Polygonella

E278059

plant genus taxon

Polygonella is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, known for its slender, often wiry stems and tiny clustered flowers typically found in sandy or coastal habitats.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Polygonella canonical	2
Polygonella americana	1
Polygonella articulata	1
Polygonella ciliata	1
Polygonella fimbriata	1
Polygonella gracilis	1
Polygonella macrophylla	1
Polygonella myriophylla	1
Polygonella polygama	1
Polygonella robusta	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2524307 — 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: Polygonella
Context triple: [Polygonaceae, includesGenus, Polygonella]

A. Parasponia
Parasponia is a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs notable for being the only non-leguminous plants known to form nitrogen-fixing symbioses with rhizobial bacteria.
B. Platystemon
Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
C. Eurybia
Eurybia is a primordial Greek goddess associated with the mastery of the sea and maritime forces.
D. Mopsuestia
Mopsuestia was an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey), known as an important early Christian and Byzantine center.
E. Phylica
Phylica is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, many of which are native to South Africa and known for their dense foliage and adaptation to fynbos habitats.
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: Polygonella
Target entity description: Polygonella is a small genus of flowering plants in the knotweed family, known for its slender, often wiry stems and tiny clustered flowers typically found in sandy or coastal habitats.

A. Parasponia
Parasponia is a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs notable for being the only non-leguminous plants known to form nitrogen-fixing symbioses with rhizobial bacteria.
B. Platystemon
Platystemon is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, best known for the creamcups (Platystemon californicus) native to western North America.
C. Eurybia
Eurybia is a primordial Greek goddess associated with the mastery of the sea and maritime forces.
D. Mopsuestia
Mopsuestia was an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey), known as an important early Christian and Byzantine center.
E. Phylica
Phylica is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees, many of which are native to South Africa and known for their dense foliage and adaptation to fynbos habitats.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plant genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
adaptation	tolerance to drought ⓘ tolerance to nutrient-poor soils ⓘ
belongsToSubfamily	Polygonoideae ⓘ
clade	Magnoliophyta ⓘ surface form: Angiosperms Eudicots ⓘ surface form: Core eudicots Eudicots ⓘ
commonName	jointweed ⓘ
dispersalMode	seed dispersal by animals ⓘ seed dispersal by gravity ⓘ
ecologicalRole	pioneer species in disturbed sandy sites ⓘ
family	Polygonaceae ⓘ
flowerColor	pink ⓘ white ⓘ
growthForm	subshrub ⓘ
habitat	coastal habitats ⓘ dry open habitats ⓘ sandy habitats ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	clustered flowers ⓘ often wiry stems ⓘ slender stems ⓘ tiny flowers ⓘ
hasSpecies	Polygonella self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polygonella americana Polygonella self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polygonella articulata Polygonella self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polygonella ciliata Polygonella self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polygonella fimbriata Polygonella self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polygonella gracilis Polygonella self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polygonella macrophylla Polygonella self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polygonella myriophylla Polygonella self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polygonella polygama Polygonella self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polygonella robusta
inflorescenceType	spike-like clusters ⓘ
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement	alternate leaves ⓘ
leafType	simple leaves ⓘ
lifeForm	herbaceous plant ⓘ
nativeRange	North America ⓘ
order	Caryophyllales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway	C3 ⓘ
pollination	insect-pollinated ⓘ
reproductiveStructure	flower ⓘ
soilPreference	sandy soils ⓘ well-drained soils ⓘ
stemCharacteristic	jointed appearance ⓘ
taxonomicNote	some species formerly placed in Polygonella have been transferred to Polygonum or other genera ⓘ

How these facts were elicited