Parasponia
E95050
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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Parasponia canonical | 2 |
| Parasponia andersonii | 1 |
| Parasponia brachycarpa | 1 |
| Parasponia parviflora | 1 |
| Parasponia rigida | 1 |
| Parasponia rugosa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T674369 — 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: Parasponia Context triple: [Cannabaceae, containsGenus, Parasponia]
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A.
Myriocarpa
Myriocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, known for its tropical distribution in the Americas.
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B.
Hesperocnide
Hesperocnide is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants native to western North America and belonging to the nettle family.
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C.
Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
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.
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E.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
- 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: Parasponia Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Myriocarpa
Myriocarpa is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family, known for its tropical distribution in the Americas.
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B.
Hesperocnide
Hesperocnide is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants native to western North America and belonging to the nettle family.
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C.
Girardinia
Girardinia is a small genus of stinging nettle-like flowering plants known for their fibrous stems and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
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.
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E.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
plant species ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| bark | often smooth to slightly fissured ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
Eudicots ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
improver of soil nitrogen content
ⓘ
pioneer species in disturbed tropical habitats ⓘ |
| family | Cannabaceae ⓘ |
| genus | Parasponia self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| genusAuthority | C.B.Robinson ⓘ |
| growthForm | woody plant ⓘ |
| habitat |
disturbed sites
ⓘ
lowland tropical forests ⓘ secondary forests ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Parasponia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Parasponia andersonii
Parasponia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Parasponia brachycarpa
Parasponia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Parasponia parviflora
Parasponia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Parasponia rigida
Parasponia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Parasponia rugosa
|
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous or semi-evergreen ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Malesia
ⓘ
Pacific islands ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ tropical regions ⓘ |
| nitrogenFixation | true ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the only known non-legume genus that nodulates with rhizobia
ⓘ
forming nitrogen-fixing symbioses with rhizobial bacteria ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| plantType |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| previousFamilyAssignment | Ulmaceae ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction via flowers and seeds ⓘ |
| rootStructure | root nodules ⓘ |
| symbiont |
Bradyrhizobium bacteria
ⓘ
surface form:
Bradyrhizobium
Rhizobium bacteria ⓘ
surface form:
Rhizobium
rhizobial bacteria ⓘ |
| symbiosisType | nitrogen-fixing root nodule symbiosis ⓘ |
| usedAs | model species for Parasponia research ⓘ |
| usedIn |
comparative studies with legumes
ⓘ
research on evolution of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis ⓘ studies of plant-microbe interactions ⓘ |
| woodUse | local timber and fuelwood ⓘ |
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: Parasponia Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Parasponia andersonii
this entity surface form:
Parasponia rigida
this entity surface form:
Parasponia rugosa
this entity surface form:
Parasponia brachycarpa
this entity surface form:
Parasponia parviflora
subject surface form:
Parasponia andersonii