Gouania

E89760

plant genus taxon

Gouania is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, comprising mostly tropical climbing shrubs and vines.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Gouania canonical	2
Condalia	1
Gouania blanchetiana	1
Gouania hillebrandii	1
Gouania lupuloides	1
Gouania meyenii	1
Gouania microcarpa	1
Gouania ulmifolia	1
Gouania vitifolia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682106 — 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: Gouania
Context triple: [Rhamnaceae, hasMember, Gouania]

A. Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
B. Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
C. Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
D. Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
E. Ceboruco
Ceboruco is an active stratovolcano in western Mexico known for its historical eruptions and location within the country’s main volcanic arc.
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: Gouania
Target entity description: Gouania is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, comprising mostly tropical climbing shrubs and vines.

A. Croton
Croton was an important ancient Greek city in southern Italy, renowned for its athletic achievements and as the home of the philosopher Pythagoras.
B. Dorstenia
Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
C. Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
D. Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
E. Ceboruco
Ceboruco is an active stratovolcano in western Mexico known for its historical eruptions and location within the country’s main volcanic arc.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plant genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
belongsToSubfamily	Ziziphoideae ⓘ
clade	Magnoliophyta ⓘ surface form: Angiosperms Eudicots ⓘ
climbingMechanism	twining stems ⓘ
commonName	gouania ⓘ
describedAs	genus of flowering plants ⓘ
distribution	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ Neotropical realm ⓘ surface form: Neotropics
ecologicalRole	climbing component of tropical vegetation ⓘ
family	Rhamnaceae ⓘ
firstPublicationYear	18th century ⓘ
habitat	scrublands ⓘ thickets ⓘ tropical forest edges ⓘ
hasFlowerSex	bisexual flowers ⓘ
hasFlowerType	angiosperm flower ⓘ
hasFruitType	dry fruit ⓘ
hasGrowthForm	climbing shrub ⓘ vine ⓘ
hasInflorescenceType	clustered inflorescences ⓘ
hasLeafArrangement	alternate leaves ⓘ
hasSpecies	Gouania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gouania blanchetiana Gouania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gouania hillebrandii Gouania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gouania lupuloides Gouania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gouania meyenii Gouania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gouania microcarpa Gouania polygama ⓘ Gouania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gouania ulmifolia Gouania self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gouania vitifolia
hasUse	traditional medicine in some regions ⓘ
isPartOf	buckthorn family ⓘ
isWoody	true ⓘ
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
leafType	broadleaf ⓘ
lifeCycle	perennial ⓘ
nativeHabitat	tropical regions ⓘ
nomenclaturalCode	International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants ⓘ
order	Rosales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway	photosynthesis ⓘ
pollination	insect-pollinated ⓘ
reproduction	sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited