Cytisus
E213132
Cytisus is a genus of flowering shrubs in the legume family, commonly known as brooms, noted for their bright, pea-like flowers and use in ornamental landscaping.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cytisus scoparius | 2 |
| Cytisus canonical | 1 |
| Cytisus hirsutus | 1 |
| Cytisus multiflorus | 1 |
| Cytisus nigricans | 1 |
| Cytisus purgans | 1 |
| Cytisus sessilifolius | 1 |
| Cytisus striatus | 1 |
| Cytisus villosus | 1 |
| Genista | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1891609 — 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: Cytisus Context triple: [Faboideae, includesGenus, Cytisus]
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A.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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B.
Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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C.
Hippophae
Hippophae is a small genus of hardy, nitrogen-fixing shrubs best known for sea buckthorn, whose bright orange berries are rich in vitamins and used in food, cosmetics, and traditional medicine.
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D.
Frangula
Frangula is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as buckthorns, found in temperate regions and valued for their ecological and medicinal properties.
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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: Cytisus Target entity description: Cytisus is a genus of flowering shrubs in the legume family, commonly known as brooms, noted for their bright, pea-like flowers and use in ornamental landscaping.
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A.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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B.
Potentilla
Potentilla is a genus of flowering plants commonly known as cinquefoils, characterized by their typically five-petaled flowers and widespread distribution in temperate regions.
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C.
Hippophae
Hippophae is a small genus of hardy, nitrogen-fixing shrubs best known for sea buckthorn, whose bright orange berries are rich in vitamins and used in food, cosmetics, and traditional medicine.
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D.
Frangula
Frangula is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, commonly known as buckthorns, found in temperate regions and valued for their ecological and medicinal properties.
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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 (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus of plants
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | brooms ⓘ |
| describedBy | Philip Miller ⓘ |
| family | Fabaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| flowerType | pea-like flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | legume ⓘ |
| growthForm | shrub ⓘ |
| habitat |
heathland
ⓘ
open woodland ⓘ scrub ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Cytisus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cytisus hirsutus
Cytisus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cytisus multiflorus
Cytisus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cytisus nigricans
Cytisus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cytisus purgans
Cytisus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cytisus scoparius
Cytisus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cytisus sessilifolius
Cytisus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cytisus striatus
Cytisus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cytisus villosus
|
| hasTypeSpecies |
Cytisus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cytisus scoparius
|
| inflorescence | axillary racemes ⓘ |
| isInvasiveIn | some regions outside native range ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | deciduous or semi-evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Europe
ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ Western Eurasia ⓘ
surface form:
Western Asia
|
| nitrogenFixation | symbiotic ⓘ |
| order | Fabales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| propagation |
seed
ⓘ
semi-ripe cuttings ⓘ |
| rootSymbiont | rhizobia ⓘ |
| subfamily | Faboideae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerance |
drought
ⓘ
poor soils ⓘ |
| uses |
landscape planting
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ soil stabilization ⓘ |
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: Cytisus Description of subject: Cytisus is a genus of flowering shrubs in the legume family, commonly known as brooms, noted for their bright, pea-like flowers and use in ornamental landscaping.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Genista
this entity surface form:
Cytisus scoparius
this entity surface form:
Cytisus scoparius
this entity surface form:
Cytisus multiflorus
this entity surface form:
Cytisus striatus
this entity surface form:
Cytisus nigricans
this entity surface form:
Cytisus purgans
this entity surface form:
Cytisus villosus
this entity surface form:
Cytisus hirsutus
this entity surface form:
Cytisus sessilifolius