Boerhavia
E281944
Boerhavia is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as spiderlings, found in warm regions worldwide and noted for their weedy, sprawling habit and small clustered flowers.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boerhavia diffusa | 2 |
| Boerhavia canonical | 1 |
| Boerhavia caribaea | 1 |
| Boerhavia coccinea | 1 |
| Boerhavia cordobensis | 1 |
| Boerhavia dominii | 1 |
| Boerhavia erecta | 1 |
| Boerhavia intermedia | 1 |
| Boerhavia purpurascens | 1 |
| Boerhavia repens | 1 |
| Boerhavia triquetra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2597861 — 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: Boerhavia Context triple: [Nyctaginaceae, includesGenus, Boerhavia]
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A.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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B.
Argemone
Argemone is a genus of prickly poppy plants known for their spiny foliage and showy, often yellow or white flowers, native mainly to the Americas.
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C.
Taraxacum
Taraxacum is a genus of flowering plants best known for the common dandelions, widespread weeds with yellow flower heads and distinctive wind-dispersed seed heads.
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D.
Muehlenbeckia
Muehlenbeckia is a genus of flowering plants known for its often twining or mat-forming species, commonly used as ornamental groundcovers and climbers.
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E.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
- 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: Boerhavia Target entity description: Boerhavia is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as spiderlings, found in warm regions worldwide and noted for their weedy, sprawling habit and small clustered flowers.
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A.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
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B.
Argemone
Argemone is a genus of prickly poppy plants known for their spiny foliage and showy, often yellow or white flowers, native mainly to the Americas.
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C.
Taraxacum
Taraxacum is a genus of flowering plants best known for the common dandelions, widespread weeds with yellow flower heads and distinctive wind-dispersed seed heads.
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D.
Muehlenbeckia
Muehlenbeckia is a genus of flowering plants known for its often twining or mat-forming species, commonly used as ornamental groundcovers and climbers.
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E.
Aloysia
Aloysia is a feminine given name, historically used in European contexts and closely related to the name Louise.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Nyctaginaceae ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | spiderlings ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| distribution | pantropical ⓘ |
| economicImportance | some species are weeds in agriculture ⓘ |
| family | Nyctaginaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink in many species
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purple in many species ⓘ |
| flowerType | small clustered flowers ⓘ |
| foundIn | warm regions worldwide ⓘ |
| fruitType | anthocarp ⓘ |
| growthForm | sprawling ⓘ |
| growthHabit |
herbaceous
ⓘ
weedy ⓘ |
| habitat |
cultivated fields
ⓘ
disturbed sites ⓘ roadsides ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Boerhavia caribaea
ⓘ
linked to:
Boerhavia
Boerhavia coccinea ⓘ
linked to:
Boerhavia
Boerhavia cordobensis ⓘ
linked to:
Boerhavia
Boerhavia diffusa ⓘ
linked to:
Boerhavia
Boerhavia dominii ⓘ
linked to:
Boerhavia
Boerhavia erecta ⓘ
linked to:
Boerhavia
Boerhavia intermedia ⓘ
linked to:
Boerhavia
Boerhavia purpurascens ⓘ
linked to:
Boerhavia
Boerhavia repens ⓘ
linked to:
Boerhavia
Boerhavia triquetra ⓘ
linked to:
Boerhavia
|
| hasTypeSpecies | Boerhavia diffusa ⓘ |
| hasVernacularName | spiderlings ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle |
annual in many species
ⓘ
perennial in some species ⓘ |
| medicinalUse | Boerhavia diffusa used in traditional medicine ⓘ |
| namedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| photosynthesisPathway | C4 in some species ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Plants of the World Online
ⓘ
The Plant List ⓘ |
| stemType | prostrate or ascending stems ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1753 ⓘ |
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: Boerhavia Description of subject: Boerhavia is a genus of flowering plants, commonly known as spiderlings, found in warm regions worldwide and noted for their weedy, sprawling habit and small clustered flowers.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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