Cunonia
E1039562
Cunonia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae, native mainly to New Caledonia and known for its ornamental foliage and clustered blossoms.
All labels observed (19)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cunonia canonical | 2 |
| Cunonia austrocaledonica | 1 |
| Cunonia balansae | 1 |
| Cunonia bracteata | 1 |
| Cunonia cauliflora | 1 |
| Cunonia hirsuta | 1 |
| Cunonia lasioclada | 1 |
| Cunonia linearis | 1 |
| Cunonia macrophylla | 1 |
| Cunonia monticola | 1 |
| Cunonia parviflora | 1 |
| Cunonia pterophylla | 1 |
| Cunonia purpurea | 1 |
| Cunonia reticulata | 1 |
| Cunonia revoluta | 1 |
| Cunonia schaefferiana | 1 |
| Cunonia sebertii | 1 |
| Cunonia sessiliflora | 1 |
| Cunonia vieillardii | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395175 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cunonia Context triple: [Oxalidales, notableGenus, Cunonia]
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A.
Cussonia
Cussonia is a genus of small trees and shrubs native mainly to sub-Saharan Africa, known for their distinctive palm-like, lobed leaves and use as ornamental plants.
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B.
Dodonaea
Dodonaea is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their winged fruits and adaptability to dry, often coastal environments, particularly in Australia and other warm regions.
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C.
Diplolaena
Diplolaena is a small genus of flowering shrubs native to Western Australia, known for their ornamental, often showy, star-shaped blossoms.
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D.
Flindersia
Flindersia is a genus of flowering trees native mainly to Australia and nearby regions, known for their hardwood timber and aromatic foliage.
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E.
Pomaderris
Pomaderris is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees native mainly to Australia and New Zealand, known for their clusters of small, often hairy flowers and use in ornamental horticulture.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cunonia Target entity description: Cunonia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae, native mainly to New Caledonia and known for its ornamental foliage and clustered blossoms.
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A.
Cussonia
Cussonia is a genus of small trees and shrubs native mainly to sub-Saharan Africa, known for their distinctive palm-like, lobed leaves and use as ornamental plants.
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B.
Dodonaea
Dodonaea is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their winged fruits and adaptability to dry, often coastal environments, particularly in Australia and other warm regions.
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C.
Diplolaena
Diplolaena is a small genus of flowering shrubs native to Western Australia, known for their ornamental, often showy, star-shaped blossoms.
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D.
Flindersia
Flindersia is a genus of flowering trees native mainly to Australia and nearby regions, known for their hardwood timber and aromatic foliage.
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E.
Pomaderris
Pomaderris is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees native mainly to Australia and New Zealand, known for their clusters of small, often hairy flowers and use in ornamental horticulture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
red alder
ⓘ
rooiels ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| distribution |
Southwestern Indian Ocean region
ⓘ
linked to:
Southwest Indian Ocean
|
| family | Cunoniaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
humid forests
ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
clustered blossoms
ⓘ
evergreen foliage ⓘ ornamental foliage ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | cunonia ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Cunonia austrocaledonica
ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia balansae ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia bracteata ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia capensis ⓘ Cunonia cauliflora ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia hirsuta ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia lasioclada ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia linearis ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia macrophylla ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia monticola ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia parviflora ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia pterophylla ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia purpurea ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia reticulata ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia revoluta ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia schaefferiana ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia sebertii ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia sessiliflora ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
Cunonia vieillardii ⓘ
linked to:
Cunonia
|
| hasNotableSpecies | Cunonia capensis ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | compound leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
New Caledonia
ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ South Africa ⓘ |
| order | Oxalidales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1753 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cunonia Description of subject: Cunonia is a small genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the family Cunoniaceae, native mainly to New Caledonia and known for its ornamental foliage and clustered blossoms.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.