Crossosomataceae
E1039575
Crossosomataceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising shrubs and small trees, primarily native to arid and semi-arid regions of North and Central America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crossosomataceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13395248 — 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: Crossosomataceae Context triple: [Crossosomatales, containsTaxon, Crossosomataceae]
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A.
Loxsomataceae
Loxsomataceae is a small family of primitive ferns known for their distinctive frond morphology and limited geographic distribution, classified within the order Cyatheales.
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B.
Montiniaceae
Montiniaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Solanales, comprising shrubs and small trees native mainly to Africa and Madagascar.
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C.
Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae is a former family of mostly large, long-lived coniferous trees such as redwoods and bald cypresses, now generally treated within the cypress family Cupressaceae.
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D.
Metaxyaceae
Metaxyaceae is a small family of tropical ferns within the order Cyatheales, known for its climbing or epiphytic species found primarily in rainforest habitats.
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E.
Gomortegaceae
Gomortegaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Laurales, best known for the Chilean endemic tree Gomortega keule.
- 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: Crossosomataceae Target entity description: Crossosomataceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising shrubs and small trees, primarily native to arid and semi-arid regions of North and Central America.
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A.
Loxsomataceae
Loxsomataceae is a small family of primitive ferns known for their distinctive frond morphology and limited geographic distribution, classified within the order Cyatheales.
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B.
Montiniaceae
Montiniaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Solanales, comprising shrubs and small trees native mainly to Africa and Madagascar.
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C.
Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae is a former family of mostly large, long-lived coniferous trees such as redwoods and bald cypresses, now generally treated within the cypress family Cupressaceae.
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D.
Metaxyaceae
Metaxyaceae is a small family of tropical ferns within the order Cyatheales, known for its climbing or epiphytic species found primarily in rainforest habitats.
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E.
Gomortegaceae
Gomortegaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Laurales, best known for the Chilean endemic tree Gomortega keule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm family
ⓘ
plant family ⓘ taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToAPGSystem | APG IV system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ |
| commonName | Crossosoma family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | some species locally rare ⓘ |
| describedAs | small family of shrubs and small trees ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Central America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ southwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ecologicalAdaptation | drought tolerance ⓘ |
| economicImportance | limited horticultural use ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrubs
ⓘ
small trees ⓘ |
| hasGenus |
Apacheria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Crossosoma NERFINISHED ⓘ Forsellesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Glossopetalon NERFINISHED ⓘ Tetracoccus NERFINISHED ⓘ Velascoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTaxonomicAuthority | Engler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isA | family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| nameSuffix | -aceae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Central America
ⓘ
North America ⓘ |
| order | Crossosomatales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| petalNumber | usually five petals ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| previouslyPlacedInOrder | Rosales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Angiosperm Phylogeny Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | flowers with distinct petals and sepals ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | primarily by dehiscent capsules ⓘ |
| stamenNumber | numerous stamens ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
arid regions
ⓘ
semi-arid regions ⓘ |
| woodType | hardwood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Crossosomataceae Description of subject: Crossosomataceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising shrubs and small trees, primarily native to arid and semi-arid regions of North and Central America.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.