Xerophyllum
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Xerophyllum is a small genus of North American flowering plants known for their grass-like leaves and tall spikes of white flowers, commonly called beargrass.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Xerophyllum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18497780 — 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: Xerophyllum Context triple: [Melanthiaceae, containsTaxon, Xerophyllum]
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A.
Comptonia
Comptonia is a small genus of aromatic, nitrogen-fixing shrubs in the bayberry family, best known for the sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina) native to eastern North America.
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B.
Carpophyllum
Carpophyllum is a genus of brown seaweeds in the order Fucales, known from temperate marine coasts of the Southern Hemisphere.
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C.
Xanthophyllum
Xanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the milkwort family, known for its tropical trees and shrubs found mainly in Southeast Asia.
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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.
Schoenocaulon
Schoenocaulon is a genus of flowering plants known for species such as sabadilla, some of which have historically been used as sources of insecticidal alkaloids.
- 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: Xerophyllum Target entity description: Xerophyllum is a small genus of North American flowering plants known for their grass-like leaves and tall spikes of white flowers, commonly called beargrass.
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A.
Comptonia
Comptonia is a small genus of aromatic, nitrogen-fixing shrubs in the bayberry family, best known for the sweetfern (Comptonia peregrina) native to eastern North America.
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B.
Carpophyllum
Carpophyllum is a genus of brown seaweeds in the order Fucales, known from temperate marine coasts of the Southern Hemisphere.
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C.
Xanthophyllum
Xanthophyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the milkwort family, known for its tropical trees and shrubs found mainly in Southeast Asia.
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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.
Schoenocaulon
Schoenocaulon is a genus of flowering plants known for species such as sabadilla, some of which have historically been used as sources of insecticidal alkaloids.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.