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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus bullatus",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus confertifolius",
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus fischeri",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "url": null
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      "documented": false,
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus mimetes",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus neglectus",
      "authorship": "R.E.Fr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000019716",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-neglectus",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus oppositifolius",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus peduncularis",
      "authorship": "DC.",
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      "slug": "sphaeranthus-peduncularis",
      "photographs_found": 6,
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/sphaeranthus-peduncularis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus ramosus",
      "authorship": "(Klatt) Mesfin",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000129220",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-ramosus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus randii",
      "authorship": "S.Moore",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000130860",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-randii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus salinarum",
      "authorship": "Symoens",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000004405",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-salinarum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus samburuensis",
      "authorship": "Beentje",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000043974",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus senegalensis",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000073844",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-senegalensis",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus similis",
      "authorship": "Kers",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000120427",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-similis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus spathulatus",
      "authorship": "Peter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000094284",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-spathulatus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus steetzii",
      "authorship": "Oliv. & Hiern",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000061945",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-steetzii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus strobiliferus",
      "authorship": "Boiss. & Noë",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000135203",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-strobiliferus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus stuhlmannii",
      "authorship": "O.Hoffm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000063221",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-stuhlmannii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus suaveolens",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000009442",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-suaveolens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus ukambensis",
      "authorship": "Vatke & O.Hoffm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000084580",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-ukambensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus wattii",
      "authorship": "Giess ex Merxm.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000008966",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-wattii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Sphaeranthus zavattarii",
      "authorship": "Cufod.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000045199",
      "slug": "sphaeranthus-zavattarii",
      "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/sphaeranthus/"
  }
}