Proteaceae
E107059
Proteaceae is a large family of flowering plants, especially diverse in the Southern Hemisphere, that includes many shrubs and trees such as proteas, banksias, and grevilleas.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proteaceae canonical | 6 |
| protea family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T883139 — 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: Proteaceae Context triple: [Robert Brown, describedTaxon, Proteaceae]
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A.
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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B.
Portulacaceae
Portulacaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the purslane family, comprising mostly succulent herbs and shrubs adapted to arid and semi-arid environments.
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C.
Eupteleaceae
Eupteleaceae is a small family of deciduous flowering trees and shrubs native to East Asia, known for their simple leaves and wind-pollinated flowers.
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D.
Asteraceae
Asteraceae is one of the largest families of flowering plants, commonly known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family, encompassing a wide variety of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees found worldwide.
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E.
Aizoaceae
Aizoaceae is a family of flowering plants, many of which are succulent and adapted to arid environments, commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds.
- 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: Proteaceae Target entity description: Proteaceae is a large family of flowering plants, especially diverse in the Southern Hemisphere, that includes many shrubs and trees such as proteas, banksias, and grevilleas.
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A.
Caryophyllaceae
Caryophyllaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pink or carnation family, that includes many herbaceous species found worldwide, especially in temperate regions.
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B.
Portulacaceae
Portulacaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the purslane family, comprising mostly succulent herbs and shrubs adapted to arid and semi-arid environments.
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C.
Eupteleaceae
Eupteleaceae is a small family of deciduous flowering trees and shrubs native to East Asia, known for their simple leaves and wind-pollinated flowers.
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D.
Asteraceae
Asteraceae is one of the largest families of flowering plants, commonly known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family, encompassing a wide variety of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees found worldwide.
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E.
Aizoaceae
Aizoaceae is a family of flowering plants, many of which are succulent and adapted to arid environments, commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| adaptation |
adapted to nutrient-poor soils
ⓘ
many species fire-adapted ⓘ |
| centerOfDiversity |
Australia
ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
Proteaceae
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
protea family
|
| describedBy | Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1789 ⓘ |
| economicUse |
cut flowers
ⓘ
edible nuts ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | zygomorphic or actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| foundInRegion |
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Floristic Region
Southwestern Australia ⓘ |
| fruitType |
follicle
ⓘ
nut ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrubs
ⓘ
trees ⓘ |
| habitat |
Mediterranean-climate shrublands
ⓘ
forests ⓘ heathlands ⓘ |
| hasGenus |
Banksia
ⓘ
Banksia ⓘ
surface form:
Dryandra
Grevillea ⓘ Hakea ⓘ Leucadendron ⓘ Leucospermum ⓘ Macadamia ⓘ Persoonia ⓘ Protea flower ⓘ
surface form:
Protea
Telopea ⓘ |
| hasSubdivisionRank | subfamily ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily |
Grevilleoideae
ⓘ
Persoonioideae ⓘ Proteoideae ⓘ Sphalmioideae ⓘ |
| inflorescenceType | dense flower heads ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafCharacteristic | often sclerophyllous leaves ⓘ |
| nativeToHemisphere | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| notableProduct | macadamia nuts ⓘ |
| order | Proteales ⓘ |
| pollination |
bird-pollinated
ⓘ
insect-pollinated ⓘ mammal-pollinated ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus |
Protea flower
ⓘ
surface form:
Protea
|
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: Proteaceae Description of subject: Proteaceae is a large family of flowering plants, especially diverse in the Southern Hemisphere, that includes many shrubs and trees such as proteas, banksias, and grevilleas.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
protea family