Sigillariaceae
E1563812
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Sigillariaceae is an extinct family of arborescent lycopsid plants that dominated Carboniferous coal swamp forests alongside related genera such as Sigillaria and Lepidodendron.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sigillariaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22968746 — 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: Sigillariaceae Context triple: [Sigillaria, family, Sigillariaceae]
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A.
Cephalotaceae
Cephalotaceae is a small family of flowering plants best known for the Australian Albany pitcher plant, a carnivorous species with specialized pitfall traps.
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B.
Scortechiniaceae
Scortechiniaceae is a family of fungi within the order Coronophorales, comprising species typically associated with decaying wood and plant material.
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C.
Trapaceae
Trapaceae is a small family of aquatic flowering plants best known for the water chestnut genus Trapa, characterized by floating rosettes of leaves and spiny, nut-like fruits.
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D.
Paracryphiaceae
Paracryphiaceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising woody shrubs and trees native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, recognized for its distinctive position in the asterid clade.
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E.
Geissolomataceae
Geissolomataceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Crossosomatales, comprising shrubs native to South Africa.
- 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: Sigillariaceae Target entity description: Sigillariaceae is an extinct family of arborescent lycopsid plants that dominated Carboniferous coal swamp forests alongside related genera such as Sigillaria and Lepidodendron.
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A.
Cephalotaceae
Cephalotaceae is a small family of flowering plants best known for the Australian Albany pitcher plant, a carnivorous species with specialized pitfall traps.
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B.
Scortechiniaceae
Scortechiniaceae is a family of fungi within the order Coronophorales, comprising species typically associated with decaying wood and plant material.
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C.
Trapaceae
Trapaceae is a small family of aquatic flowering plants best known for the water chestnut genus Trapa, characterized by floating rosettes of leaves and spiny, nut-like fruits.
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D.
Paracryphiaceae
Paracryphiaceae is a small family of flowering plants comprising woody shrubs and trees native mainly to the Southern Hemisphere, recognized for its distinctive position in the asterid clade.
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E.
Geissolomataceae
Geissolomataceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Crossosomatales, comprising shrubs native to South Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.