Asteliaceae
E861298
Asteliaceae is a small family of flowering monocot plants, often herbaceous or tufted, primarily found in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in New Zealand and surrounding regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asteliaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10249255 — 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: Asteliaceae Context triple: [Asparagales, includesFamily, Asteliaceae]
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A.
Altingiaceae
Altingiaceae is a small family of flowering trees known for their resin-producing species, such as sweetgum, and is classified within the order Saxifragales.
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B.
Valsaceae
Valsaceae is a family of fungi within the order Diaporthales, comprising mainly plant-pathogenic species that often cause cankers and other diseases in woody plants.
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C.
Donatiaceae
Donatiaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Asterales, known for its limited number of species and specialized distribution.
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D.
Doryanthaceae
Doryanthaceae is a small family of flowering plants native to eastern Australia, known for its large, showy, lily-like perennials.
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E.
Togniniaceae
Togniniaceae is a family of fungi within the order Togniniales, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with wood and 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: Asteliaceae Target entity description: Asteliaceae is a small family of flowering monocot plants, often herbaceous or tufted, primarily found in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in New Zealand and surrounding regions.
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A.
Altingiaceae
Altingiaceae is a small family of flowering trees known for their resin-producing species, such as sweetgum, and is classified within the order Saxifragales.
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B.
Valsaceae
Valsaceae is a family of fungi within the order Diaporthales, comprising mainly plant-pathogenic species that often cause cankers and other diseases in woody plants.
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C.
Donatiaceae
Donatiaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Asterales, known for its limited number of species and specialized distribution.
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D.
Doryanthaceae
Doryanthaceae is a small family of flowering plants native to eastern Australia, known for its large, showy, lily-like perennials.
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E.
Togniniaceae
Togniniaceae is a family of fungi within the order Togniniales, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with wood and plant material.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Monocots ⓘ |
| describedInTaxonomicSystem |
APG III system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
APG IV system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution |
Australia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New Caledonia NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Hemisphere ⓘ Tasmania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual ⓘ |
| fruitType |
berry
ⓘ
capsule ⓘ |
| habitat |
forest understory
ⓘ
montane regions ⓘ subalpine regions ⓘ wet shrublands ⓘ |
| hasGenus |
Astelia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Astelia sect. Micrastelia NERFINISHED ⓘ Collospermum NERFINISHED ⓘ Milligania NERFINISHED ⓘ Neoastelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Astelia alpina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Astelia fragrans NERFINISHED ⓘ Astelia nervosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Collospermum hastatum NERFINISHED ⓘ Milligania densiflora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal rosette ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Astelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Asparagales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | inferior ovary ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| previousCircumscription | included in Liliaceae in older systems ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Astelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalGrowthForm |
herbaceous
ⓘ
tufted ⓘ |
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: Asteliaceae Description of subject: Asteliaceae is a small family of flowering monocot plants, often herbaceous or tufted, primarily found in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in New Zealand and surrounding regions.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.