Styracaceae
E1001658
Styracaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the storax or snowbell family, that includes trees and shrubs found mainly in temperate and tropical regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Styracaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12728517 — 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: Styracaceae Context triple: [Ericales, containsFamily, Styracaceae]
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A.
Ebenaceae
Ebenaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for including the ebony and persimmon trees, many of which produce valuable hardwood and edible fruits.
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B.
Betulaceae
Betulaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs that includes birches, alders, hazels, and hornbeams, commonly found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Stilbaceae
Stilbaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, comprising mostly shrubs and small trees native to southern Africa and nearby regions.
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D.
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many trees and shrubs such as maples, horse chestnuts, and lychees, known for their economic and ecological importance worldwide.
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E.
Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopityaceae is a small family of conifers best known for the Japanese umbrella pine, a unique relict species endemic to Japan.
- 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: Styracaceae Target entity description: Styracaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the storax or snowbell family, that includes trees and shrubs found mainly in temperate and tropical regions.
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A.
Ebenaceae
Ebenaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for including the ebony and persimmon trees, many of which produce valuable hardwood and edible fruits.
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B.
Betulaceae
Betulaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs that includes birches, alders, hazels, and hornbeams, commonly found in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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C.
Stilbaceae
Stilbaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, comprising mostly shrubs and small trees native to southern Africa and nearby regions.
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D.
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many trees and shrubs such as maples, horse chestnuts, and lychees, known for their economic and ecological importance worldwide.
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E.
Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopityaceae is a small family of conifers best known for the Japanese umbrella pine, a unique relict species endemic to Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfGenera | about 11 ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfSpecies | about 160 ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Asterids NERFINISHED ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
snowbell family
ⓘ
storax family ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Alniphyllum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bruinsmia NERFINISHED ⓘ Changiostyrax NERFINISHED ⓘ Halesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Huodendron NERFINISHED ⓘ Melliodendron NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamphilia NERFINISHED ⓘ Parastyrax NERFINISHED ⓘ Pterostyrax NERFINISHED ⓘ Rehderodendron NERFINISHED ⓘ Styrax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| corolla | usually 5-lobed ⓘ |
| distribution |
temperate regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| economicUse |
ornamental plants
ⓘ
resin production ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType |
capsule
ⓘ
drupe ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrubs
ⓘ
trees ⓘ |
| habitat |
forests
ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ |
| hasTypeGenus | Styrax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire or serrate ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedBy | Antoine Laurent de Jussieu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Halesia carolina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Styrax japonicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Styrax officinalis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Ericales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ⓘ |
| perianth | distinct calyx and corolla ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1789 ⓘ |
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: Styracaceae Description of subject: Styracaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the storax or snowbell family, that includes trees and shrubs found mainly in temperate and tropical regions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.