Ehretia
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UNEXPLORED
Ehretia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage order, comprising trees and shrubs found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ehretia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12138110 — 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: Ehretia Context triple: [Boraginales, containsGenus, Ehretia]
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A.
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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B.
Esenbeckia
Esenbeckia is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, comprising mostly shrubs and small trees native to the Americas.
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C.
Neomarica
Neomarica is a small genus of tropical flowering plants, commonly known as walking irises, valued for their iris-like blooms and unusual growth habit.
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D.
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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E.
Jacquemontia
Jacquemontia is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, known for its twining or trailing vines with attractive, often blue or purple, funnel-shaped flowers.
- 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: Ehretia Target entity description: Ehretia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage order, comprising trees and shrubs found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions.
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A.
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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B.
Esenbeckia
Esenbeckia is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae, comprising mostly shrubs and small trees native to the Americas.
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C.
Neomarica
Neomarica is a small genus of tropical flowering plants, commonly known as walking irises, valued for their iris-like blooms and unusual growth habit.
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D.
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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E.
Jacquemontia
Jacquemontia is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, known for its twining or trailing vines with attractive, often blue or purple, funnel-shaped flowers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.