Rehmanniaceae
E728725
Rehmanniaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, best known for the medicinally important genus Rehmannia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rehmanniaceae canonical | 1 |
| Rehmanniaceae (English) | 1 |
| Rehmanniaceae (scientific Latin) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8348330 — 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: Rehmanniaceae Context triple: [Lamiales, includesFamily, Rehmanniaceae]
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A.
Hydrastidaceae
Hydrastidaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Ranunculales, best known for the medicinal herb goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis).
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B.
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae is a diverse family of flowering plants within the asterid clade, including plantains and many herbaceous species found worldwide.
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C.
Paeoniaceae
Paeoniaceae is a small family of flowering plants best known for the ornamental peonies, prized for their large, showy blooms.
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D.
Colchicaceae
Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Liliales, best known for bulbous or cormous species that often contain the alkaloid colchicine.
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E.
Simaroubaceae
Simaroubaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and inclusion of species like the tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima).
- 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: Rehmanniaceae Target entity description: Rehmanniaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, best known for the medicinally important genus Rehmannia.
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A.
Hydrastidaceae
Hydrastidaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Ranunculales, best known for the medicinal herb goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis).
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B.
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae is a diverse family of flowering plants within the asterid clade, including plantains and many herbaceous species found worldwide.
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C.
Paeoniaceae
Paeoniaceae is a small family of flowering plants best known for the ornamental peonies, prized for their large, showy blooms.
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D.
Colchicaceae
Colchicaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Liliales, best known for bulbous or cormous species that often contain the alkaloid colchicine.
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E.
Simaroubaceae
Simaroubaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and inclusion of species like the tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
core Lamiales
ⓘ
core eudicots ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Rehmannia
ⓘ
Triaenophora ⓘ |
| distribution |
China
ⓘ
East Asia ⓘ |
| economicUse | medicinal plants ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| flowerType | zygomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
herbaceous plants
ⓘ
perennial herbs ⓘ showy flowers ⓘ |
| hasFloralFormulaFeature | fused petals ⓘ |
| hasFruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm | non-woody herbs ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName |
Rehmanniaceae (English)
ⓘ
linked to:
Rehmanniaceae
Rehmanniaceae (scientific Latin) ⓘ
linked to:
Rehmanniaceae
|
| hasLeafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| hasLeafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| hasOvaryPosition | superior ovary ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveStructure | angiosperm flowers ⓘ |
| hasSeedEnclosure | seeds enclosed in ovary ⓘ |
| hasStamenNumber | 4 or 5 stamens ⓘ |
| hasUse | traditional Chinese medicine via Rehmannia ⓘ |
| isA | family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| isMonophyletic | true ⓘ |
| isRecognizedBy |
APG III system
ⓘ
linked to:
APG III classification
APG IV system ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Joseph Rehmann ⓘ |
| notableFor | medicinally important genus Rehmannia ⓘ |
| order | Lamiales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| previouslyIncludedIn | Scrophulariaceae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Rehmannia ⓘ |
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: Rehmanniaceae Description of subject: Rehmanniaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, best known for the medicinally important genus Rehmannia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rehmanniaceae
linked to: Rehmanniaceae