Hydrocharitaceae
E1207991
UNEXPLORED
Hydrocharitaceae is a family of mostly aquatic flowering plants that includes various marine and freshwater species such as seagrasses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hydrocharitaceae canonical | 3 |
| water-milfoil family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16359082 — 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: Hydrocharitaceae Context triple: [Thalassia testudinum, family, Hydrocharitaceae]
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A.
Hydatellaceae
Hydatellaceae is a small family of minute, aquatic flowering plants now recognized as early-diverging angiosperms, often found in ephemeral wetlands.
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B.
Hydroleaceae
Hydroleaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Solanales, known for its aquatic or semi-aquatic herbaceous species.
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C.
Podostemaceae
Podostemaceae is a family of unusual aquatic flowering plants, often called riverweeds, that grow attached to rocks in fast-flowing tropical and subtropical rivers.
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D.
Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbonaceae is a small family of aquatic flowering plants best known for including the sacred lotus and related lotus species.
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E.
Alismatales
Alismatales is an order of mostly aquatic or wetland flowering monocot plants that includes families such as Araceae, known for species like the titan arum.
- 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: Hydrocharitaceae Target entity description: Hydrocharitaceae is a family of mostly aquatic flowering plants that includes various marine and freshwater species such as seagrasses.
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A.
Hydatellaceae
Hydatellaceae is a small family of minute, aquatic flowering plants now recognized as early-diverging angiosperms, often found in ephemeral wetlands.
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B.
Hydroleaceae
Hydroleaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Solanales, known for its aquatic or semi-aquatic herbaceous species.
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C.
Podostemaceae
Podostemaceae is a family of unusual aquatic flowering plants, often called riverweeds, that grow attached to rocks in fast-flowing tropical and subtropical rivers.
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D.
Nelumbonaceae
Nelumbonaceae is a small family of aquatic flowering plants best known for including the sacred lotus and related lotus species.
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E.
Alismatales
Alismatales is an order of mostly aquatic or wetland flowering monocot plants that includes families such as Araceae, known for species like the titan arum.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.