Acantholimon
E292117
Acantholimon is a genus of spiny, cushion-forming flowering plants commonly found in dry, rocky habitats across Eurasia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acantholimon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2711737 — 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: Acantholimon Context triple: [Plumbaginaceae, includesGenus, Acantholimon]
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A.
Salsola
Salsola is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, commonly known for species like tumbleweeds that thrive in arid and saline environments.
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B.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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C.
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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D.
Montia
Montia is a small genus of delicate, moisture-loving flowering plants commonly known as miner’s lettuce and related species, often found in cool, temperate regions.
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E.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
- 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: Acantholimon Target entity description: Acantholimon is a genus of spiny, cushion-forming flowering plants commonly found in dry, rocky habitats across Eurasia.
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A.
Salsola
Salsola is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, commonly known for species like tumbleweeds that thrive in arid and saline environments.
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B.
Portulaca
Portulaca is a genus of flowering succulent plants, commonly known as purslanes, valued for their drought tolerance and brightly colored blooms.
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C.
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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D.
Montia
Montia is a small genus of delicate, moisture-loving flowering plants commonly known as miner’s lettuce and related species, often found in cool, temperate regions.
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E.
Soleirolia
Soleirolia is a small genus of delicate, mat-forming flowering plants best known for the ornamental houseplant commonly called baby’s tears.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genus
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
adapted to rocky soils
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cold-tolerant ⓘ drought-tolerant ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
prickly thrift
ⓘ
spiny thrift ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
provides habitat for small invertebrates
ⓘ
soil stabilisation in rocky areas ⓘ |
| family | Plumbaginaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| growthForm |
cushion-forming plant
ⓘ
perennial herb ⓘ |
| habitat |
dry habitats
ⓘ
mountain slopes ⓘ rocky habitats ⓘ steppe regions ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
forms dense cushions or mats
ⓘ
sharp rigid leaves ⓘ small often pink or white flowers ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal rosettes ⓘ |
| leafType | spiny leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Central Asia
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Eurasia ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Basin
Middle East ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| subdivisionRanks | species ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | genus ⓘ |
| use |
ornamental plant
ⓘ
rock garden plant ⓘ |
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: Acantholimon Description of subject: Acantholimon is a genus of spiny, cushion-forming flowering plants commonly found in dry, rocky habitats across Eurasia.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.