Dorstenia
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Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dorstenia canonical | 3 |
| Dorstenia barnimiana | 1 |
| Dorstenia brasiliensis | 1 |
| Dorstenia contrajerva | 1 |
| Dorstenia crispa | 1 |
| Dorstenia elata | 1 |
| Dorstenia foetida | 1 |
| Dorstenia gigas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T538269 — 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: Dorstenia Context triple: [Moraceae, contains, Dorstenia]
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A.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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B.
Dactylortyx
Dactylortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits in forested and brushy habitats of Central America.
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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.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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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: Dorstenia Target entity description: Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
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A.
Hunnemannia
Hunnemannia is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, known for its ornamental, bright yellow, poppy-like blooms.
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B.
Dactylortyx
Dactylortyx is a genus of New World quails known for their ground-dwelling habits in forested and brushy habitats of Central America.
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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.
Macleaya
Macleaya is a small genus of tall, herbaceous flowering plants known as plume poppies, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and feathery flower plumes.
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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 | tribe Dorstenieae ⓘ |
| belongsToSubfamily | Moraceae subfamily Moraceae s.l. ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Dorstenia barnimiana
ⓘ
linked to:
Dorstenia
Dorstenia brasiliensis ⓘ
linked to:
Dorstenia
Dorstenia crispa ⓘ
linked to:
Dorstenia
Dorstenia elata ⓘ
linked to:
Dorstenia
Dorstenia foetida ⓘ
linked to:
Dorstenia
Dorstenia gigas ⓘ
linked to:
Dorstenia
|
| cultivation | grown in pots by collectors ⓘ |
| describedBy | Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| distributionCharacteristic | mainly tropical ⓘ |
| family | Moraceae ⓘ |
| flowerSex | unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| growthForm |
herbaceous plant
ⓘ
succulent plant ⓘ |
| habitat |
rocky outcrops
ⓘ
semi-arid habitats ⓘ shaded forest floors ⓘ |
| inflorescenceShape |
disk-shaped
ⓘ
star-shaped ⓘ |
| inflorescenceStructure | hypanthodium-like receptacle ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | flattened inflorescence ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Theodor Dorsten ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ tropical Africa ⓘ tropical Americas ⓘ |
| notableFeature | unusual flattened inflorescences ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollinationSyndrome | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Artocarpus
ⓘ
Ficus ⓘ |
| reproductiveOrgan | multiple small flowers on a common receptacle ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Dorstenia contrajerva
ⓘ
linked to:
Dorstenia
|
| typicalHabit |
low-growing
ⓘ
rosette-forming ⓘ |
| usedAs |
medicinal plant
ⓘ
ornamental plant ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1753 ⓘ |
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: Dorstenia Description of subject: Dorstenia is a genus of unusual, often low-growing tropical plants known for their distinctive, flattened, star- or disk-shaped inflorescences.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dorstenia
linked to: Dorstenia
linked to: Dorstenia
linked to: Dorstenia
linked to: Dorstenia
linked to: Dorstenia
linked to: Dorstenia
subject linked to:
tribe Dorstenieae
subject linked to:
tribe Dorstenieae