Marantaceae
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Marantaceae is a family of tropical flowering plants, commonly known as the prayer plant family, noted for their ornamental foliage and distinctive leaf movements.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marantaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11977103 — 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: Marantaceae Context triple: [Zingiberales, containsFamily, Marantaceae]
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A.
Begoniaceae
Begoniaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for the ornamental begonias, which are widely cultivated for their colorful leaves and showy flowers.
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B.
Araliaceae
Araliaceae is a family of mostly woody flowering plants that includes well-known genera such as ginseng (Panax) and ivy (Hedera), many of which are valued ornamentals or medicinal species.
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C.
Araceae
Araceae is a large family of flowering monocot plants known for their often showy, sometimes foul-smelling inflorescences composed of a spadix surrounded by a spathe, including popular ornamentals like philodendrons and peace lilies.
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D.
Commelinidae
Commelinidae is a major subclass of flowering plants that includes grasses, sedges, and related monocot families characterized by often wind-pollinated, herbaceous species.
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E.
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae is a diverse family of mostly tropical flowering plants that includes species such as pineapples and many ornamental bromeliads, known for their rosette forms and often striking foliage.
- 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: Marantaceae Target entity description: Marantaceae is a family of tropical flowering plants, commonly known as the prayer plant family, noted for their ornamental foliage and distinctive leaf movements.
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A.
Begoniaceae
Begoniaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for the ornamental begonias, which are widely cultivated for their colorful leaves and showy flowers.
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B.
Araliaceae
Araliaceae is a family of mostly woody flowering plants that includes well-known genera such as ginseng (Panax) and ivy (Hedera), many of which are valued ornamentals or medicinal species.
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C.
Araceae
Araceae is a large family of flowering monocot plants known for their often showy, sometimes foul-smelling inflorescences composed of a spadix surrounded by a spathe, including popular ornamentals like philodendrons and peace lilies.
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D.
Commelinidae
Commelinidae is a major subclass of flowering plants that includes grasses, sedges, and related monocot families characterized by often wind-pollinated, herbaceous species.
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E.
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliaceae is a diverse family of mostly tropical flowering plants that includes species such as pineapples and many ornamental bromeliads, known for their rosette forms and often striking foliage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.