Chloridoideae
E741363
Chloridoideae is a subfamily of grasses within the Poaceae family, comprising many drought- and salt-tolerant species commonly found in warm and arid regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chloridoideae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8548775 — 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: Chloridoideae Context triple: [Poaceae, hasSubfamily, Chloridoideae]
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A.
Moroideae
Moroideae is a subfamily within the mulberry family (Moraceae), comprising various genera of flowering trees and shrubs primarily found in tropical regions.
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B.
Proteoideae
Proteoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants within the Proteaceae, comprising many Southern Hemisphere shrubs and trees known for their specialized inflorescences and adaptations to nutrient-poor soils.
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C.
Betoideae
Betoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae), best known for including beets and related genera.
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D.
Sphalmioideae
Sphalmioideae is a subfamily within the Proteaceae, a family of flowering plants known for its predominantly Southern Hemisphere distribution and diverse woody species.
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E.
Grevilleoideae
Grevilleoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants within the Proteaceae, comprising many predominantly Southern Hemisphere shrubs and trees including genera such as Grevillea and Banksia.
- 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: Chloridoideae Target entity description: Chloridoideae is a subfamily of grasses within the Poaceae family, comprising many drought- and salt-tolerant species commonly found in warm and arid regions.
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A.
Moroideae
Moroideae is a subfamily within the mulberry family (Moraceae), comprising various genera of flowering trees and shrubs primarily found in tropical regions.
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B.
Proteoideae
Proteoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants within the Proteaceae, comprising many Southern Hemisphere shrubs and trees known for their specialized inflorescences and adaptations to nutrient-poor soils.
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C.
Betoideae
Betoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae), best known for including beets and related genera.
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D.
Sphalmioideae
Sphalmioideae is a subfamily within the Proteaceae, a family of flowering plants known for its predominantly Southern Hemisphere distribution and diverse woody species.
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E.
Grevilleoideae
Grevilleoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants within the Proteaceae, comprising many predominantly Southern Hemisphere shrubs and trees including genera such as Grevillea and Banksia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant subfamily
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taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
drought tolerance
ⓘ
high temperature tolerance ⓘ salt tolerance ⓘ |
| class | Liliopsida ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Arundinelleae
ⓘ
Centropodieae ⓘ Chlorideae ⓘ Cynodonteae ⓘ Eragrostideae ⓘ Triraphideae ⓘ Zoysieae ⓘ |
| distinguishedBy |
often narrow leaves
ⓘ
predominantly C4 photosynthesis ⓘ short leaf blades ⓘ spikelet inflorescences ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
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tropical regions ⓘ warm temperate regions ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
dominant grasses in arid grasslands
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important forage grasses ⓘ |
| family | Poaceae ⓘ |
| firstDescriptionYear | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | chloridoid grasses ⓘ |
| includes |
Chloris gayana
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Cynodon dactylon ⓘ Eragrostis tef ⓘ Zoysia japonica ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| memberOf | PACMAD clade ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | high species diversity in dry climates ⓘ |
| order | Poales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon |
PACMAD clade
ⓘ
Poaceae ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C4 ⓘ |
| phylum | Tracheophyta ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Poaceae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Chloris ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
arid regions
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coastal areas ⓘ savannas ⓘ semiarid grasslands ⓘ warm regions ⓘ |
| usedFor |
pasture
ⓘ
soil stabilization ⓘ turf ⓘ |
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: Chloridoideae Description of subject: Chloridoideae is a subfamily of grasses within the Poaceae family, comprising many drought- and salt-tolerant species commonly found in warm and arid regions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.