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  "family": "Cactaceae",
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      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus blainei",
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      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus brevihamatus",
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      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus brevispinus",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-cloverae/"
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      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus dawsoniae",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus erectocentrus",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus glaucus",
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      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus intertextus",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-intertextus/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus johnsonii",
      "authorship": "(Parry ex Engelm.) N.P.Taylor",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289675",
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      "documented": false,
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      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus mariposensis",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-mariposensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus mesae-verdae",
      "authorship": "(Boissev. & C.Davidson) L.D.Benson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287161",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-mesae-verdae",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-mesae-verdae/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus nyensis",
      "authorship": "Hochstätter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001246608",
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      "photographs_found": 15,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-nyensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus papyracanthus",
      "authorship": "(Engelm.) N.P.Taylor",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001289550",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-papyracanthus",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-papyracanthus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus parviflorus",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001287162",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-parviflorus",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-parviflorus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus polyancistrus",
      "authorship": "(Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Britton & Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287164",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-polyancistrus",
      "photographs_found": 65,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-polyancistrus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus pubispinus",
      "authorship": "(Engelm.) L.D.Benson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287165",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-pubispinus",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-pubispinus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus scheeri",
      "authorship": "(Salm-Dyck) N.P.Taylor",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001256492",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-scheeri",
      "photographs_found": 81,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-scheeri/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus sileri",
      "authorship": "(L.D.Benson) K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001256493",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-sileri",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus spinosior",
      "authorship": "(Engelm.) D.Woodruff & L.D.Benson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287166",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-spinosior",
      "photographs_found": 10,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-spinosior/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus unguispinus",
      "authorship": "(Engelm.) N.P.Taylor",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001256496",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-unguispinus",
      "photographs_found": 20,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-unguispinus/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus warnockii",
      "authorship": "(L.D.Benson) N.P.Taylor",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001256497",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-warnockii",
      "photographs_found": 31,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-warnockii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus wetlandicus",
      "authorship": "Hochstätter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001262057",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-wetlandicus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus whipplei",
      "authorship": "(Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Britton & Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287167",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-whipplei",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sclerocactus-whipplei/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sclerocactus wrightiae",
      "authorship": "L.D.Benson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001287168",
      "slug": "sclerocactus-wrightiae",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "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/sclerocactus/"
  }
}