",
      "authorship": "Holub",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000536074",
      "slug": "scirpus-celakovskyanus",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Scirpus × peckii",
      "authorship": "Britton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543096",
      "slug": "scirpus-peckii",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Scirpus × prolifulcus",
      "authorship": "Carse",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543506",
      "slug": "scirpus-prolifulcus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Scirpus × prolifundus",
      "authorship": "Carse",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000543518",
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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/scirpus/"
  }
}