Polyscias
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Polyscias is a genus of tropical flowering plants, often grown as ornamental shrubs or small trees for their attractive, divided foliage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Polyscias canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12131444 — 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: Polyscias Context triple: [Araliaceae, hasMember, Polyscias]
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A.
Etlingera
Etlingera is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the ginger family, known for its striking ornamental inflorescences and aromatic properties.
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B.
Ptaeroxylon
Ptaeroxylon is a small genus of flowering plants known for the sneeze-inducing properties of its wood, native to southern Africa.
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C.
Hesperelaea
Hesperelaea is a little-known, likely extinct genus of flowering plants in the olive family, historically native to California’s Channel Islands.
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D.
Polyosma
Polyosma is a genus of flowering plants known for its woody shrubs and trees, primarily distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and the Pacific.
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E.
Cupaniopsis
Cupaniopsis is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the soapberry family, many of which are native to Australasia and valued for their ornamental foliage and fruit.
- 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: Polyscias Target entity description: Polyscias is a genus of tropical flowering plants, often grown as ornamental shrubs or small trees for their attractive, divided foliage.
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A.
Etlingera
Etlingera is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the ginger family, known for its striking ornamental inflorescences and aromatic properties.
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B.
Ptaeroxylon
Ptaeroxylon is a small genus of flowering plants known for the sneeze-inducing properties of its wood, native to southern Africa.
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C.
Hesperelaea
Hesperelaea is a little-known, likely extinct genus of flowering plants in the olive family, historically native to California’s Channel Islands.
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D.
Polyosma
Polyosma is a genus of flowering plants known for its woody shrubs and trees, primarily distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and the Pacific.
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E.
Cupaniopsis
Cupaniopsis is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the soapberry family, many of which are native to Australasia and valued for their ornamental foliage and fruit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.