Stilbaceae
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Stilbaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, comprising mostly shrubs and small trees native to southern Africa and nearby regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stilbaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8348331 — 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: Stilbaceae Context triple: [Lamiales, includesFamily, Stilbaceae]
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A.
Valsaceae
Valsaceae is a family of fungi within the order Diaporthales, comprising mainly plant-pathogenic species that often cause cankers and other diseases in woody plants.
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B.
Penthoraceae
Penthoraceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales, typically comprising herbaceous or semi-aquatic species found in temperate regions.
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C.
Datiscaceae
Datiscaceae is a small family of flowering plants known for its herbaceous species, such as Datisca, that often exhibit unusual reproductive traits like dioecy and are native to regions in Eurasia and North America.
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D.
Basellaceae
Basellaceae is a small family of flowering plants, including mostly tropical climbing herbs and vines such as Malabar spinach, known for their succulent stems and edible leaves.
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E.
Bixaceae
Bixaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Malvales, best known for species like the annatto tree (Bixa orellana) whose seeds are used as a natural dye and food coloring.
- 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: Stilbaceae Target entity description: Stilbaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, comprising mostly shrubs and small trees native to southern Africa and nearby regions.
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A.
Valsaceae
Valsaceae is a family of fungi within the order Diaporthales, comprising mainly plant-pathogenic species that often cause cankers and other diseases in woody plants.
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B.
Penthoraceae
Penthoraceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales, typically comprising herbaceous or semi-aquatic species found in temperate regions.
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C.
Datiscaceae
Datiscaceae is a small family of flowering plants known for its herbaceous species, such as Datisca, that often exhibit unusual reproductive traits like dioecy and are native to regions in Eurasia and North America.
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D.
Basellaceae
Basellaceae is a small family of flowering plants, including mostly tropical climbing herbs and vines such as Malabar spinach, known for their succulent stems and edible leaves.
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E.
Bixaceae
Bixaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Malvales, best known for species like the annatto tree (Bixa orellana) whose seeds are used as a natural dye and food coloring.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfGenera | about 10 ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfSpecies | about 40 ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Asterids ⓘ Eudicots ⓘ |
| climatePreference |
Mediterranean-type climates
ⓘ
seasonally dry climates ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Lamiaceae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scrophulariaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| corolla | tubular ⓘ |
| distribution | Africa ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | zygomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrubs
ⓘ
small trees ⓘ subshrubs ⓘ |
| habitat |
fynbos
ⓘ
montane regions ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ shrublands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
entire leaf margins
ⓘ
often small leaves ⓘ opposite leaves ⓘ simple leaves ⓘ woody plants ⓘ |
| higherClassification | Lamiales families ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Campylostachys
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Euthystachys NERFINISHED ⓘ Halleria NERFINISHED ⓘ Ixianthes NERFINISHED ⓘ Kogelbergia NERFINISHED ⓘ Nuxia NERFINISHED ⓘ Retzia NERFINISHED ⓘ Stilbe NERFINISHED ⓘ Thesmophora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType |
heads
ⓘ
racemes ⓘ spikes ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Eswatini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ tropical Africa ⓘ |
| order | Lamiales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | APG IV system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionRanks | genera ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeOf | flowering plant family ⓘ |
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: Stilbaceae Description of subject: Stilbaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Lamiales, comprising mostly shrubs and small trees native to southern Africa and nearby regions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.