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  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/tibouchina/",
  "id": {
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  "genus": "Tibouchina",
  "family": "Melastomataceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/melastomataceae/",
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  "documented_species": 1,
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      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina aegopogon",
      "authorship": "(Naudin) Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080149",
      "slug": "tibouchina-aegopogon",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina albescens",
      "authorship": "Cogn. ex Glaz.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001272245",
      "slug": "tibouchina-albescens-cogn-ex-glaz",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina albescens",
      "authorship": "Cogn. ex P.J.F.Guim., A.L.F.Oliveira & R.Romero",
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      "slug": "tibouchina-albescens-cogn-ex-p-j-f-guim-a-l-f-oliveira-r-romero",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina araguaiensis",
      "authorship": "P.J.F.Guim.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001318840",
      "slug": "tibouchina-araguaiensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina arstedii",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000158574",
      "slug": "tibouchina-arstedii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina aspera",
      "authorship": "Aubl.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080638",
      "slug": "tibouchina-aspera",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina barbigera",
      "authorship": "(Naudin) Baill.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080160",
      "slug": "tibouchina-barbigera",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina bicolor",
      "authorship": "(Naudin) Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080162",
      "slug": "tibouchina-bicolor",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina bipenicillata",
      "authorship": "(Naudin) Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080163",
      "slug": "tibouchina-bipenicillata",
      "photographs_found": 11,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/tibouchina-bipenicillata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina bolivarensis",
      "authorship": "Gleason",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000162244",
      "slug": "tibouchina-bolivarensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina brevisepala",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080165",
      "slug": "tibouchina-brevisepala",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina bruniana",
      "authorship": "P.J.F.Guim.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001318842",
      "slug": "tibouchina-bruniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina calycina",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080166",
      "slug": "tibouchina-calycina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina catharinae",
      "authorship": "Pittier",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001258024",
      "slug": "tibouchina-catharinae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina cujabensis",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000162249",
      "slug": "tibouchina-cujabensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina dimorphophylla",
      "authorship": "Gleason",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080644",
      "slug": "tibouchina-dimorphophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina dissitiflora",
      "authorship": "Wurdack",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001082168",
      "slug": "tibouchina-dissitiflora",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina duidae",
      "authorship": "Gleason",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001082169",
      "slug": "tibouchina-duidae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina edmundoi",
      "authorship": "Brade",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000158460",
      "slug": "tibouchina-edmundoi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina exasperata",
      "authorship": "(Naudin) Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080184",
      "slug": "tibouchina-exasperata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina fraterna",
      "authorship": "N.E.Br.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001078909",
      "slug": "tibouchina-fraterna",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina huberi",
      "authorship": "Wurdack",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001253418",
      "slug": "tibouchina-huberi",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina itatiaiae",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080203",
      "slug": "tibouchina-itatiaiae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina johnwurdackiana",
      "authorship": "Todzia",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001239264",
      "slug": "tibouchina-johnwurdackiana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina karstenii",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080204",
      "slug": "tibouchina-karstenii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina lithophila",
      "authorship": "Wurdack",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001281987",
      "slug": "tibouchina-lithophila",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina llanorum",
      "authorship": "Wurdack",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001082654",
      "slug": "tibouchina-llanorum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina macrorrhiza",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080212",
      "slug": "tibouchina-macrorrhiza",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina major",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080213",
      "slug": "tibouchina-major",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina mathaei",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080216",
      "slug": "tibouchina-mathaei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina melastomoides",
      "authorship": "(Naudin) Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080218",
      "slug": "tibouchina-melastomoides",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina micranthella",
      "authorship": "M.Gómez",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000158470",
      "slug": "tibouchina-micranthella",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina nigricans",
      "authorship": "Cogn. ex P.J.F.Guim., A.L.F.Oliveira & R.Romero",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080226",
      "slug": "tibouchina-nigricans",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina octopetala",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080662",
      "slug": "tibouchina-octopetala",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina papyrus",
      "authorship": "(Pohl) Toledo",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001280844",
      "slug": "tibouchina-papyrus",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina pellucida",
      "authorship": "M.Gómez",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000158472",
      "slug": "tibouchina-pellucida",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina pogonanthera",
      "authorship": "(Naudin) Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080240",
      "slug": "tibouchina-pogonanthera",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina quadrata",
      "authorship": "M.Gómez",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000158474",
      "slug": "tibouchina-quadrata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina rosanae",
      "authorship": "P.J.F.Guim. & Woodgyer",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001319170",
      "slug": "tibouchina-rosanae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina salviaefolia",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080252",
      "slug": "tibouchina-salviaefolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina sickii",
      "authorship": "Brade",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000158479",
      "slug": "tibouchina-sickii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina sipapoana",
      "authorship": "Gleason",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001258027",
      "slug": "tibouchina-sipapoana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina spruceana",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080263",
      "slug": "tibouchina-spruceana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina steyermarkii",
      "authorship": "Wurdack",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001258028",
      "slug": "tibouchina-steyermarkii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina striphnocalyx",
      "authorship": "(DC.) Pittier",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000041860",
      "slug": "tibouchina-striphnocalyx-dc-pittier",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina striphnocalyx",
      "authorship": "(DC.) Gleason",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001081756",
      "slug": "tibouchina-striphnocalyx-dc-gleason",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina terrariana",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000158481",
      "slug": "tibouchina-terrariana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina trinervia",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080270",
      "slug": "tibouchina-trinervia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina triprovincialis",
      "authorship": "R.Goldenb. & F.S.Mey.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000082346",
      "slug": "tibouchina-triprovincialis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina tuberculata",
      "authorship": "Glaz.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000158482",
      "slug": "tibouchina-tuberculata",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina valtherii",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001080274",
      "slug": "tibouchina-valtherii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Tibouchina verticillaris",
      "authorship": "Cogn.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001280853",
      "slug": "tibouchina-verticillaris",
      "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/tibouchina/"
  }
}