Asparagales
E240297
Asparagales is a large order of flowering monocot plants that includes diverse families such as asparagus, orchids, irises, and agaves.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asparagales canonical | 67 |
| Asparagales sensu APG | 1 |
| Asparagales sensu APG IV | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2128820 — 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: Asparagales Context triple: [Joshua tree, order, Asparagales]
-
A.
Asterales
Asterales is a large order of flowering plants that includes daisies, sunflowers, and many other familiar ornamental and wild species.
-
B.
Ranunculales
Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants that includes several families of mostly herbaceous species, many of which are known for their ornamental flowers and bioactive chemical compounds.
-
C.
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
-
D.
Saxifragales
Saxifragales is an order of flowering plants within the eudicots that includes diverse families such as saxifrages, stonecrops, and sweetgums, many of which are important ornamentals or components of temperate ecosystems.
-
E.
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales is a large and diverse order of flowering plants that includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, and many succulent and halophytic species adapted to extreme environments.
- 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: Asparagales Target entity description: Asparagales is a large order of flowering monocot plants that includes diverse families such as asparagus, orchids, irises, and agaves.
-
A.
Asterales
Asterales is a large order of flowering plants that includes daisies, sunflowers, and many other familiar ornamental and wild species.
-
B.
Ranunculales
Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants that includes several families of mostly herbaceous species, many of which are known for their ornamental flowers and bioactive chemical compounds.
-
C.
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
-
D.
Saxifragales
Saxifragales is an order of flowering plants within the eudicots that includes diverse families such as saxifrages, stonecrops, and sweetgums, many of which are important ornamentals or components of temperate ecosystems.
-
E.
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales is a large and diverse order of flowering plants that includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, and many succulent and halophytic species adapted to extreme environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monocot order
ⓘ
plant order ⓘ taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Asparagales sensu APG IV
ⓘ
linked to:
Asparagales
|
| circumscribedBy | Angiosperm Phylogeny Group ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| class | Liliopsida ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
food crops
ⓘ
medicinal plants ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ source of spices ⓘ |
| habitat |
epiphytic habitats (especially orchids)
ⓘ
terrestrial habitats ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
flowering plants
ⓘ
monocotyledonous ⓘ mostly herbaceous ⓘ often with bulbs or rhizomes ⓘ often with parallel-veined leaves ⓘ |
| includesCrop |
asparagus (vegetable)
ⓘ
garlic ⓘ leek ⓘ onion ⓘ vanilla (spice) ⓘ |
| includesFamily |
Agavoideae
ⓘ
Alliaceae (sensu lato) ⓘ
linked to:
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllidaceae ⓘ Asparagaceae ⓘ Asteliaceae ⓘ Blandfordiaceae ⓘ
linked to:
Doryanthaceae
Boryaceae ⓘ Doryanthaceae ⓘ Hemerocallidaceae (in some systems) ⓘ
linked to:
Iridaceae
Hypoxidaceae ⓘ Iridaceae ⓘ Ixioliriaceae ⓘ Johnsoniaceae (in some systems) ⓘ Lanariaceae ⓘ Orchidaceae ⓘ Tecophilaeaceae ⓘ Xanthorrhoeaceae (historically) ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Agave
ⓘ
linked to:
Agave tequilana
Allium ⓘ Aloe ⓘ Asparagus ⓘ Cymbidium ⓘ Dendrobium ⓘ Hippeastrum ⓘ Iris ⓘ Narcissus ⓘ Orchis ⓘ Phalaenopsis ⓘ Vanilla ⓘ Yucca ⓘ |
| includesOrnamental |
amaryllis
ⓘ
daffodil ⓘ garden iris ⓘ many orchids ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedBy | Friedrich Wilhelm Neger ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
contains Orchidaceae, one of the largest plant families
ⓘ
includes many geophytes with underground storage organs ⓘ |
| phylogeneticPosition | basal lineage within core Asparagales for some families ⓘ |
| pollination |
bird-pollinated species
ⓘ
insect-pollinated species ⓘ wind-pollinated species (some) ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
APG III system
ⓘ
linked to:
APG III classification
APG IV system ⓘ |
| subclass | Liliidae ⓘ |
| superorder | Lilianae ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | order ⓘ |
| typeFamily | Asparagaceae ⓘ |
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: Asparagales Description of subject: Asparagales is a large order of flowering monocot plants that includes diverse families such as asparagus, orchids, irises, and agaves.
Referenced by (69)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)
linked to: Asparagales
subject linked to:
Gilboa iris (Iris haynei)
subject linked to:
Dracaena draco (dragon tree)
subject linked to:
Ghost orchid
linked to: Asparagales
subject linked to:
Sisyrynchium subg. Olsynium (sometimes placed)