Mammillaria
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Mammillaria is a large and diverse genus of small, often spherical cacti known for their dense tubercles and attractive ring-shaped flower displays.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mammillaria canonical | 2 |
| Mammillaria bocasana | 1 |
| Mammillaria elongata | 1 |
| Mammillaria hahniana | 1 |
| Mammillaria mammillaris | 1 |
| Mammillaria zeilmanniana | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10349197 — 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: Mammillaria Context triple: [Cactoideae, includesGenus, Mammillaria]
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A.
Echinocactus
Echinocactus is a genus of globular, heavily spined cacti native to Mexico and the southwestern United States, commonly known as barrel cacti.
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B.
Echinocereus engelmannii
Echinocereus engelmannii is a species of hedgehog cactus native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for its spiny stems and showy, brightly colored spring flowers.
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C.
Lophocereus schottii
Lophocereus schottii is a columnar cactus species native to the Sonoran Desert region of northwestern Mexico, known for its tall, slender, many-branched stems and adaptation to arid environments.
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D.
Gymnocalycium
Gymnocalycium is a genus of small, often globular South American cacti popular in cultivation for their distinctive ribbed bodies and colorful flowers.
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E.
Parodia
Parodia is a genus of small, often globular cacti native to South America, known for their colorful flowers and spiny, ribbed stems.
- 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: Mammillaria Target entity description: Mammillaria is a large and diverse genus of small, often spherical cacti known for their dense tubercles and attractive ring-shaped flower displays.
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A.
Echinocactus
Echinocactus is a genus of globular, heavily spined cacti native to Mexico and the southwestern United States, commonly known as barrel cacti.
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B.
Echinocereus engelmannii
Echinocereus engelmannii is a species of hedgehog cactus native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, known for its spiny stems and showy, brightly colored spring flowers.
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C.
Lophocereus schottii
Lophocereus schottii is a columnar cactus species native to the Sonoran Desert region of northwestern Mexico, known for its tall, slender, many-branched stems and adaptation to arid environments.
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D.
Gymnocalycium
Gymnocalycium is a genus of small, often globular South American cacti popular in cultivation for their distinctive ribbed bodies and colorful flowers.
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E.
Parodia
Parodia is a genus of small, often globular cacti native to South America, known for their colorful flowers and spiny, ribbed stems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | genus of plants ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | several species threatened in the wild ⓘ |
| cultivationRequirement |
bright light
ⓘ
low water ⓘ well-drained soil ⓘ |
| describedBy | Adrian Hardy Haworth ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1812 ⓘ |
| family | Cactaceae ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
areoles at tubercle tips
ⓘ
dense tubercles ⓘ flowers often form a crown near stem apex ⓘ many species have hooked central spines ⓘ produce small berry-like fruits ⓘ ring-shaped flower displays ⓘ spines arising from areoles ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm |
perennial
ⓘ
succulent ⓘ |
| hasSpeciesCount | over 150 accepted species ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Caribbean
ⓘ
Central America ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Northern South America ⓘ Southwestern United States ⓘ
linked to:
southwestern United States
|
| notableSpecies |
Mammillaria bocasana
ⓘ
linked to:
Mammillaria
Mammillaria elongata ⓘ
linked to:
Mammillaria
Mammillaria hahniana ⓘ
linked to:
Mammillaria
Mammillaria spinosissima ⓘ Mammillaria zeilmanniana ⓘ
linked to:
Mammillaria
|
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | CAM ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| pollination |
bird-pollinated in some species
ⓘ
insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| preferredHabitat |
arid regions
ⓘ
deserts ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ semi-arid regions ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual reproduction by seeds
ⓘ
vegetative reproduction by offsets ⓘ |
| subfamily | Cactoideae ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Mammillaria mammillaris
ⓘ
linked to:
Mammillaria
|
| typicalHabit |
globose
ⓘ
short cylindrical ⓘ small ⓘ |
| uses | ornamental plant ⓘ |
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: Mammillaria Description of subject: Mammillaria is a large and diverse genus of small, often spherical cacti known for their dense tubercles and attractive ring-shaped flower displays.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mammillaria
linked to: Mammillaria
linked to: Mammillaria
linked to: Mammillaria
linked to: Mammillaria