Hamamelidaceae
E458687
Hamamelidaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for shrubs and small trees such as witch-hazels, often valued for their ornamental flowers and medicinal uses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hamamelidaceae canonical | 3 |
| witch‑hazel family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4633464 — 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: Hamamelidaceae Context triple: [Saxifragales, includesFamily, Hamamelidaceae]
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A.
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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B.
Elaeagnaceae
Elaeagnaceae is a small family of flowering plants, commonly known as the oleaster or silverberry family, that includes shrubs and small trees often adapted to dry or nutrient-poor soils.
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C.
Lythraceae
Lythraceae is a family of flowering plants that includes species such as loosestrifes and crape myrtles, many of which are known for their ornamental value and showy flowers.
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D.
Cornaceae
Cornaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for the dogwoods, which are mostly trees and shrubs found in temperate regions.
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E.
Rhamnaceae
Rhamnaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the buckthorn family, that includes shrubs, trees, and some vines found in diverse habitats worldwide.
- 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: Hamamelidaceae Target entity description: Hamamelidaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for shrubs and small trees such as witch-hazels, often valued for their ornamental flowers and medicinal uses.
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A.
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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B.
Elaeagnaceae
Elaeagnaceae is a small family of flowering plants, commonly known as the oleaster or silverberry family, that includes shrubs and small trees often adapted to dry or nutrient-poor soils.
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C.
Lythraceae
Lythraceae is a family of flowering plants that includes species such as loosestrifes and crape myrtles, many of which are known for their ornamental value and showy flowers.
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D.
Cornaceae
Cornaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for the dogwoods, which are mostly trees and shrubs found in temperate regions.
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E.
Rhamnaceae
Rhamnaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the buckthorn family, that includes shrubs, trees, and some vines found in diverse habitats worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor |
shrubs
ⓘ
small trees ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
witch‑hazel family
ⓘ
linked to:
Hamamelidaceae
|
| distribution |
mainly temperate regions
ⓘ
some species in subtropical and tropical regions ⓘ |
| economicUse |
medicinal plants
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ |
| flowerCharacteristic | often showy petals or strap‑like tepals ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | woody capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrubs
ⓘ
small trees ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
deciduous species
ⓘ
some evergreen species ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Altingia
ⓘ
Chunia ⓘ Corylopsis ⓘ Dicoryphe ⓘ Distylium ⓘ Eustigma ⓘ Exbucklandia ⓘ Fortunearia ⓘ Fothergilla ⓘ Hamamelis ⓘ Liquidambar ⓘ Loropetalum ⓘ Mytilaria ⓘ Ostrearia ⓘ Parrotia ⓘ Rhodoleia ⓘ Semiliquidambar ⓘ Sinowilsonia ⓘ Sycopsis ⓘ Trichocladus ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| medicinalUse | witch‑hazel extracts used as astringent ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Hamamelis ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ
linked to:
Mediterranean Basin
North America ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Fothergilla major
ⓘ
linked to:
Fothergilla
Hamamelis mollis ⓘ
linked to:
Hamamelis
Hamamelis virginiana ⓘ
linked to:
Hamamelis
Parrotia persica ⓘ
linked to:
Parrotia
|
| order | Saxifragales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Hamamelis ⓘ |
| woodyOrHerbaceous | woody ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Hamamelidaceae Description of subject: Hamamelidaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for shrubs and small trees such as witch-hazels, often valued for their ornamental flowers and medicinal uses.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hamamelidaceae