Tecophilaeaceae
E853795
Tecophilaeaceae is a small family of flowering monocots in the order Asparagales, comprising mainly bulbous or rhizomatous herbaceous plants often grown for their ornamental, brightly colored flowers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tecophilaeaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10249258 — 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: Tecophilaeaceae Context triple: [Asparagales, includesFamily, Tecophilaeaceae]
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A.
Phyllachoraceae
Phyllachoraceae is a family of parasitic ascomycete fungi, many of which form characteristic leaf spots on plants.
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B.
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieriaceae is a small family of desert-adapted flowering plants best known for the ocotillo and its relatives, which are native to arid regions of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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C.
Crypteroniaceae
Crypteroniaceae is a small family of flowering trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Asia, classified within the order Myrtales.
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D.
Daphniphyllaceae
Daphniphyllaceae is a small family of evergreen flowering shrubs and trees native mainly to East and Southeast Asia, known for their leathery leaves and often toxic alkaloids.
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E.
Neesiaceae
Neesiaceae is a family of fungi classified within the order Xenospadicoidales, comprising species typically associated with decaying plant material.
- 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: Tecophilaeaceae Target entity description: Tecophilaeaceae is a small family of flowering monocots in the order Asparagales, comprising mainly bulbous or rhizomatous herbaceous plants often grown for their ornamental, brightly colored flowers.
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A.
Phyllachoraceae
Phyllachoraceae is a family of parasitic ascomycete fungi, many of which form characteristic leaf spots on plants.
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B.
Fouquieriaceae
Fouquieriaceae is a small family of desert-adapted flowering plants best known for the ocotillo and its relatives, which are native to arid regions of the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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C.
Crypteroniaceae
Crypteroniaceae is a small family of flowering trees and shrubs native mainly to tropical Asia, classified within the order Myrtales.
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D.
Daphniphyllaceae
Daphniphyllaceae is a small family of evergreen flowering shrubs and trees native mainly to East and Southeast Asia, known for their leathery leaves and often toxic alkaloids.
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E.
Neesiaceae
Neesiaceae is a family of fungi classified within the order Xenospadicoidales, comprising species typically associated with decaying plant material.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | core Asparagales ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Monocots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| class | Liliopsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Conanthera
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cyanastrum NERFINISHED ⓘ Cyanella NERFINISHED ⓘ Eremiolirion NERFINISHED ⓘ Kabuyea NERFINISHED ⓘ Odontostomum NERFINISHED ⓘ Tecophilaea NERFINISHED ⓘ Urospatha NERFINISHED ⓘ Walleria ⓘ Zephyra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedBy | John Gilbert Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1877 ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic | brightly colored flowers ⓘ |
| hasCommonTrait | geophytic habit ⓘ |
| hasGrowthForm | herbaceous ⓘ |
| hasLanguageName |
de:Tecophilaeaceae
ⓘ
en:Tecophilaeaceae ⓘ es:Tecofiláceas ⓘ fr:Tecophilaeaceae ⓘ |
| hasUndergroundOrgan |
bulb
ⓘ
rhizome ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal ⓘ |
| leafType | simple ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Africa
ⓘ
Mediterranean region ⓘ South America ⓘ western North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Asparagales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ⓘ |
| perianthParts | 6 ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| recognizedBySystem |
APG III
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
APG IV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stamenNumber | 6 ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Tecophilaea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | ornamental plants ⓘ |
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: Tecophilaeaceae Description of subject: Tecophilaeaceae is a small family of flowering monocots in the order Asparagales, comprising mainly bulbous or rhizomatous herbaceous plants often grown for their ornamental, brightly colored flowers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.