Nemacaulis
E932643
Nemacaulis is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, native to arid regions of western North America.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nemacaulis denudata | 2 |
| Nemacaulis canonical | 1 |
| Nemacaulis erecta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11549539 — 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: Nemacaulis Context triple: [Eriogonoideae, containsTaxon, Nemacaulis]
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A.
Phragmacia
Phragmacia is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds in the warbler family Sylviidae.
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B.
Liatris
Liatris is a genus of North American flowering plants known for their tall spikes of purple or white blooms, commonly called blazing stars or gayfeathers and popular in ornamental gardening.
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C.
Camassia
Camassia is a small genus of North American flowering plants known for their star-shaped blue or white blooms and edible bulbs historically used as a food source by Indigenous peoples.
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D.
Abronia
Abronia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sand-verbenas, native to North America and often found in sandy or coastal habitats.
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E.
Swainsona
Swainsona is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, best known for including Sturt's Desert Pea, an iconic wildflower of arid Australia.
- 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: Nemacaulis Target entity description: Nemacaulis is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, native to arid regions of western North America.
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A.
Phragmacia
Phragmacia is a genus of small insectivorous passerine birds in the warbler family Sylviidae.
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B.
Liatris
Liatris is a genus of North American flowering plants known for their tall spikes of purple or white blooms, commonly called blazing stars or gayfeathers and popular in ornamental gardening.
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C.
Camassia
Camassia is a small genus of North American flowering plants known for their star-shaped blue or white blooms and edible bulbs historically used as a food source by Indigenous peoples.
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D.
Abronia
Abronia is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sand-verbenas, native to North America and often found in sandy or coastal habitats.
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E.
Swainsona
Swainsona is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, best known for including Sturt's Desert Pea, an iconic wildflower of arid Australia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Polygonaceae ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Core eudicots ⓘ
linked to:
Eudicots
Eudicots ⓘ |
| distribution |
northwestern Mexico
ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | native desert forb ⓘ |
| family | Polygonaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 19th century ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | achene ⓘ |
| growthForm | annual herb ⓘ |
| habitat |
arid regions
ⓘ
deserts ⓘ sandy soils ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | nemacaulis ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Latin scientific name ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Nemacaulis denudata
ⓘ
linked to:
Nemacaulis
Nemacaulis erecta ⓘ
linked to:
Nemacaulis
|
| inflorescence | small clustered flowers ⓘ |
| isA | genus of flowering plants ⓘ |
| isPartOf | North American desert flora ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| listedIn |
International Plant Names Index
ⓘ
Plants of the World Online ⓘ Tropicos ⓘ
linked to:
Tropicos botanical database
|
| namedBy | John Torrey ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
arid regions of western North America
ⓘ
western North America ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eriogonoideae ⓘ |
| taxonomicAuthority | Torr. ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Nemacaulis denudata
ⓘ
linked to:
Nemacaulis
|
| usedIn | botanical research ⓘ |
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: Nemacaulis Description of subject: Nemacaulis is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, native to arid regions of western North America.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nemacaulis
linked to: Nemacaulis
linked to: Nemacaulis