Flora Japonica
E460929
Flora Japonica is a seminal 19th-century botanical work documenting and illustrating the plant species of Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Flora Japonica canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4674185 — 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: Flora Japonica Context triple: [Philipp Franz von Siebold, notableWork, Flora Japonica]
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A.
Flora Brasiliensis
Flora Brasiliensis is a monumental 19th-century multi-volume botanical work documenting and classifying the plant species of Brazil.
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B.
Flora Rossica
Flora Rossica is an 18th-century botanical work by naturalist Peter Simon Pallas that documents and classifies the plant species of the Russian Empire.
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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.
A Catalogue of British Plants
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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E.
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.
- 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: Flora Japonica Target entity description: Flora Japonica is a seminal 19th-century botanical work documenting and illustrating the plant species of Japan.
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A.
Flora Brasiliensis
Flora Brasiliensis is a monumental 19th-century multi-volume botanical work documenting and classifying the plant species of Brazil.
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B.
Flora Rossica
Flora Rossica is an 18th-century botanical work by naturalist Peter Simon Pallas that documents and classifies the plant species of the Russian Empire.
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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.
A Catalogue of British Plants
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century publication
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botanical book ⓘ floristic work ⓘ |
| audience |
academic libraries
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natural historians ⓘ professional botanists ⓘ |
| contains |
botanical descriptions
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botanical illustrations ⓘ |
| documentationScope | systematic survey of Japanese plants ⓘ |
| documents |
introduced plant species in Japan
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native Japanese plant species ⓘ vascular plants of Japan ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| focusesOn | plant species of Japan ⓘ |
| genre |
botany
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | Japan ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
detailed species descriptions
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illustrated plates ⓘ morphological details of plants ⓘ scientific plant names ⓘ |
| hasImportance |
foundational reference for Japanese plant taxonomy
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seminal work on Japanese flora ⓘ |
| hasRelevance |
history of Western study of East Asian flora
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history of botany in Japan ⓘ |
| impact |
advanced knowledge of East Asian flora in Europe
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contributed to global understanding of Japanese biodiversity ⓘ |
| isConsidered | classic work of botanical literature ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| medium | printed book ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
botany
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systematics ⓘ taxonomy ⓘ |
| subject | Japanese flora ⓘ |
| timePeriodDocumented | 19th century ⓘ |
| title | Flora Japonica ⓘ |
| typeOfContent |
distribution notes
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species diagnoses ⓘ synonymy lists ⓘ taxonomic treatments ⓘ |
| usedBy |
botanists
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historians of science ⓘ taxonomists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
historical comparison of Japanese flora
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identification of Japanese plants ⓘ taxonomic reference ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Flora Japonica Description of subject: Flora Japonica is a seminal 19th-century botanical work documenting and illustrating the plant species of Japan.
Referenced by (4)
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