Podostemaceae
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Podostemaceae is a family of unusual aquatic flowering plants, often called riverweeds, that grow attached to rocks in fast-flowing tropical and subtropical rivers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Podostemaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14500484 — 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: Podostemaceae Context triple: [Malpighiales, containsTaxon, Podostemaceae]
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A.
Hydroleaceae
Hydroleaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Solanales, known for its aquatic or semi-aquatic herbaceous species.
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B.
Hydatellaceae
Hydatellaceae is a small family of minute, aquatic flowering plants now recognized as early-diverging angiosperms, often found in ephemeral wetlands.
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C.
Hydrostachyaceae
Hydrostachyaceae is a small family of highly specialized aquatic flowering plants, often placed in or near the order Lamiales, known for their unique submerged habit and distinctive, densely clustered inflorescences.
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D.
Alismatales
Alismatales is an order of mostly aquatic or wetland flowering monocot plants that includes families such as Araceae, known for species like the titan arum.
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E.
Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as pipeworts, characterized by grass-like leaves and often found in wet, marshy habitats worldwide.
- 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: Podostemaceae Target entity description: Podostemaceae is a family of unusual aquatic flowering plants, often called riverweeds, that grow attached to rocks in fast-flowing tropical and subtropical rivers.
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A.
Hydroleaceae
Hydroleaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Solanales, known for its aquatic or semi-aquatic herbaceous species.
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B.
Hydatellaceae
Hydatellaceae is a small family of minute, aquatic flowering plants now recognized as early-diverging angiosperms, often found in ephemeral wetlands.
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C.
Hydrostachyaceae
Hydrostachyaceae is a small family of highly specialized aquatic flowering plants, often placed in or near the order Lamiales, known for their unique submerged habit and distinctive, densely clustered inflorescences.
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D.
Alismatales
Alismatales is an order of mostly aquatic or wetland flowering monocot plants that includes families such as Araceae, known for species like the titan arum.
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E.
Eriocaulaceae
Eriocaulaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as pipeworts, characterized by grass-like leaves and often found in wet, marshy habitats worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.