Coriariaceae
E427292
Coriariaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often toxic flowering plants best known for the genus Coriaria, which includes shrubs and vines found in temperate and subtropical regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Coriariaceae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4272800 — 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: Coriariaceae Context triple: [Cucurbitales, includesFamily, Coriariaceae]
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A.
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often climbing flowering plants known for their ornamental foliage and sometimes edible fruits, native primarily to East Asia and the Andes.
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B.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
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C.
Surianaceae
Surianaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Fabales, comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs such as those in the genus Suriana.
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D.
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.
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E.
Barbeyaceae
Barbeyaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising shrubs or small trees native to arid and semi-arid regions of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
- 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: Coriariaceae Target entity description: Coriariaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often toxic flowering plants best known for the genus Coriaria, which includes shrubs and vines found in temperate and subtropical regions.
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A.
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often climbing flowering plants known for their ornamental foliage and sometimes edible fruits, native primarily to East Asia and the Andes.
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B.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
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C.
Surianaceae
Surianaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Fabales, comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs such as those in the genus Suriana.
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D.
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.
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E.
Barbeyaceae
Barbeyaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising shrubs or small trees native to arid and semi-arid regions of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | genus Coriaria ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | coriaria family ⓘ |
| describedAs | small family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
temperate regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | pioneer species in disturbed habitats ⓘ |
| economicUse |
ornamental plants
ⓘ
source of dyes ⓘ |
| floralSex | unisexual or bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| flowerType | flowering plants ⓘ |
| fruitType | achenes ⓘ |
| growthForm | mostly woody plants ⓘ |
| habitat |
mountain slopes
ⓘ
riverbanks ⓘ scrublands ⓘ |
| includes | Coriaria ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | often toxic ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Coriaria
ⓘ
Coriaria myrtifolia (representative species) ⓘ |
| order | Cucurbitales ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | inferior or semi-inferior ovary ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| previousClassification | formerly placed in Ranunculales by some authors ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | APG IV system ⓘ |
| regionWithDiversity |
Andean South America
ⓘ
linked to:
Andean region
East Asia ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Basin
New Zealand ⓘ |
| safetyNote |
fruits of some species toxic to humans
ⓘ
many species poisonous to livestock ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | animal-dispersed seeds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| toxicCompounds | coriarin ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Coriaria ⓘ |
| typicalHabit |
shrubs
ⓘ
vines ⓘ |
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: Coriariaceae Description of subject: Coriariaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often toxic flowering plants best known for the genus Coriaria, which includes shrubs and vines found in temperate and subtropical regions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.