Horkelia
E945213
Horkelia is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family, native mainly to western North America and known for its finely divided leaves and clustered white to pinkish flowers.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horkelia fusca | 2 |
| Horkelia canonical | 1 |
| Horkelia Cham. & Schltdl. | 1 |
| Horkelia cuneata | 1 |
| horkelia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11555021 — 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: Horkelia Context triple: [Potentilleae, includesGenus, Horkelia]
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A.
Witallia
"Witallia" is a musical track by the Peruvian folk group Inca Taqui, likely rooted in traditional Andean sounds and themes.
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B.
Rhodelia
Rhodelia is an unincorporated rural community located in Meade County, Kentucky, United States.
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C.
Acradenia
Acradenia is a small genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, native to Australia and known for its aromatic foliage.
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D.
Phylica
Phylica is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, many of which are native to South Africa and known for their dense foliage and adaptation to fynbos habitats.
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E.
Lastarriaea
Lastarriaea is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family (Polygonaceae), native to western North America and known for its herbaceous species adapted to dry, open habitats.
- 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: Horkelia Target entity description: Horkelia is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family, native mainly to western North America and known for its finely divided leaves and clustered white to pinkish flowers.
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A.
Witallia
"Witallia" is a musical track by the Peruvian folk group Inca Taqui, likely rooted in traditional Andean sounds and themes.
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B.
Rhodelia
Rhodelia is an unincorporated rural community located in Meade County, Kentucky, United States.
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C.
Acradenia
Acradenia is a small genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, native to Australia and known for its aromatic foliage.
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D.
Phylica
Phylica is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, many of which are native to South Africa and known for their dense foliage and adaptation to fynbos habitats.
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E.
Lastarriaea
Lastarriaea is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family (Polygonaceae), native to western North America and known for its herbaceous species adapted to dry, open habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Rosoideae ⓘ |
| belongsToTribe | Potentilleae ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| describedBy | Thomas Nuttall ⓘ |
| distribution | North America ⓘ |
| family | Rosaceae ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInLiterature | 19th century ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pinkish
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| growthForm | low-growing herb ⓘ |
| habitat |
chaparral
ⓘ
dry habitats ⓘ scrublands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
clustered flowers
ⓘ
finely divided leaves ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
horkelia
ⓘ
linked to:
Horkelia
|
| hasSpecies |
Horkelia californica
ⓘ
Horkelia cuneata ⓘ
linked to:
Horkelia
Horkelia fusca ⓘ
linked to:
Horkelia
Horkelia parryi ⓘ Horkelia truncata ⓘ |
| hasSynonym |
Horkelia Cham. & Schltdl.
ⓘ
linked to:
Horkelia
|
| hasTypeSpecies |
Horkelia fusca
ⓘ
linked to:
Horkelia
|
| isA | flowering plant genus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafDivision | pinnately divided ⓘ |
| leafType | compound leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm | herbaceous perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
western North America ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | flower ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
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: Horkelia Description of subject: Horkelia is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family, native mainly to western North America and known for its finely divided leaves and clustered white to pinkish flowers.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Horkelia
linked to: Horkelia
linked to: Horkelia
linked to: Horkelia
linked to: Horkelia