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  "$schema": "https://botanai.app/schema/genus-v1.json",
  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/shepherdia/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "shepherdia"
  },
  "genus": "Shepherdia",
  "family": "Elaeagnaceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/elaeagnaceae/",
  "accepted_species": 3,
  "documented_species": 3,
  "species": [
    {
      "scientific_name": "Shepherdia argentea",
      "authorship": "(Pursh) Nutt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001046525",
      "slug": "shepherdia-argentea",
      "photographs_found": 212,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/shepherdia-argentea/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Shepherdia canadensis",
      "authorship": "(L.) Nutt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000499493",
      "slug": "shepherdia-canadensis",
      "photographs_found": 1270,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/shepherdia-canadensis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Shepherdia rotundifolia",
      "authorship": "Parry",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001046526",
      "slug": "shepherdia-rotundifolia",
      "photographs_found": 158,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/shepherdia-rotundifolia/"
    }
  ],
  "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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    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/shepherdia/"
  }
}