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  "schema_version": 1,
  "url": "https://botanai.app/genus/townsendia/",
  "id": {
    "slug": "townsendia"
  },
  "genus": "Townsendia",
  "family": "Asteraceae",
  "family_url": "https://botanai.app/family/asteraceae/",
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      "scientific_name": "Townsendia annua",
      "authorship": "Beaman",
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      "slug": "townsendia-annua",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-annua/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia aprica",
      "authorship": "S.L.Welsh & Reveal",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000073809",
      "slug": "townsendia-aprica",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia condensata",
      "authorship": "Parry",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000000602",
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      "photographs_found": 23,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-condensata/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia eximia",
      "authorship": "A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000066744",
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      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia exscapa",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000133028",
      "slug": "townsendia-exscapa",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-exscapa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia fendleri",
      "authorship": "A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000128399",
      "slug": "townsendia-fendleri",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-fendleri/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia florifer",
      "authorship": "(Hook.) A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000138226",
      "slug": "townsendia-florifer",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia formosa",
      "authorship": "Greene",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000021125",
      "slug": "townsendia-formosa",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-formosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia glabella",
      "authorship": "A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000060677",
      "slug": "townsendia-glabella",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia grandiflora",
      "authorship": "Nutt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000082861",
      "slug": "townsendia-grandiflora",
      "photographs_found": 51,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-grandiflora/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia hookeri",
      "authorship": "Beaman",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000061730",
      "slug": "townsendia-hookeri",
      "photographs_found": 169,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-hookeri/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia incana",
      "authorship": "Nutt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000029203",
      "slug": "townsendia-incana",
      "photographs_found": 80,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-incana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia jonesii",
      "authorship": "(Beaman) Reveal",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000016222",
      "slug": "townsendia-jonesii",
      "photographs_found": 4,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-jonesii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia lepotes",
      "authorship": "Osterh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000076385",
      "slug": "townsendia-lepotes",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia leptotes",
      "authorship": "(A.Gray) Osterh.",
      "wfo": "wfo-1000040409",
      "slug": "townsendia-leptotes",
      "photographs_found": 9,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-leptotes/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia mensana",
      "authorship": "M.E.Jones",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000044254",
      "slug": "townsendia-mensana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia mexicana",
      "authorship": "A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000035262",
      "slug": "townsendia-mexicana",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia microcephala",
      "authorship": "Dorn",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000121974",
      "slug": "townsendia-microcephala",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia minima",
      "authorship": "Eastw.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000133427",
      "slug": "townsendia-minima",
      "photographs_found": 2,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia montana",
      "authorship": "M.E.Jones",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000117353",
      "slug": "townsendia-montana",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-montana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia parryi",
      "authorship": "Eaton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000132611",
      "slug": "townsendia-parryi",
      "photographs_found": 30,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-parryi/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia rothrockii",
      "authorship": "A.Gray ex Rothrock.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000040905",
      "slug": "townsendia-rothrockii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia scapigera",
      "authorship": "D.C.Eaton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000027954",
      "slug": "townsendia-scapigera",
      "photographs_found": 32,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-scapigera/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia smithii",
      "authorship": "L.M.Shultz & A.H.Holmgren",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000079344",
      "slug": "townsendia-smithii",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia strigosa",
      "authorship": "Nutt.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000065007",
      "slug": "townsendia-strigosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Townsendia texensis",
      "authorship": "Larsen",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000093522",
      "slug": "townsendia-texensis",
      "photographs_found": 7,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/townsendia-texensis/"
    }
  ],
  "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/townsendia/"
  }
}