Zingiberaceae
E285069
Zingiberaceae is the botanical family of flowering plants commonly known as the ginger family, which includes economically important spices and ornamentals such as ginger, turmeric, and cardamom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zingiberaceae canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2645956 — 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: Zingiberaceae Context triple: [Liliopsida, includesFamily, Zingiberaceae]
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A.
Vitaceae
Vitaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for grapevines, many of which produce edible grapes and are cultivated worldwide for fruit and wine.
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B.
Surianaceae
Surianaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Fabales, comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs such as those in the genus Suriana.
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C.
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often climbing flowering plants known for their ornamental foliage and sometimes edible fruits, native primarily to East Asia and the Andes.
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D.
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
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E.
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many trees and shrubs such as maples, horse chestnuts, and lychees, known for their economic and ecological importance worldwide.
- 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: Zingiberaceae Target entity description: Zingiberaceae is the botanical family of flowering plants commonly known as the ginger family, which includes economically important spices and ornamentals such as ginger, turmeric, and cardamom.
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A.
Vitaceae
Vitaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for grapevines, many of which produce edible grapes and are cultivated worldwide for fruit and wine.
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B.
Surianaceae
Surianaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Fabales, comprising mostly tropical trees and shrubs such as those in the genus Suriana.
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C.
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often climbing flowering plants known for their ornamental foliage and sometimes edible fruits, native primarily to East Asia and the Andes.
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D.
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is a diverse family of flowering monocot plants that includes asparagus, agaves, yuccas, and related species found in a wide range of habitats.
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E.
Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae is a large family of flowering plants that includes many trees and shrubs such as maples, horse chestnuts, and lychees, known for their economic and ecological importance worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| centerOfDiversity | Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Liliopsida ⓘ
surface form:
Monocots
|
| commonName | ginger family ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
aromatic resins
ⓘ
curcuminoids ⓘ essential oils ⓘ gingerols ⓘ |
| describedBy | Robert Brown ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| economicUse |
ornamental horticulture
ⓘ
perfume and fragrance ⓘ spice production ⓘ traditional medicine ⓘ |
| growthForm |
herbaceous perennials
ⓘ
rhizomatous plants ⓘ |
| habitat |
shaded understory
ⓘ
tropical forests ⓘ |
| includesGenus |
Alpinia
ⓘ
Amomum ⓘ Costus ⓘ Curcuma ⓘ Elettaria ⓘ Etlingera ⓘ Globba ⓘ Hedychium ⓘ Kaempferia ⓘ Renealmia ⓘ Roscoea ⓘ Zingiber ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Alpinia
ⓘ
surface form:
Alpinia galanga
Curcuma ⓘ
surface form:
Curcuma aromatica
Curcuma ⓘ
surface form:
Curcuma longa
Elettaria ⓘ
surface form:
Elettaria cardamomum
Etlingera ⓘ
surface form:
Etlingera elatior
Hedychium ⓘ
surface form:
Hedychium coronarium
Zingiber officinale ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | distichous ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter | genus Zingiber ⓘ |
| order | Zingiberales ⓘ |
| pollination |
bird-pollinated
ⓘ
insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure |
capsule fruits
ⓘ
flowers ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Zingiber ⓘ |
| usedFor |
culinary spices
ⓘ
herbal remedies ⓘ |
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: Zingiberaceae Description of subject: Zingiberaceae is the botanical family of flowering plants commonly known as the ginger family, which includes economically important spices and ornamentals such as ginger, turmeric, and cardamom.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.