Colignonia
E281949
Colignonia is a genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae, native to parts of the Americas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colignonia canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2597866 — 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: Colignonia Context triple: [Nyctaginaceae, includesGenus, Colignonia]
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A.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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B.
Rhodogune
Rhodogune was an Achaemenid Persian queen, known primarily as the mother of King Darius I of Persia.
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C.
Bairgania
Bairgania is a town in the Sitamarhi district of Bihar, India, located near the border with Nepal and serving as a local commercial and transit hub.
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D.
Alfidia
Alfidia was a Roman noblewoman of the late Republic, best known as the mother of Livia Drusilla, the future wife of Emperor Augustus.
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E.
Peucini
The Peucini were an ancient tribal group often associated with or considered a branch of the Bastarnae, inhabiting regions near the lower Danube during classical antiquity.
- 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: Colignonia Target entity description: Colignonia is a genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae, native to parts of the Americas.
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A.
Caesonia
Caesonia is a Roman cognomen (family name) used by women of the gens Atia in ancient Rome.
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B.
Rhodogune
Rhodogune was an Achaemenid Persian queen, known primarily as the mother of King Darius I of Persia.
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C.
Bairgania
Bairgania is a town in the Sitamarhi district of Bihar, India, located near the border with Nepal and serving as a local commercial and transit hub.
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D.
Alfidia
Alfidia was a Roman noblewoman of the late Republic, best known as the mother of Livia Drusilla, the future wife of Emperor Augustus.
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E.
Peucini
The Peucini were an ancient tribal group often associated with or considered a branch of the Bastarnae, inhabiting regions near the lower Danube during classical antiquity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | four o'clock family ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Core eudicots ⓘ
linked to:
Eudicots
Eudicots ⓘ |
| family | Nyctaginaceae ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
angiospermous
ⓘ
dicotyledonous ⓘ produces flowers ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | Colignonia ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Colignonia glomerata
ⓘ
Colignonia ovalifolia ⓘ Colignonia parviflora ⓘ Colignonia rufopilosa ⓘ Colignonia scandens ⓘ Colignonia weberbaueri ⓘ |
| isA | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| isListedIn |
International Plant Names Index
ⓘ
Plants of the World Online ⓘ Tropicos ⓘ
linked to:
Tropicos botanical database
World Flora Online ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter | N. J. de Colignon ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Americas
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| nomenclaturalCode | International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Nyctaginaceae ⓘ |
| taxonAuthor | Carl Ludwig Willdenow ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1806 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colignonia Description of subject: Colignonia is a genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae, native to parts of the Americas.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.