Myrtaceae
E319688
Myrtaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many aromatic trees and shrubs such as eucalyptus, clove, and guava.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Myrtaceae canonical | 36 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3018882 — 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: Myrtaceae Context triple: [Malvids, includesFamily, Myrtaceae]
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A.
Lauraceae
Lauraceae is a large family of mostly aromatic flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important species such as laurels, cinnamon, avocado, and camphor.
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B.
Meliaceae
Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
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C.
Proteaceae
Proteaceae is a large family of flowering plants, especially diverse in the Southern Hemisphere, that includes many shrubs and trees such as proteas, banksias, and grevilleas.
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D.
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the dogbane family, that includes many tropical trees, shrubs, and vines often noted for their milky sap and toxic or medicinal properties.
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E.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
- 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: Myrtaceae Target entity description: Myrtaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many aromatic trees and shrubs such as eucalyptus, clove, and guava.
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A.
Lauraceae
Lauraceae is a large family of mostly aromatic flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important species such as laurels, cinnamon, avocado, and camphor.
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B.
Meliaceae
Meliaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs that includes economically important timber and ornamental species such as mahogany and neem.
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C.
Proteaceae
Proteaceae is a large family of flowering plants, especially diverse in the Southern Hemisphere, that includes many shrubs and trees such as proteas, banksias, and grevilleas.
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D.
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the dogbane family, that includes many tropical trees, shrubs, and vines often noted for their milky sap and toxic or medicinal properties.
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E.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| centerOfDiversity |
Australia
ⓘ
South America ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | myrtle family ⓘ |
| contains |
Acca sellowiana
ⓘ
Backhousia citriodora ⓘ Callistemon ⓘ Corymbia ⓘ Eucalyptus ⓘ Eugenia uniflora ⓘ Feijoa sellowiana ⓘ Kunzea ⓘ Leptospermum ⓘ Luma apiculata ⓘ Melaleuca ⓘ Metrosideros ⓘ Myrtus ⓘ Pimenta dioica ⓘ Psidium guajava ⓘ Syzygium aromaticum ⓘ Syzygium cumini ⓘ Syzygium jambos ⓘ
linked to:
Syzygium
Syzygium malaccense ⓘ Tristaniopsis ⓘ |
| describedBy | Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ warm temperate regions ⓘ |
| economicUse |
edible fruits
ⓘ
essential oils ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ spices ⓘ timber production ⓘ |
| flowerType | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| fruitType |
berry
ⓘ
capsule ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
entire leaf margins
ⓘ
essential oil glands in leaves ⓘ evergreen foliage ⓘ flowers with numerous stamens ⓘ inferior ovary in many genera ⓘ opposite leaves in many species ⓘ woody plants ⓘ |
| hasTypeSpecies | Myrtus communis ⓘ |
| includesFruitCrop |
Surinam cherry
ⓘ
feijoa ⓘ guava ⓘ |
| includesSpice |
allspice
ⓘ
clove ⓘ |
| includesTimberGenus | Eucalyptus ⓘ |
| isAromatic | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nomenclaturalAuthority | Jussieu ⓘ |
| order | Myrtales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination |
bird-pollinated
ⓘ
insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
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: Myrtaceae Description of subject: Myrtaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many aromatic trees and shrubs such as eucalyptus, clove, and guava.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
order Myrtales
subject linked to:
order Myrtales
subject linked to:
Eucalyptus pauciflora (snow gum)
subject linked to:
cabbage gum