Utricularia
E38685
Utricularia is a genus of carnivorous aquatic and terrestrial plants, commonly called bladderworts, that capture small prey using tiny bladder-like traps.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Utricularia canonical | 6 |
| Utricularia vulgaris | 2 |
| Aldrovanda | 1 |
| Utricularia gibba | 1 |
| Utricularia reniformis | 1 |
| Utricularia sandersonii | 1 |
| Utricularia subulata | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T289602 — 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: Utricularia Context triple: [Insectivorous Plants, examines, Utricularia]
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A.
Drosera
Drosera is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly known as sundews, that capture and digest insects using sticky, glandular leaves.
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B.
Pinguicula
Pinguicula is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly known as butterworts, that capture and digest insects using sticky, glandular leaves.
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C.
Ampelocera
Ampelocera is a small genus of flowering trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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D.
Dionaea muscipula
Dionaea muscipula, commonly known as the Venus flytrap, is a small carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands of the United States that captures and digests insects with its specialized jaw-like leaf traps.
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E.
Hemiptelea
Hemiptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, known for its hardy, spiny species native to East 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: Utricularia Target entity description: Utricularia is a genus of carnivorous aquatic and terrestrial plants, commonly called bladderworts, that capture small prey using tiny bladder-like traps.
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A.
Drosera
Drosera is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly known as sundews, that capture and digest insects using sticky, glandular leaves.
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B.
Pinguicula
Pinguicula is a genus of carnivorous plants, commonly known as butterworts, that capture and digest insects using sticky, glandular leaves.
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C.
Ampelocera
Ampelocera is a small genus of flowering trees in the elm family Ulmaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas.
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D.
Dionaea muscipula
Dionaea muscipula, commonly known as the Venus flytrap, is a small carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands of the United States that captures and digests insects with its specialized jaw-like leaf traps.
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E.
Hemiptelea
Hemiptelea is a small genus of deciduous trees in the elm family, known for its hardy, spiny species native to East Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carnivorous plant genus
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ |
| commonName | bladderworts ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1753 ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
micropredator of small aquatic fauna
ⓘ
nutrient acquisition in nutrient-poor habitats ⓘ |
| family | Lentibulariaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
purple
ⓘ
white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| flowerType | zygomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| growthForm |
free-floating aquatic plants
ⓘ
terrestrial herbs ⓘ |
| habitat |
aquatic environments
ⓘ
bogs ⓘ marshes ⓘ terrestrial environments ⓘ wetlands ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | highly modified leaves forming traps ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Utricularia gibba
ⓘ
linked to:
Utricularia
Utricularia reniformis ⓘ
linked to:
Utricularia
Utricularia sandersonii ⓘ
linked to:
Utricularia
Utricularia subulata ⓘ
linked to:
Utricularia
Utricularia vulgaris ⓘ
linked to:
Utricularia
|
| nutritionType | carnivorous ⓘ |
| order | Lamiales ⓘ |
| photosynthetic | true ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| preyCaptureMechanism | active suction generated by negative pressure in bladders ⓘ |
| preyType |
nematodes
ⓘ
protozoa ⓘ small aquatic invertebrates ⓘ tiny crustaceans ⓘ |
| reproduction |
asexual reproduction by vegetative fragments
ⓘ
sexual reproduction by seeds ⓘ |
| researchUse |
model for studying plant carnivory evolution
ⓘ
model for studying rapid plant movements ⓘ |
| rootSystem | lacking true roots ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| trapLocation |
soil or moss substrate
ⓘ
submerged organs ⓘ |
| trapMorphology | bladder-like structures ⓘ |
| trapType | suction trap ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Utricularia vulgaris
ⓘ
linked to:
Utricularia
|
| uses |
ornamental plants in aquaria
ⓘ
ornamental plants in bog gardens ⓘ |
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: Utricularia Description of subject: Utricularia is a genus of carnivorous aquatic and terrestrial plants, commonly called bladderworts, that capture small prey using tiny bladder-like traps.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Utricularia
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linked to: Utricularia