Phytolaccaceae
E58821
Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phytolaccaceae canonical | 2 |
| Phytolacca | 1 |
| pokeweed family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T435119 — 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: Phytolaccaceae Context triple: [Caryophyllales, containsTaxon, Phytolaccaceae]
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes amaranths, beets, spinach, and many halophytic and weedy species found worldwide.
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E.
Dirachmaceae
Dirachmaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising rare shrubs or small trees native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa and nearby areas.
- 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: Phytolaccaceae Target entity description: Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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A.
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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B.
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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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.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes amaranths, beets, spinach, and many halophytic and weedy species found worldwide.
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E.
Dirachmaceae
Dirachmaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising rare shrubs or small trees native to arid regions of the Horn of Africa and nearby areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName |
Phytolaccaceae
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
pokeweed family
|
| contains |
herbaceous plants
ⓘ
shrubs ⓘ |
| distribution |
also Old World tropics
ⓘ
mainly New World tropics ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicUse |
ornamental plants
ⓘ
traditional medicine ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType |
berry
ⓘ
drupe-like fruit ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
mostly herbaceous species
ⓘ
often poisonous tissues ⓘ some woody species ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName |
French: Phytolaccacées
ⓘ
Spanish: fitolacáceas ⓘ |
| historicallyIncludedIn |
Caryophyllales
ⓘ
surface form:
Caryophyllales s.l.
|
| includesGenus |
Gallesia
ⓘ
Petiveria ⓘ Phytolaccaceae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Phytolacca
Rivina ⓘ |
| isA | family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire margin ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Phytolacca americana
ⓘ
Phytolacca ⓘ
surface form:
Phytolacca dioica
|
| order | Caryophyllales ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ovary ⓘ |
| perianth | usually 4 or 5 tepals ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | APG IV system ⓘ |
| sap | often colored sap ⓘ |
| stamens | usually equal or twice the number of tepals ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| toxicTo |
humans
ⓘ
livestock ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Phytolacca ⓘ |
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: Phytolaccaceae Description of subject: Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
pokeweed family
this entity surface form:
Phytolacca