Peridiscus
E1039645
Peridiscus is a small, little-known genus of flowering plants now placed in the family Lythraceae, comprising tropical trees or shrubs native to northern South America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Peridiscus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13396024 — 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: Peridiscus Context triple: [Lythraceae, includesGenus, Peridiscus]
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A.
Spizocorys
Spizocorys is a genus of small larks in the family Alaudidae, comprising ground-dwelling passerine birds adapted to open, often arid habitats in Africa.
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B.
Pelagodroma
Pelagodroma is a genus of small seabirds known as white-faced storm petrels, which are part of the storm petrel family.
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C.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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D.
Pinarocorys
Pinarocorys is a genus of African larks known for their ground-dwelling habits and association with open grassland habitats.
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E.
Diurpaneus
Diurpaneus is an earlier or alternative name for Decebalus, the notable king who led the Dacians in resistance against the Roman Empire in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD.
- 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: Peridiscus Target entity description: Peridiscus is a small, little-known genus of flowering plants now placed in the family Lythraceae, comprising tropical trees or shrubs native to northern South America.
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A.
Spizocorys
Spizocorys is a genus of small larks in the family Alaudidae, comprising ground-dwelling passerine birds adapted to open, often arid habitats in Africa.
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B.
Pelagodroma
Pelagodroma is a genus of small seabirds known as white-faced storm petrels, which are part of the storm petrel family.
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C.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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D.
Pinarocorys
Pinarocorys is a genus of African larks known for their ground-dwelling habits and association with open grassland habitats.
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E.
Diurpaneus
Diurpaneus is an earlier or alternative name for Decebalus, the notable king who led the Dacians in resistance against the Roman Empire in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| conservationConcern | poorly known ⓘ |
| describedBy | George Bentham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | Guiana Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Lythraceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floralOrganNumber | variable perianth parts ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | radial symmetry ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| habitat | tropical forests ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Peridiscus lucidus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peridiscus sp. nov. (unresolved) NERFINISHED ⓘ Peridiscus squamosus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTaxonomicHistory | reassigned from Peridiscaceae to Lythraceae ⓘ |
| includedIn | APG IV system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isMonophyletic | yes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedBy | George Bentham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Guyana NERFINISHED ⓘ Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ northern South America ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| previousFamilyAssignment | Peridiscaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | gravity-dispersed ⓘ |
| seedType | endospermic seeds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies | Peridiscus lucidus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| woodyOrHerbaceous | woody ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1862 ⓘ |
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: Peridiscus Description of subject: Peridiscus is a small, little-known genus of flowering plants now placed in the family Lythraceae, comprising tropical trees or shrubs native to northern South America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.