Vinca
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Vinca is a small genus of evergreen flowering plants, commonly known as periwinkles, widely grown as ornamental groundcovers for their glossy foliage and star-shaped flowers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vinca canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12166228 — 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: Vinca Context triple: [Apocynaceae, notableGenus, Vinca]
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A.
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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B.
Coriaria
Coriaria is a genus of flowering plants known for its often toxic species with small, dark fruits and use in traditional dyes and tanning.
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C.
Oestrum
Oestrum is a district or locality within the town of Rheinhausen in Germany.
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D.
Vinca minor
Vinca minor is a low-growing evergreen groundcover plant with glossy leaves and violet-blue flowers, commonly used in gardens and landscaping.
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E.
Manfreda
Manfreda is a small genus of flowering plants in the asparagus family, closely related to agaves and known for its rosettes of fleshy leaves and tall, slender flower stalks.
- 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: Vinca Target entity description: Vinca is a small genus of evergreen flowering plants, commonly known as periwinkles, widely grown as ornamental groundcovers for their glossy foliage and star-shaped flowers.
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A.
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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B.
Coriaria
Coriaria is a genus of flowering plants known for its often toxic species with small, dark fruits and use in traditional dyes and tanning.
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C.
Oestrum
Oestrum is a district or locality within the town of Rheinhausen in Germany.
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D.
Vinca minor
Vinca minor is a low-growing evergreen groundcover plant with glossy leaves and violet-blue flowers, commonly used in gardens and landscaping.
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E.
Manfreda
Manfreda is a small genus of flowering plants in the asparagus family, closely related to agaves and known for its rosettes of fleshy leaves and tall, slender flower stalks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.