Picconia
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Picconia is a small genus of flowering plants in the olive family, comprising evergreen trees and shrubs native to Macaronesian regions such as the Canary Islands and Madeira.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Picconia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12131335 — 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: Picconia Context triple: [Oleaceae, containsGenus, Picconia]
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A.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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B.
Horkelia
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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C.
Parasponia
Parasponia is a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs notable for being the only non-leguminous plants known to form nitrogen-fixing symbioses with rhizobial bacteria.
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D.
Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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E.
Farinopsis
Farinopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), classified within the tribe Potentilleae.
- 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: Picconia Target entity description: Picconia is a small genus of flowering plants in the olive family, comprising evergreen trees and shrubs native to Macaronesian regions such as the Canary Islands and Madeira.
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A.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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B.
Horkelia
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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C.
Parasponia
Parasponia is a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs notable for being the only non-leguminous plants known to form nitrogen-fixing symbioses with rhizobial bacteria.
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D.
Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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E.
Farinopsis
Farinopsis is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), classified within the tribe Potentilleae.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.