Zigadenus
E1329180
UNEXPLORED
Zigadenus is a small genus of North American flowering plants commonly known as death camas, noted for their lily-like appearance and extreme toxicity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zigadenus canonical | 1 |
| Zigadenus (deathcamas) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18497776 — 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: Zigadenus Context triple: [Melanthiaceae, containsTaxon, Zigadenus]
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A.
Seidlitzia
Seidlitzia is a small genus of salt-tolerant shrubs in the amaranth family, typically found in arid and saline habitats of Eurasia.
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B.
Laurembergia
Laurembergia is a small genus of flowering plants in the water milfoil family Haloragaceae, typically found in wet or aquatic habitats.
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C.
Pilostyles
Pilostyles is a genus of tiny, endoparasitic flowering plants that live almost entirely inside the tissues of their host plants, emerging only as small reproductive structures.
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D.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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E.
Chorizanthe
Chorizanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, known commonly as spineflowers and native primarily to western North America.
- 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: Zigadenus Target entity description: Zigadenus is a small genus of North American flowering plants commonly known as death camas, noted for their lily-like appearance and extreme toxicity.
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A.
Seidlitzia
Seidlitzia is a small genus of salt-tolerant shrubs in the amaranth family, typically found in arid and saline habitats of Eurasia.
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B.
Laurembergia
Laurembergia is a small genus of flowering plants in the water milfoil family Haloragaceae, typically found in wet or aquatic habitats.
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C.
Pilostyles
Pilostyles is a genus of tiny, endoparasitic flowering plants that live almost entirely inside the tissues of their host plants, emerging only as small reproductive structures.
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D.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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E.
Chorizanthe
Chorizanthe is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, known commonly as spineflowers and native primarily to western North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Zigadenus