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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta capillaris",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta cauliflora",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta concolor",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta connata",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta dasylirioides",
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta demeesmaekeriana",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta eglandulosa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta elegans",
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta equisetoides",
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta goetzei",
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      "url": null
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta hirtiflora",
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta humilis",
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta junodii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta kirkii",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta longicaulis",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta monroi",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta naegelsbachii",
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      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta nutans",
      "authorship": "L.B.Sm. & Ayensu",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta pauciramosa",
      "authorship": "(L.B.Sm. & Ayensu) Behnke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001335763",
      "slug": "xerophyta-pauciramosa",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta pectinata",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752019",
      "slug": "xerophyta-pectinata",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta pinifolia",
      "authorship": "Lam. ex Poir.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752008",
      "slug": "xerophyta-pinifolia",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta pseudopinifolia",
      "authorship": "Behnke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001335757",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta purpurascens",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001335762",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta rehmannii",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0001335754",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/xerophyta-rehmannii/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta retinervis",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/xerophyta-retinervis/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta rippsteinii",
      "authorship": "L.B.Sm., J.-P.Lebrun & Stork",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752000",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta rosea",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta scabrida",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta schlechteri",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000751944",
      "slug": "xerophyta-schlechteri",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/xerophyta-schlechteri/"
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta schnizleinia",
      "authorship": "(Hochst.) Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752009",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta seinei",
      "authorship": "Behnke, K.Kramer & E.Hummel",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752023",
      "slug": "xerophyta-seinei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta sessiliflora",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752036",
      "slug": "xerophyta-sessiliflora",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta simulans",
      "authorship": "L.B.Sm. & Ayensu",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000751939",
      "slug": "xerophyta-simulans",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta spekei",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752035",
      "slug": "xerophyta-spekei",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta splendens",
      "authorship": "(Rendle) N.L.Menezes",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000751961",
      "slug": "xerophyta-splendens",
      "photographs_found": 3,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/xerophyta-splendens/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta squarrosa",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752032",
      "slug": "xerophyta-squarrosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta stenophylla",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752031",
      "slug": "xerophyta-stenophylla",
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      "documented": false,
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    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta suaveolens",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000751960",
      "slug": "xerophyta-suaveolens",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta tanzaniana",
      "authorship": "Behnke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001335758",
      "slug": "xerophyta-tanzaniana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta trichophylla",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000751959",
      "slug": "xerophyta-trichophylla",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta tulearensis",
      "authorship": "(H.Perrier) Phillipson & Lowry",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001270317",
      "slug": "xerophyta-tulearensis",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta vallispongolana",
      "authorship": "J.E.Burrows, S.M.Burrows & Behnke",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001335765",
      "slug": "xerophyta-vallispongolana",
      "photographs_found": 6,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/xerophyta-vallispongolana/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta velutina",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752026",
      "slug": "xerophyta-velutina",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta villosa",
      "authorship": "(Baker) L.B.Sm. & Ayensu",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000751957",
      "slug": "xerophyta-villosa",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta viscosa",
      "authorship": "Baker",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000752025",
      "slug": "xerophyta-viscosa",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/xerophyta-viscosa/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta wentzeliana",
      "authorship": "(Harms) Sölch",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000751945",
      "slug": "xerophyta-wentzeliana",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Xerophyta zimbabwensis",
      "authorship": "Behnke & E.Hummel",
      "wfo": "wfo-0001335755",
      "slug": "xerophyta-zimbabwensis",
      "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/xerophyta/"
  }
}