Cunoniaceae
E1039556
Cunoniaceae is a family of flowering plants, mostly trees and shrubs, found primarily in the Southern Hemisphere and known for its often compound leaves and clustered inflorescences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cunoniaceae canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395151 — 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: Cunoniaceae Context triple: [Oxalidales, familyIncluded, Cunoniaceae]
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A.
Bruniaceae
Bruniaceae is a small family of flowering shrubs and heath-like plants, primarily native to South Africa and known for their ericoid leaves and clustered inflorescences.
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B.
Pittosporaceae
Pittosporaceae is a family of flowering plants, mostly shrubs and small trees, known for their often fragrant, resinous flowers and ornamental species such as Pittosporum.
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C.
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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D.
Loganiaceae
Loganiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Gentianales, known for its trees, shrubs, and lianas, some of which produce potent alkaloids and have medicinal or toxic properties.
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E.
Asteliaceae
Asteliaceae is a small family of flowering monocot plants, often herbaceous or tufted, primarily found in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in New Zealand and surrounding regions.
- 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: Cunoniaceae Target entity description: Cunoniaceae is a family of flowering plants, mostly trees and shrubs, found primarily in the Southern Hemisphere and known for its often compound leaves and clustered inflorescences.
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A.
Bruniaceae
Bruniaceae is a small family of flowering shrubs and heath-like plants, primarily native to South Africa and known for their ericoid leaves and clustered inflorescences.
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B.
Pittosporaceae
Pittosporaceae is a family of flowering plants, mostly shrubs and small trees, known for their often fragrant, resinous flowers and ornamental species such as Pittosporum.
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C.
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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D.
Loganiaceae
Loganiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Gentianales, known for its trees, shrubs, and lianas, some of which produce potent alkaloids and have medicinal or toxic properties.
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E.
Asteliaceae
Asteliaceae is a small family of flowering monocot plants, often herbaceous or tufted, primarily found in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in New Zealand and surrounding regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfGenera | about 25 ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfSpecies | about 300 ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | cunonia family ⓘ |
| containsTaxon |
Cunonia capensis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eucryphia cordifolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Weinmannia trichosperma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution |
Australasia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ Malesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Mascarene Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ New Caledonia NERFINISHED ⓘ New Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
component of forest canopy
ⓘ
component of forest understory ⓘ |
| flowerSex | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType |
berry
ⓘ
capsule ⓘ follicle ⓘ |
| habitat |
montane forests
ⓘ
temperate rainforests ⓘ tropical rainforests ⓘ |
| higherClassification |
Eudicots
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oxalidales NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | clustered inflorescences ⓘ |
| isA | family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves ⓘ |
| leafMargin | serrated margin ⓘ |
| leafType |
compound leaves
ⓘ
simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Cunonia ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Acsmithia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Codia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cunonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eucryphia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pancheria NERFINISHED ⓘ Schizomeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Weinmannia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Oxalidales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | inferior ovary ⓘ |
| perianth | distinct sepals and petals or undifferentiated tepals ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrgan | broad leaves ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollination |
bird pollination
ⓘ
insect pollination ⓘ |
| seedDispersal |
animal dispersal
ⓘ
wind dispersal ⓘ |
| stamenNumber | numerous stamens ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalGrowthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
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: Cunoniaceae Description of subject: Cunoniaceae is a family of flowering plants, mostly trees and shrubs, found primarily in the Southern Hemisphere and known for its often compound leaves and clustered inflorescences.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.