Pilostyles
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Pilostyles is a genus of tiny, endoparasitic flowering plants that live almost entirely inside the tissues of their host plants, emerging only as small reproductive structures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pilostyles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17544667 — 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: Pilostyles Context triple: [Apodanthaceae, containsGenus, Pilostyles]
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A.
Spermacoce
Spermacoce is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, commonly known as false buttonweeds and found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Commelina
Commelina is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as dayflowers, characterized by their delicate blue or purple blooms and widespread distribution in tropical and subtropical regions.
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C.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Trilepisium
Trilepisium is a small genus of tropical flowering trees in the mulberry family Moraceae, known for species such as Trilepisium madagascariense.
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E.
Ceratocapnos
Ceratocapnos is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order, known for its delicate, climbing or scrambling herbs with finely divided leaves and tubular, spurred flowers.
- 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: Pilostyles Target entity description: Pilostyles is a genus of tiny, endoparasitic flowering plants that live almost entirely inside the tissues of their host plants, emerging only as small reproductive structures.
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A.
Spermacoce
Spermacoce is a genus of flowering plants in the coffee family Rubiaceae, commonly known as false buttonweeds and found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Commelina
Commelina is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as dayflowers, characterized by their delicate blue or purple blooms and widespread distribution in tropical and subtropical regions.
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C.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Trilepisium
Trilepisium is a small genus of tropical flowering trees in the mulberry family Moraceae, known for species such as Trilepisium madagascariense.
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E.
Ceratocapnos
Ceratocapnos is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order, known for its delicate, climbing or scrambling herbs with finely divided leaves and tubular, spurred flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.