Cordyline
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Cordyline is a genus of evergreen, often palm-like flowering plants commonly grown as ornamentals for their colorful, strap-shaped leaves.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cordyline canonical | 3 |
| Cordyline australis | 1 |
| Cordyline banksii | 1 |
| Cordyline fruticosa | 1 |
| Cordyline indivisa | 1 |
| Cordyline stricta | 1 |
| Cordyline terminalis (synonym of Cordyline fruticosa) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9799834 — 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: Cordyline Context triple: [Asparagaceae, includesGenus, Cordyline]
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A.
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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B.
Dodonaea
Dodonaea is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their winged fruits and adaptability to dry, often coastal environments, particularly in Australia and other warm regions.
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C.
Diplolaena
Diplolaena is a small genus of flowering shrubs native to Western Australia, known for their ornamental, often showy, star-shaped blossoms.
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D.
Dorstenia
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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E.
Dracaenae
Dracaenae are serpentine female monsters from Greek mythology, often depicted as part-woman and part-dragon or serpent.
- 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: Cordyline Target entity description: Cordyline is a genus of evergreen, often palm-like flowering plants commonly grown as ornamentals for their colorful, strap-shaped leaves.
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A.
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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B.
Dodonaea
Dodonaea is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees known for their winged fruits and adaptability to dry, often coastal environments, particularly in Australia and other warm regions.
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C.
Diplolaena
Diplolaena is a small genus of flowering shrubs native to Western Australia, known for their ornamental, often showy, star-shaped blossoms.
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D.
Dorstenia
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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E.
Dracaenae
Dracaenae are serpentine female monsters from Greek mythology, often depicted as part-woman and part-dragon or serpent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| commonName |
cabbage tree (for some species)
ⓘ
ti plant (for some species) ⓘ |
| cultivatedAs | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| cultivatedFor | ornamental foliage ⓘ |
| describedAs | genus of evergreen flowering plants ⓘ |
| family | Asparagaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
cream (varies by species)
ⓘ
white (varies by species) ⓘ |
| fruitType | berry (in many species) ⓘ |
| growthForm | often palm-like ⓘ |
| habitat |
coastal scrub
ⓘ
forest margins ⓘ open woodland ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | colorful leaves ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Cordyline australis
ⓘ
linked to:
Cordyline
Cordyline banksii ⓘ
linked to:
Cordyline
Cordyline fruticosa ⓘ
linked to:
Cordyline
Cordyline indivisa ⓘ
linked to:
Cordyline
Cordyline stricta ⓘ
linked to:
Cordyline
Cordyline terminalis (synonym of Cordyline fruticosa) ⓘ
linked to:
Cordyline
|
| hasTrait |
clumping or branching stems
ⓘ
terminal rosettes of leaves ⓘ |
| hasUse |
container gardening
ⓘ
indoor ornamental plant ⓘ landscape planting ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen ⓘ |
| leafType | strap-shaped leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Australasia
ⓘ
linked to:
Oceania
Pacific region ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ parts of South America ⓘ |
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| propagatedBy |
division of suckers
ⓘ
seed ⓘ stem cuttings ⓘ |
| reproduction | flowering ⓘ |
| subfamily | Lomandroideae ⓘ |
| tolerates |
light frost (varies by species)
ⓘ
mild coastal climates ⓘ |
| usedIn |
subtropical gardens
ⓘ
temperate gardens (hardy species) ⓘ tropical-style 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: Cordyline Description of subject: Cordyline is a genus of evergreen, often palm-like flowering plants commonly grown as ornamentals for their colorful, strap-shaped leaves.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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