Cotoneaster
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Cotoneaster is a genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees known for their attractive foliage, white or pink flowers, and bright red or orange berry-like fruits commonly used in landscaping.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotoneaster canonical | 4 |
| Cotoneaster dammeri | 1 |
| Cotoneaster franchetii | 1 |
| Cotoneaster horizontalis | 1 |
| Cotoneaster integerrimus | 1 |
| Cotoneaster lacteus | 1 |
| Cotoneaster salicifolius | 1 |
| Pyracantha | 1 |
| bearberry cotoneaster | 1 |
| rockspray cotoneaster | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T442939 — 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: Cotoneaster Context triple: [Rosaceae, hasMemberGenus, Cotoneaster]
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A.
Photinia
Photinia is a genus of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and small trees, commonly grown as ornamental hedges for their glossy foliage and bright red new leaves.
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B.
Spiraea
Spiraea is a genus of flowering shrubs known for their clusters of small, showy blossoms and common use in ornamental landscaping.
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C.
Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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D.
Crataegus
Crataegus is a genus of shrubs and small trees commonly known as hawthorns, valued for their white or pink blossoms, red fruits, and use in ornamental planting and traditional medicine.
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E.
Sorbus
Sorbus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs, commonly known as rowans or whitebeams, valued for their ornamental foliage, flowers, and berry-like fruits.
- 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: Cotoneaster Target entity description: Cotoneaster is a genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees known for their attractive foliage, white or pink flowers, and bright red or orange berry-like fruits commonly used in landscaping.
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A.
Photinia
Photinia is a genus of evergreen and deciduous shrubs and small trees, commonly grown as ornamental hedges for their glossy foliage and bright red new leaves.
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B.
Spiraea
Spiraea is a genus of flowering shrubs known for their clusters of small, showy blossoms and common use in ornamental landscaping.
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C.
Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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D.
Crataegus
Crataegus is a genus of shrubs and small trees commonly known as hawthorns, valued for their white or pink blossoms, red fruits, and use in ornamental planting and traditional medicine.
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E.
Sorbus
Sorbus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs, commonly known as rowans or whitebeams, valued for their ornamental foliage, flowers, and berry-like fruits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| associatedRisk | berries mildly toxic if ingested in quantity ⓘ |
| attracts |
birds
ⓘ
pollinating insects ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Cotoneaster
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cotoneaster dammeri
Cotoneaster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cotoneaster franchetii
Cotoneaster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Cotoneaster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cotoneaster lacteus
Cotoneaster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cotoneaster salicifolius
|
| cultivationRequirement |
full sun to partial shade
ⓘ
well-drained soil ⓘ |
| describedBy | Philippe Barker Webb ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1825 ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| ecologicalImpact | some species invasive outside native range ⓘ |
| family | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | late spring ⓘ |
| fruitingSeason | late summer to winter ⓘ |
| fruitType | pome ⓘ |
| growthForm |
arching shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ spreading shrub ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
attractive foliage
ⓘ
bright red or orange pome fruits ⓘ deciduous or evergreen shrubs and small trees ⓘ small white or pink flowers ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
Cotoneaster
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
bearberry cotoneaster
cotoneaster ⓘ Cotoneaster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
rockspray cotoneaster
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| introducedTo |
Australia
ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ North America ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence |
deciduous in some species
ⓘ
evergreen in some species ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ Himalayas ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| propagationMethod |
seed
ⓘ
semi-ripe cuttings ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
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poor soils ⓘ urban pollution ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Cotoneaster
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Cotoneaster integerrimus
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| usedFor |
erosion control
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ground cover ⓘ hedges ⓘ ornamental landscaping ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Cotoneaster Description of subject: Cotoneaster is a genus of ornamental shrubs and small trees known for their attractive foliage, white or pink flowers, and bright red or orange berry-like fruits commonly used in landscaping.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cotoneaster integerrimus
this entity surface form:
rockspray cotoneaster
this entity surface form:
bearberry cotoneaster
this entity surface form:
Cotoneaster horizontalis
this entity surface form:
Cotoneaster franchetii
this entity surface form:
Cotoneaster dammeri
this entity surface form:
Cotoneaster salicifolius
this entity surface form:
Cotoneaster lacteus
this entity surface form:
Pyracantha