Psiloxylaceae
E1040779
Psiloxylaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Myrtales, known primarily for the single genus Psiloxylon, which includes shrubs or small trees native to Madagascar and nearby islands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Psiloxylaceae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395117 — 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: Psiloxylaceae Context triple: [Myrtales, includesFamily, Psiloxylaceae]
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A.
Xylariaceae
Xylariaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi best known for its wood-decaying species, many of which produce dark, club-shaped fruiting bodies on dead plant material.
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B.
Paracryphiaceae
Paracryphiaceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising woody shrubs and trees native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, recognized for its distinctive position in the asterid clade.
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C.
Rhynchocalycaceae
Rhynchocalycaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Myrtales, comprising tropical trees or shrubs native to regions such as South America and Africa.
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D.
Philesiaceae
Philesiaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Liliales, comprising mainly woody, often climbing species native to temperate regions of South America.
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E.
Podosporaceae
Podosporaceae is a family of fungi within the order Sordariales, comprising mainly saprobic species that decompose organic matter.
- 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: Psiloxylaceae Target entity description: Psiloxylaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Myrtales, known primarily for the single genus Psiloxylon, which includes shrubs or small trees native to Madagascar and nearby islands.
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A.
Xylariaceae
Xylariaceae is a family of ascomycete fungi best known for its wood-decaying species, many of which produce dark, club-shaped fruiting bodies on dead plant material.
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B.
Paracryphiaceae
Paracryphiaceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising woody shrubs and trees native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, recognized for its distinctive position in the asterid clade.
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C.
Rhynchocalycaceae
Rhynchocalycaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Myrtales, comprising tropical trees or shrubs native to regions such as South America and Africa.
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D.
Philesiaceae
Philesiaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Liliales, comprising mainly woody, often climbing species native to temperate regions of South America.
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E.
Podosporaceae
Podosporaceae is a family of fungi within the order Sordariales, comprising mainly saprobic species that decompose organic matter.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| angiosperm | true ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | Rosids ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| containsGenus | Psiloxylon ⓘ |
| distributionRegion | southwestern Indian Ocean islands ⓘ |
| floweringPlantFamily | true ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
Madagascar and nearby islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Madagascar
|
| habitat | terrestrial ecosystems ⓘ |
| hasScientificName | Psiloxylaceae ⓘ |
| isMonogeneric | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| memberIncludes |
shrubs
ⓘ
small trees ⓘ |
| nativeRange |
Madagascar
ⓘ
Mascarene Islands ⓘ |
| numberOfGenera | 1 ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| reproduction | by seeds ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| subdivisionRanks | genera ⓘ |
| taxonomicStatus | accepted ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Psiloxylon ⓘ |
| vascularPlant | true ⓘ |
| woodyPlants | true ⓘ |
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: Psiloxylaceae Description of subject: Psiloxylaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Myrtales, known primarily for the single genus Psiloxylon, which includes shrubs or small trees native to Madagascar and nearby islands.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.