A Catalogue of British Plants
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A Catalogue of British Plants is a 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically lists and describes plant species found in Britain.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Catalogue of British Plants canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1559034 — 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: A Catalogue of British Plants Context triple: [John Stevens Henslow, publication, A Catalogue of British Plants]
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A.
Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen is an early 19th-century botanical work by Robert Brown that provided one of the first comprehensive scientific descriptions of the plant life of Australia and Tasmania.
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B.
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis is a monumental 19th-century multi-volume botanical work that attempted a comprehensive, natural classification and description of all known plant species.
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C.
Genera Plantarum
Genera Plantarum is a foundational botanical work by Carl Linnaeus that systematically classified and described plant genera, helping establish modern plant taxonomy.
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D.
Théorie élémentaire de la botanique
Théorie élémentaire de la botanique is a foundational 19th-century botanical treatise that helped establish modern plant taxonomy and morphology.
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E.
Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 1753 work that established the modern system of botanical nomenclature by systematically describing and naming plant species.
- 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: A Catalogue of British Plants Target entity description: A Catalogue of British Plants is a 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically lists and describes plant species found in Britain.
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A.
Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen
Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen is an early 19th-century botanical work by Robert Brown that provided one of the first comprehensive scientific descriptions of the plant life of Australia and Tasmania.
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B.
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis is a monumental 19th-century multi-volume botanical work that attempted a comprehensive, natural classification and description of all known plant species.
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C.
Genera Plantarum
Genera Plantarum is a foundational botanical work by Carl Linnaeus that systematically classified and described plant genera, helping establish modern plant taxonomy.
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D.
Théorie élémentaire de la botanique
Théorie élémentaire de la botanique is a foundational 19th-century botanical treatise that helped establish modern plant taxonomy and morphology.
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E.
Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 1753 work that established the modern system of botanical nomenclature by systematically describing and naming plant species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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botanical reference work ⓘ flora ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | 19th-century botany ⓘ |
| contains |
lists of plant species
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species descriptions ⓘ taxonomic information ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes | plant species ⓘ |
| genre | botanical literature ⓘ |
| hasField | botany ⓘ |
| hasFormat | printed book ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
botanists
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naturalists ⓘ students of botany ⓘ |
| intendedUse | reference ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | non-fiction ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
British flora
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plants of Britain ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| relatedDiscipline |
systematic botany
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taxonomy ⓘ |
| scope |
flora of Britain
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systematic list of plant species ⓘ |
| workType | systematic catalogue ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Catalogue of British Plants Description of subject: A Catalogue of British Plants is a 19th-century botanical reference work that systematically lists and describes plant species found in Britain.
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