Diphylleia
E385887
Diphylleia is a small genus of herbaceous flowering plants known for their distinctive large leaves and translucent “skeleton” petals when wet, native to temperate woodland regions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diphylleia cymosa | 2 |
| Diphylleia grayi | 2 |
| Diphylleia sinensis | 2 |
| Diphylleia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724739 — 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: Diphylleia Context triple: [Berberidaceae, includesGenus, Diphylleia]
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A.
Thalictrum
Thalictrum is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as meadow-rues, characterized by delicate foliage and airy clusters of small flowers.
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B.
Caulophyllum
Caulophyllum is a small genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as blue cohosh, native to North America and Asia and noted for its traditional medicinal uses.
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C.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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D.
Menispermum
Menispermum is a small genus of twining, woody vines commonly known as moonseeds, noted for their crescent-shaped seeds and often toxic properties.
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E.
Laportea
Laportea is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
- 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: Diphylleia Target entity description: Diphylleia is a small genus of herbaceous flowering plants known for their distinctive large leaves and translucent “skeleton” petals when wet, native to temperate woodland regions.
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A.
Thalictrum
Thalictrum is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants, commonly known as meadow-rues, characterized by delicate foliage and airy clusters of small flowers.
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B.
Caulophyllum
Caulophyllum is a small genus of perennial flowering plants, commonly known as blue cohosh, native to North America and Asia and noted for its traditional medicinal uses.
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C.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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D.
Menispermum
Menispermum is a small genus of twining, woody vines commonly known as moonseeds, noted for their crescent-shaped seeds and often toxic properties.
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E.
Laportea
Laportea is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Berberidaceae family of barberries and allies ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Ranunculales ⓘ |
| describedAs | small genus of herbaceous flowering plants ⓘ |
| distributionPattern | disjunct between East Asia and eastern North America ⓘ |
| ecologicalPreference |
cool, humid microclimates
ⓘ
rich, well-drained forest soils ⓘ |
| family | Berberidaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | white ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | late spring to early summer ⓘ |
| fruitColor | blue ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry ⓘ |
| genusOf |
Diphylleia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Diphylleia cymosa
Diphylleia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Diphylleia grayi
Diphylleia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Diphylleia sinensis
|
| growthForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| habitat |
cool, moist woodland slopes
ⓘ
shaded deciduous forests ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
large leaves
ⓘ
translucent petals when wet ⓘ white petals that become transparent in rain ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | skeleton flower genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafMorphology | large, umbrella-like leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ eastern North America ⓘ temperate woodland regions ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Diphylleia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Diphylleia cymosa
Diphylleia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Diphylleia grayi
Diphylleia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Diphylleia sinensis
|
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| petalBehavior |
becomes translucent when wet
ⓘ
returns to opaque white when dry ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | flowering plant ⓘ |
| shadeTolerance | shade-loving plant ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental woodland plant ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Diphylleia Description of subject: Diphylleia is a small genus of herbaceous flowering plants known for their distinctive large leaves and translucent “skeleton” petals when wet, native to temperate woodland regions.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Diphylleia cymosa
this entity surface form:
Diphylleia grayi
this entity surface form:
Diphylleia sinensis
this entity surface form:
Diphylleia grayi
this entity surface form:
Diphylleia cymosa
this entity surface form:
Diphylleia sinensis