Allionia mexicana
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Allionia mexicana is a flowering plant species in the Nyctaginaceae (four o'clock) family, native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Americas and known for its showy, clustered blossoms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Allionia mexicana canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11852801 — 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: Allionia mexicana Context triple: [Allionia, includesSpecies, Allionia mexicana]
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A.
Kosteletzkya
Kosteletzkya is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, known for its hibiscus-like blooms typically found in warm, often wet habitats.
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B.
Beschorneria
Beschorneria is a small genus of succulent, rosette-forming flowering plants native to Mexico and Central America, often grown ornamentally for their striking, arching flower stalks.
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C.
Ivesia
Ivesia is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), commonly known as mousetail or ivesia, native mainly to western North America and adapted to rocky, mountainous habitats.
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D.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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E.
Cyphostemma
Cyphostemma is a genus of flowering plants in the grape family known for its often succulent, caudiciform species native mainly to Africa and Madagascar.
- 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: Allionia mexicana Target entity description: Allionia mexicana is a flowering plant species in the Nyctaginaceae (four o'clock) family, native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Americas and known for its showy, clustered blossoms.
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A.
Kosteletzkya
Kosteletzkya is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, known for its hibiscus-like blooms typically found in warm, often wet habitats.
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B.
Beschorneria
Beschorneria is a small genus of succulent, rosette-forming flowering plants native to Mexico and Central America, often grown ornamentally for their striking, arching flower stalks.
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C.
Ivesia
Ivesia is a small genus of flowering plants in the rose family (Rosaceae), commonly known as mousetail or ivesia, native mainly to western North America and adapted to rocky, mountainous habitats.
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D.
Picrasma
Picrasma is a small genus of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and use in traditional medicine.
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E.
Cyphostemma
Cyphostemma is a genus of flowering plants in the grape family known for its often succulent, caudiciform species native mainly to Africa and Madagascar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm
ⓘ
eudicot ⓘ flowering plant species ⓘ member of Nyctaginaceae ⓘ |
| adaptation | drought-tolerant ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Caryophyllales sensu lato
ⓘ
linked to:
Caryophyllales
core eudicots ⓘ |
| distribution |
northern Mexico
ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ |
| family | Nyctaginaceae ⓘ |
| flowerCharacteristic |
clustered blossoms
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showy blossoms ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ |
| floweringSeason | warm season ⓘ |
| genus | Allionia ⓘ |
| growthForm |
prostrate
ⓘ
spreading ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
dry slopes ⓘ open scrub ⓘ |
| hasCommonName |
trailing allionia
ⓘ
trailing windmills ⓘ windmills ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| lifeForm | herbaceous plant ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Americas
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Mexico ⓘ North America ⓘ United States Southwest ⓘ arid regions ⓘ semi-arid regions ⓘ |
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
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: Allionia mexicana Description of subject: Allionia mexicana is a flowering plant species in the Nyctaginaceae (four o'clock) family, native to arid and semi-arid regions of the Americas and known for its showy, clustered blossoms.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.