Zygophyllaceae
E398330
Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the caltrop or bean-caper family, that includes many drought-tolerant shrubs and herbs found in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zygophyllaceae canonical | 11 |
| Zygophyllaceae sensu lato | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3910251 — 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: Zygophyllaceae Context triple: [Larrea tridentata, family, Zygophyllaceae]
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A.
Zygophyllales
Zygophyllales is an order of flowering plants that includes mostly shrubs and small trees adapted to arid and semi-arid environments, such as those in the caltrop and bean-caper families.
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B.
Welwitschiaceae
Welwitschiaceae is a small family of gymnosperms best known for the bizarre desert plant Welwitschia, which has only two continuously growing leaves and can live for centuries in the Namib Desert.
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C.
Anisophylleaceae
Anisophylleaceae is a small family of tropical flowering trees and shrubs known for their distinctive leaf arrangement and occurrence in wet forest habitats.
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D.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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E.
Quillajaceae
Quillajaceae is a small family of flowering plants best known for the soapbark tree (Quillaja saponaria), whose saponin-rich bark is used as a natural surfactant and foaming agent.
- 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: Zygophyllaceae Target entity description: Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the caltrop or bean-caper family, that includes many drought-tolerant shrubs and herbs found in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide.
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A.
Zygophyllales
Zygophyllales is an order of flowering plants that includes mostly shrubs and small trees adapted to arid and semi-arid environments, such as those in the caltrop and bean-caper families.
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B.
Welwitschiaceae
Welwitschiaceae is a small family of gymnosperms best known for the bizarre desert plant Welwitschia, which has only two continuously growing leaves and can live for centuries in the Namib Desert.
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C.
Anisophylleaceae
Anisophylleaceae is a small family of tropical flowering trees and shrubs known for their distinctive leaf arrangement and occurrence in wet forest habitats.
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D.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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E.
Quillajaceae
Quillajaceae is a small family of flowering plants best known for the soapbark tree (Quillaja saponaria), whose saponin-rich bark is used as a natural surfactant and foaming agent.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm family
ⓘ
plant family ⓘ taxonomic family ⓘ |
| characteristic | drought-tolerant ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
bean-caper family
ⓘ
caltrop family ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Balanites
ⓘ
Bulnesia ⓘ
linked to:
Bulnesia sarmientoi
Fagonia ⓘ Guaiacum ⓘ Larrea ⓘ Peganum ⓘ Tetraena ⓘ
linked to:
Seidlitzia
Tribulus ⓘ Zygophyllum ⓘ |
| distribution |
arid regions worldwide
ⓘ
semi-arid regions worldwide ⓘ |
| economicUse |
medicinal plants
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ source of resins ⓘ source of timber ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plants ⓘ |
| fruitType | often schizocarpic fruits ⓘ |
| habitat |
deserts
ⓘ
dry grasslands ⓘ semi-deserts ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfGenera | about 20–30 ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfSpecies | about 250–300 ⓘ |
| includesGrowthForm |
herbs
ⓘ
shrubs ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafCharacteristic |
often compound leaves
ⓘ
often opposite leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Zygophyllum ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Balanites aegyptiaca
ⓘ
linked to:
Balanites
Guaiacum officinale ⓘ
linked to:
Guaiacum
Larrea tridentata ⓘ Tribulus terrestris ⓘ
linked to:
Tribulus
|
| order | Zygophyllales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticAdaptation | adapted to dry climates ⓘ |
| pollination | mainly insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | APG IV system ⓘ |
| subdivisionRanks | genera ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Zygophyllum ⓘ |
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: Zygophyllaceae Description of subject: Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the caltrop or bean-caper family, that includes many drought-tolerant shrubs and herbs found in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Zygophyllaceae