Acleisanthes
E281947
Acleisanthes is a genus of flowering plants known for its night-blooming, often fragrant species native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Americas.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acleisanthes canonical | 1 |
| Acleisanthes acutifolia | 1 |
| Acleisanthes chenopodioides | 1 |
| Acleisanthes crassifolia | 1 |
| Acleisanthes longiflora | 1 |
| Acleisanthes obtusa | 1 |
| Tripterocalyx | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2597864 — 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: Acleisanthes Context triple: [Nyctaginaceae, includesGenus, Acleisanthes]
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A.
Hylopetes
Hylopetes is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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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.
Xenodacnis
Xenodacnis is a small genus of Neotropical tanagers known for their high-Andean habitats and distinctive blue plumage.
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D.
Leucosyke
Leucosyke is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising shrubs or small trees native to tropical regions.
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E.
Anisophyllea
Anisophyllea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anisophylleaceae, comprising tropical trees and shrubs found mainly in Africa and Asia.
- 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: Acleisanthes Target entity description: Acleisanthes is a genus of flowering plants known for its night-blooming, often fragrant species native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Americas.
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A.
Hylopetes
Hylopetes is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle in Asian forests.
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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.
Xenodacnis
Xenodacnis is a small genus of Neotropical tanagers known for their high-Andean habitats and distinctive blue plumage.
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D.
Leucosyke
Leucosyke is a genus of flowering plants in the hemp family Cannabaceae, comprising shrubs or small trees native to tropical regions.
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E.
Anisophyllea
Anisophyllea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anisophylleaceae, comprising tropical trees and shrubs found mainly in Africa and Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | subfamily Nyctaginoideae ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | trumpet flowers ⓘ |
| describedBy | George Bentham ⓘ |
| distribution |
northern Mexico
ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | nectar source for nocturnal insects ⓘ |
| etymologyLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| family | Nyctaginaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
cream
ⓘ
white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| floweringTime | night ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | funnel-shaped ⓘ |
| growthForm | subshrub in some species ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
rocky slopes ⓘ sandy soils ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
adapted to arid environments
ⓘ
adapted to semi-arid environments ⓘ herbaceous growth form ⓘ night-blooming flowers ⓘ often fragrant flowers ⓘ perennial life cycle in many species ⓘ |
| hasSpecies |
Acleisanthes acutifolia
ⓘ
linked to:
Acleisanthes
Acleisanthes chenopodioides ⓘ
linked to:
Acleisanthes
Acleisanthes crassifolia ⓘ
linked to:
Acleisanthes
Acleisanthes longiflora ⓘ
linked to:
Acleisanthes
Acleisanthes obtusa ⓘ
linked to:
Acleisanthes
|
| isPartOf | family Nyctaginaceae ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
North America
ⓘ
South America ⓘ arid regions of the Americas ⓘ semi-arid regions of the Americas ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollinationSyndrome |
moth pollination
ⓘ
nocturnal pollination ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure |
achene-like fruit
ⓘ
tubular perianth ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Acleisanthes Description of subject: Acleisanthes is a genus of flowering plants known for its night-blooming, often fragrant species native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Americas.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Acleisanthes