Asterids
E55750
Asterids are a major clade of flowering plants that includes many familiar species such as sunflowers, coffee, tomatoes, and mint, characterized by fused petals and other shared floral traits.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asterids canonical | 46 |
| Asteridae | 5 |
| asterids | 3 |
| Asteranae (in some systems) | 1 |
| Core asterids | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T435105 — 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: Asterids Context triple: [Caryophyllales, clade, Asterids]
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A.
Ranunculales
Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants that includes several families of mostly herbaceous species, many of which are known for their ornamental flowers and bioactive chemical compounds.
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B.
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales is a large and diverse order of flowering plants that includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, and many succulent and halophytic species adapted to extreme environments.
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C.
Sapindales
Sapindales is an order of flowering plants that includes economically and ecologically important trees and shrubs such as mangoes, citrus, maples, and cashews.
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D.
Rosids
Rosids are a large and diverse clade of flowering plants that includes many familiar trees, shrubs, and herbs such as roses, legumes, and oaks.
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E.
Eudicots
Eudicots are a major clade of flowering plants characterized by having two seed leaves (cotyledons) and typically net-like leaf venation, encompassing the majority of known angiosperm species.
- 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: Asterids Target entity description: Asterids are a major clade of flowering plants that includes many familiar species such as sunflowers, coffee, tomatoes, and mint, characterized by fused petals and other shared floral traits.
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A.
Ranunculales
Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants that includes several families of mostly herbaceous species, many of which are known for their ornamental flowers and bioactive chemical compounds.
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B.
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllales is a large and diverse order of flowering plants that includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, and many succulent and halophytic species adapted to extreme environments.
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C.
Sapindales
Sapindales is an order of flowering plants that includes economically and ecologically important trees and shrubs such as mangoes, citrus, maples, and cashews.
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D.
Rosids
Rosids are a large and diverse clade of flowering plants that includes many familiar trees, shrubs, and herbs such as roses, legumes, and oaks.
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E.
Eudicots
Eudicots are a major clade of flowering plants characterized by having two seed leaves (cotyledons) and typically net-like leaf venation, encompassing the majority of known angiosperm species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (76)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm clade
ⓘ
clade of flowering plants ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
fused petals (sympetaly)
ⓘ
iridoid compounds in many lineages ⓘ sympetalous corollas in most species ⓘ tenuinucellate ovules in many taxa ⓘ unitegmic ovules in many taxa ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| containsClade |
Campanulids
ⓘ
Lamiids ⓘ |
| containsOrder |
Apiales
ⓘ
Aquifoliales ⓘ Asterales ⓘ Cornales ⓘ Dipsacales ⓘ Ericales ⓘ Garryales ⓘ Gentianales ⓘ Icacinales ⓘ Lamiales ⓘ Metteniusales ⓘ Solanales ⓘ Vahliales ⓘ |
| divergenceAge | Cretaceous period (approximate) ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
major source of beverage crops
ⓘ
major source of food crops ⓘ major source of medicinal plants ⓘ major source of ornamental plants ⓘ |
| includesCrop |
carrot
ⓘ
coffee ⓘ pepper ⓘ potato ⓘ sunflower ⓘ tomato ⓘ |
| includesFamily |
Apiaceae
ⓘ
Apocynaceae ⓘ Araliaceae ⓘ Asteraceae ⓘ Boraginales ⓘ
surface form:
Boraginaceae
Campanulaceae ⓘ Caprifoliaceae ⓘ Convolvulaceae ⓘ Cornaceae ⓘ Ericaceae ⓘ Gentianaceae ⓘ Lamiaceae ⓘ Oleaceae ⓘ Plantaginaceae ⓘ Rubiaceae ⓘ Solanaceae ⓘ |
| includesHerb |
basil
ⓘ
mint ⓘ oregano ⓘ sage ⓘ |
| includesSpecies |
Capsicum annuum
ⓘ
Arabica ⓘ
surface form:
Coffea arabica
Daucus carota ⓘ Digitalis purpurea ⓘ Helianthus annuus ⓘ Lavandula angustifolia ⓘ Mentha spicata ⓘ Nicotiana tabacum ⓘ Basil ⓘ
surface form:
Ocimum basilicum
Solanum lycopersicum ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| monophyletic | true ⓘ |
| numberOfSpecies | over 80,000 described species ⓘ |
| parentClade | Eudicots ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 photosynthesis (predominant) ⓘ |
| phylogeneticSystem | APG IV system ⓘ |
| proportionOfAngiosperms | about one third of all flowering plant species ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Angiosperm Phylogeny Group ⓘ |
| subclass | Asteridae ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | clade ⓘ |
| unrankedClade | core eudicots ⓘ |
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: Asterids Description of subject: Asterids are a major clade of flowering plants that includes many familiar species such as sunflowers, coffee, tomatoes, and mint, characterized by fused petals and other shared floral traits.
Referenced by (56)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.