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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea brevipes",
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea hainesii",
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea hastulata",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-hastulata/"
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea incana",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-incana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea janeae",
      "authorship": "(S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001278570",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea laciniata",
      "authorship": "(K.Schum.) Krapov.",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-laciniata/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea laxa",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea leptophylla",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea lindheimeri",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea mendocina",
      "authorship": "Phil.",
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea miniata",
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea moorei",
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea munroana",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-munroana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea obtusiloba",
      "authorship": "(Hook.) G.Don",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001077048",
      "slug": "sphaeralcea-obtusiloba",
      "photographs_found": 12,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-obtusiloba/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea orcuttii",
      "authorship": "Rose",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-orcuttii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea palmeri",
      "authorship": "Rose",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001246761",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea parvifolia",
      "authorship": "A.Nelson",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-parvifolia/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea pedatifida",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001077166",
      "slug": "sphaeralcea-pedatifida",
      "photographs_found": 12,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-pedatifida/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea philippiana",
      "authorship": "Krapov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001269049",
      "slug": "sphaeralcea-philippiana",
      "photographs_found": 6,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-philippiana/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea polychroma",
      "authorship": "La Duke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001077490",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-polychroma/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea procera",
      "authorship": "Ced.Porter",
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea psoraloides",
      "authorship": "S.L.Welsh",
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      "slug": "sphaeralcea-psoraloides",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea purpurata",
      "authorship": "(Lindl.) Krapov.",
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      "slug": "sphaeralcea-purpurata",
      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-purpurata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea reflexa",
      "authorship": "Fryxell, Valdés-Reyna & Villarreal",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000505440",
      "slug": "sphaeralcea-reflexa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea rusbyi",
      "authorship": "A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001077167",
      "slug": "sphaeralcea-rusbyi",
      "photographs_found": 28,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeralcea-rusbyi/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea sulphurea",
      "authorship": "S.Watson",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001077021",
      "slug": "sphaeralcea-sulphurea",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea tehuelches",
      "authorship": "(Speg.) Krapov.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000504975",
      "slug": "sphaeralcea-tehuelches",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea velutina",
      "authorship": "C.Presl",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001077652",
      "slug": "sphaeralcea-velutina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeralcea wrightii",
      "authorship": "A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001076686",
      "slug": "sphaeralcea-wrightii",
      "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/sphaeralcea/"
  }
}