Elatostema
E88516
Elatostema is a genus of mostly shade-loving, herbaceous flowering plants commonly found in moist, tropical and subtropical forest understories.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elatostema canonical | 4 |
| Elatostema rugosum | 1 |
| Elatostema umbellatum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T659218 — 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: Elatostema Context triple: [Urticaceae, includesGenus, Elatostema]
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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.
Laportea
Laportea is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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C.
Boehmeria
Boehmeria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known for species like ramie, which are cultivated for their strong, fibrous stems used in textile production.
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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.
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: Elatostema Target entity description: Elatostema is a genus of mostly shade-loving, herbaceous flowering plants commonly found in moist, tropical and subtropical forest understories.
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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.
Laportea
Laportea is a genus of flowering plants in the nettle family known for its stinging hairs and occurrence in tropical and subtropical regions.
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C.
Boehmeria
Boehmeria is a genus of flowering plants commonly known for species like ramie, which are cultivated for their strong, fibrous stems used in textile production.
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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.
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 (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Urticaceae genera ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| climatePreference | humid climates ⓘ |
| commonName | elatostema ⓘ |
| containsSpecies |
Elatostema repens
ⓘ
Elatostema rugosum ⓘ
linked to:
Elatostema
Elatostema umbellatum ⓘ
linked to:
Elatostema
|
| describedInFamily | Urticaceae sensu lato ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalNiche | understory plant ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | understory ground cover ⓘ |
| family | Urticaceae ⓘ |
| flowerType | small, inconspicuous flowers ⓘ |
| growthForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| growthHabit | groundcover ⓘ |
| habitat |
moist forests
ⓘ
subtropical forest understory ⓘ tropical forest understory ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse | ornamental plant ⓘ |
| hasTaxonomicAuthority | J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | mostly evergreen ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lightPreference | shade-loving ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Oceania ⓘ |
| order | Rosales ⓘ |
| photosynthesisEnvironment | low-light conditions ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | primarily by insects ⓘ |
| reproduction |
seeds
ⓘ
vegetative propagation ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | flowering plant ⓘ |
| rootSystem | fibrous roots ⓘ |
| shadeTolerance | high ⓘ |
| stemType | soft, succulent stems ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| typicalSoil | moist humus-rich soil ⓘ |
| waterRequirement | high moisture ⓘ |
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: Elatostema Description of subject: Elatostema is a genus of mostly shade-loving, herbaceous flowering plants commonly found in moist, tropical and subtropical forest understories.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.