Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica
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Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica is an 18th-century botanical work documenting the plant species of Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, authored by the Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13539864 — 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: Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica Context triple: [Peter Forsskål, notableWork, Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica]
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A.
Historia plantarum
Historia plantarum is a botanical work attributed to Herman Boerhaave that systematically describes and classifies plants based on their characteristics.
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B.
Hortus Cliffortianus
Hortus Cliffortianus is an 18th-century botanical work by Carl Linnaeus that catalogues and illustrates the plant collections of George Clifford’s famed Hartekamp estate garden in the Netherlands.
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C.
Genera Plantarum
Genera Plantarum is a foundational 19th-century botanical work that systematically classified and described plant genera worldwide.
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D.
Genera Plantarum
Genera Plantarum is a foundational botanical work by Carl Linnaeus that systematically classified and described plant genera, helping establish modern plant taxonomy.
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E.
Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien
Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien is a foundational multi-volume botanical reference work that systematically classified plant families and greatly influenced modern plant taxonomy.
- 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: Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica Target entity description: Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica is an 18th-century botanical work documenting the plant species of Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, authored by the Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål.
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A.
Historia plantarum
Historia plantarum is a botanical work attributed to Herman Boerhaave that systematically describes and classifies plants based on their characteristics.
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B.
Hortus Cliffortianus
Hortus Cliffortianus is an 18th-century botanical work by Carl Linnaeus that catalogues and illustrates the plant collections of George Clifford’s famed Hartekamp estate garden in the Netherlands.
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C.
Genera Plantarum
Genera Plantarum is a foundational 19th-century botanical work that systematically classified and described plant genera worldwide.
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D.
Genera Plantarum
Genera Plantarum is a foundational botanical work by Carl Linnaeus that systematically classified and described plant genera, helping establish modern plant taxonomy.
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E.
Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien
Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien is a foundational multi-volume botanical reference work that systematically classified plant families and greatly influenced modern plant taxonomy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century publication
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botanical work ⓘ scientific book ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Linnaean taxonomy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Peter Forsskål NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnExpedition | Royal Danish Arabia Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogues |
wild plants of Arabia
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wild plants of Egypt ⓘ |
| compiledFromFieldworkBy | Peter Forsskål NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Latin plant names
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taxonomic descriptions of plants ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
plant species of Arabia
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plant species of Egypt ⓘ |
| documentsRegion |
Arabian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
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Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | botany ⓘ |
| genre | flora ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviationInBotany | Forssk. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContributor | Carsten Niebuhr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat | printed book ⓘ |
| hasScientificImportanceFor |
history of Middle Eastern botany
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taxonomy of African and Arabian plants ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfContent |
habitat notes
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locality records ⓘ species diagnoses ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early comprehensive flora of Egypt and Arabia ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
flora of Egypt
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flora of the Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| placeOfPreparation | Copenhagen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posthumousWorkOf | Peter Forsskål NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1775 ⓘ |
| publisher | Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedToExpeditionLeader | Carsten Niebuhr GENERATED ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline | systematic botany ⓘ |
| timePeriodDocumented | mid-18th century ⓘ |
| usedNomenclaturalSystemOf | Carl Linnaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica Description of subject: Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica is an 18th-century botanical work documenting the plant species of Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, authored by the Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål.
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