Sarcomphalus
E126823
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sarcomphalus canonical | 3 |
| Sarcomphalus acutifolius | 1 |
| Sarcomphalus joazeiro | 1 |
| Sarcomphalus parvifolius | 1 |
| Sarcomphalus pedunculatus | 1 |
| Sarcomphalus sinuatus | 1 |
| Sarcomphalus yucatanensis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682120 — 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: Sarcomphalus Context triple: [Rhamnaceae, hasMember, Sarcomphalus]
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A.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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B.
Colletia
Colletia is a small genus of spiny, often leafless shrubs native to South America, known for their distinctive flattened, wing-like branches and fragrant flowers.
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C.
Poikilospermum
Poikilospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising mostly tropical climbing or scrambling shrubs and small trees.
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D.
Myriocarpa
Myriocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, known for its tropical distribution in the Americas.
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E.
Hesperocnide
Hesperocnide is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants native to western North America and belonging to the nettle family.
- 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: Sarcomphalus Target entity description: Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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A.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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B.
Colletia
Colletia is a small genus of spiny, often leafless shrubs native to South America, known for their distinctive flattened, wing-like branches and fragrant flowers.
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C.
Poikilospermum
Poikilospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising mostly tropical climbing or scrambling shrubs and small trees.
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D.
Myriocarpa
Myriocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, known for its tropical distribution in the Americas.
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E.
Hesperocnide
Hesperocnide is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants native to western North America and belonging to the nettle family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | buckthorn family ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | buckthorn genus ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of shrubs and small trees ⓘ |
| distribution |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Neotropical realm ⓘ
surface form:
Neotropics
|
| ecologicalRole | component of tropical and subtropical vegetation ⓘ |
| family | Rhamnaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry-like fruit ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry forests
ⓘ
scrublands ⓘ woodlands ⓘ |
| hasEvergreenFoliage | often evergreen ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Sarcomphalus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sarcomphalus acutifolius
Sarcomphalus arboreus ⓘ Sarcomphalus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sarcomphalus joazeiro
Sarcomphalus microdictyus ⓘ Sarcomphalus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sarcomphalus parvifolius
Sarcomphalus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sarcomphalus pedunculatus
Sarcomphalus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sarcomphalus sinuatus
Sarcomphalus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sarcomphalus yucatanensis
|
| hasTypeOfOrganism | vascular plant ⓘ |
| hasWoodyStem | true ⓘ |
| isMonophyletic | true ⓘ |
| isTaxonInFamily | Rhamnaceae ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| scientificName | Sarcomphalus self-link ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
timber (some species)
ⓘ
traditional medicine (some species) ⓘ |
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: Sarcomphalus Description of subject: Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sarcomphalus joazeiro
this entity surface form:
Sarcomphalus acutifolius
this entity surface form:
Sarcomphalus parvifolius
this entity surface form:
Sarcomphalus pedunculatus
this entity surface form:
Sarcomphalus yucatanensis
this entity surface form:
Sarcomphalus sinuatus