Rhus
E127519
Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rhus canonical | 2 |
| Rhus coriaria | 2 |
| Rhus typhina | 2 |
| Cotinus coggygria | 1 |
| Rhus aromatica | 1 |
| Rhus chinensis | 1 |
| Rhus copallinum | 1 |
| Rhus diversiloba | 1 |
| Rhus glabra | 1 |
| Rhus integrifolia | 1 |
| Rhus michauxii | 1 |
| Rhus ovata | 1 |
| Rhus trilobata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1106269 — 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: Rhus Context triple: [Anacardiaceae, includesGenus, Rhus]
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A.
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as oleasters or silverberries, valued for their hardiness, silvery foliage, and often edible, nutrient-rich fruits.
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B.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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C.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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D.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
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E.
Physocarpus
Physocarpus is a small genus of deciduous flowering shrubs, commonly known as ninebark, valued in horticulture for their attractive peeling bark, clustered blooms, and colorful foliage.
- 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: Rhus Target entity description: Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
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A.
Elaeagnus
Elaeagnus is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as oleasters or silverberries, valued for their hardiness, silvery foliage, and often edible, nutrient-rich fruits.
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B.
Broussonetia
Broussonetia is a small genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the mulberry family, best known for the paper mulberry used traditionally for making paper and cloth.
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C.
Paliurus
Paliurus is a small genus of spiny shrubs and small trees known for their distinctive disc-shaped, winged fruits and occurrence in warm temperate to subtropical regions of Eurasia.
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D.
Sageretia
Sageretia is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, often used in bonsai, known for their small leaves and colorful, peeling bark.
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E.
Physocarpus
Physocarpus is a small genus of deciduous flowering shrubs, commonly known as ninebark, valued in horticulture for their attractive peeling bark, clustered blooms, and colorful foliage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Anacardiaceae ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName |
sumac
ⓘ
sumacs ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| family | Anacardiaceae ⓘ |
| fruitColor |
red
ⓘ
white ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
dye production
ⓘ
tanning ⓘ |
| hasFlowerSex |
bisexual
ⓘ
unisexual ⓘ |
| hasFruitType | drupe ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
small tree ⓘ |
| hasInflorescence | panicle ⓘ |
| hasLeafType | compound leaves ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Rhus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus aromatica
Rhus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus chinensis
Rhus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus copallinum
Rhus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus coriaria
Rhus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus glabra
Rhus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus integrifolia
Rhus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus michauxii
Rhus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus ovata
Rhus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus trilobata
Rhus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus typhina
|
| hasTypeSpecies |
Rhus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rhus coriaria
|
| isRelatedTo |
Cotinus
ⓘ
Pistacia ⓘ Toxicodendron ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
ornamental planting
ⓘ
spice ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ North America ⓘ subtropical regions ⓘ temperate regions ⓘ |
| order | Sapindales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1753 ⓘ |
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: Rhus Description of subject: Rhus is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as sumacs, which includes shrubs and small trees often recognized for their compound leaves and clusters of red or white berries.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rhus typhina
this entity surface form:
Cotinus coggygria
this entity surface form:
Rhus coriaria
this entity surface form:
Rhus coriaria
this entity surface form:
Rhus typhina
this entity surface form:
Rhus glabra
this entity surface form:
Rhus aromatica
this entity surface form:
Rhus trilobata
this entity surface form:
Rhus integrifolia
this entity surface form:
Rhus ovata
this entity surface form:
Rhus chinensis
this entity surface form:
Rhus michauxii
this entity surface form:
Rhus copallinum
this entity surface form:
Rhus diversiloba