Ranunculidae
E79990
Ranunculidae is a botanical subclass of flowering plants that includes buttercups and related families characterized by mostly herbaceous species with often showy, radially symmetrical flowers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ranunculidae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T637833 — 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: Ranunculidae Context triple: [Ranunculales, subclass, Ranunculidae]
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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.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
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C.
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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D.
Phytolaccaceae
Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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E.
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the leadwort or plumbago family, that includes mostly herbaceous and shrubby species often found in saline or coastal habitats.
- 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: Ranunculidae Target entity description: Ranunculidae is a botanical subclass of flowering plants that includes buttercups and related families characterized by mostly herbaceous species with often showy, radially symmetrical flowers.
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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.
Papaveraceae
Papaveraceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the poppy family, which includes many species with showy, often brightly colored flowers.
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C.
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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D.
Phytolaccaceae
Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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E.
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbaginaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the leadwort or plumbago family, that includes mostly herbaceous and shrubby species often found in saline or coastal habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botanical subclass
ⓘ
subclass of flowering plants ⓘ taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup |
Eudicots
ⓘ
surface form:
eudicots
|
| characterizedBy |
mostly herbaceous species
ⓘ
radially symmetrical flowers ⓘ showy flowers ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
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| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| contains | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| flowerType | actinomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| hasCommonNameElement | buttercup group ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance | ornamental plants ⓘ |
| hasFloralSymmetry | radial symmetry ⓘ |
| hasMorphology |
often showy perianth
ⓘ
predominantly herbaceous habit ⓘ |
| hasRepresentativeFamily | Ranunculaceae ⓘ |
| includes |
Ranunculaceae
ⓘ
buttercups ⓘ related families of buttercups ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | flowering plants ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | subclass ⓘ |
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: Ranunculidae Description of subject: Ranunculidae is a botanical subclass of flowering plants that includes buttercups and related families characterized by mostly herbaceous species with often showy, radially symmetrical flowers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.