Camptotheca
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Camptotheca is a small genus of deciduous trees native to China, best known for producing the anticancer compound camptothecin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Camptotheca canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12131497 — 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: Camptotheca Context triple: [Cornaceae, containsGenus, Camptotheca]
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A.
Phellodendron
Phellodendron is a small genus of deciduous trees known as cork trees, valued for their thick, corky bark and use in traditional medicine and landscaping.
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B.
Taxus
Taxus is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees and shrubs, commonly known as yews, valued for their ornamental use and as a source of the anti-cancer compound paclitaxel.
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C.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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D.
Woodfordia
Woodfordia is a genus of small passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
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E.
Euptelea
Euptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to East Asia, notable for its primitive floral characteristics and significance in studies of early angiosperm evolution.
- 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: Camptotheca Target entity description: Camptotheca is a small genus of deciduous trees native to China, best known for producing the anticancer compound camptothecin.
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A.
Phellodendron
Phellodendron is a small genus of deciduous trees known as cork trees, valued for their thick, corky bark and use in traditional medicine and landscaping.
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B.
Taxus
Taxus is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees and shrubs, commonly known as yews, valued for their ornamental use and as a source of the anti-cancer compound paclitaxel.
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C.
Combretocarpus
Combretocarpus is a small genus of tropical flowering trees known for their occurrence in Southeast Asian rainforests and distinctive wood.
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D.
Woodfordia
Woodfordia is a genus of small passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
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E.
Euptelea
Euptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees native to East Asia, notable for its primitive floral characteristics and significance in studies of early angiosperm evolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.