Crassulaceae
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Crassulaceae is a family of mostly succulent, drought-tolerant flowering plants that includes well-known ornamentals such as jade plants and stonecrops.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crassulaceae canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4633463 — 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: Crassulaceae Context triple: [Saxifragales, includesFamily, Crassulaceae]
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A.
Portulacaceae
Portulacaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the purslane family, comprising mostly succulent herbs and shrubs adapted to arid and semi-arid environments.
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B.
Nyctaginaceae
Nyctaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the four o'clock family, that includes ornamental and tropical species such as bougainvillea.
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C.
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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D.
Aizoaceae
Aizoaceae is a family of flowering plants, many of which are succulent and adapted to arid environments, commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds.
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E.
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.
- 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: Crassulaceae Target entity description: Crassulaceae is a family of mostly succulent, drought-tolerant flowering plants that includes well-known ornamentals such as jade plants and stonecrops.
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A.
Portulacaceae
Portulacaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the purslane family, comprising mostly succulent herbs and shrubs adapted to arid and semi-arid environments.
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B.
Nyctaginaceae
Nyctaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the four o'clock family, that includes ornamental and tropical species such as bougainvillea.
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C.
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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D.
Aizoaceae
Aizoaceae is a family of flowering plants, many of which are succulent and adapted to arid environments, commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
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taxon ⓘ |
| adaptedTo |
arid habitats
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rocky habitats ⓘ roofs and walls ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName | stonecrop family ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Latin crassus meaning thick or fat ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
crassulacean acid metabolism
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cyme inflorescences ⓘ drought tolerance ⓘ fleshy leaves ⓘ follicle fruits ⓘ free petals ⓘ free sepals ⓘ often opposite or whorled leaves ⓘ often xerophytic ⓘ radial flowers ⓘ simple leaves ⓘ succulent stems or leaves ⓘ superior ovary ⓘ usually bisexual flowers ⓘ usually entire leaf margins ⓘ water storage tissues ⓘ |
| hasEconomicUse |
ornamental horticulture
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traditional medicine in some cultures ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Adromischus
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Aeonium ⓘ Cotyledon ⓘ Crassula ⓘ Dudleya ⓘ Echeveria ⓘ Graptopetalum ⓘ Hylotelephium ⓘ
linked to:
Sedum
Kalanchoe ⓘ Orostachys ⓘ Pachyphytum ⓘ Rhodiola ⓘ Sedum ⓘ Sempervivum ⓘ Tylecodon ⓘ |
| isMostly | succulent plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Crassula ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
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Canary Islands ⓘ Central America ⓘ Eurasia ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ many subtropical regions ⓘ many temperate regions ⓘ many tropical highlands ⓘ |
| order | Saxifragales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | CAM photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy | insects ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual reproduction by seeds
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vegetative propagation from cuttings ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| usedAs |
container plants
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indoor houseplants ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ rock garden plants ⓘ |
| wellKnownMember |
hens and chicks
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houseleeks ⓘ jade plant ⓘ stonecrops ⓘ |
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: Crassulaceae Description of subject: Crassulaceae is a family of mostly succulent, drought-tolerant flowering plants that includes well-known ornamentals such as jade plants and stonecrops.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.