Iridaceae
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Iridaceae is a family of flowering plants known for its showy, often iris-like flowers and includes many ornamental garden species.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iridaceae canonical | 9 |
| Hemerocallidaceae (in some systems) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2645954 — 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: Iridaceae Context triple: [Liliopsida, includesFamily, Iridaceae]
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A.
Liliaceae
Liliaceae is a family of flowering monocot plants that includes many well-known ornamental and bulbous species such as lilies and tulips.
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B.
Asterales
Asterales is a large order of flowering plants that includes daisies, sunflowers, and many other familiar ornamental and wild species.
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C.
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae is a large family of mostly herbaceous flowering plants, including buttercups, clematis, and columbines, known for their often showy but sometimes toxic flowers.
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D.
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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E.
Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae is a large and diverse family of flowering plants known for their intricate, often fragrant blooms and specialized pollination strategies, commonly referred to as the orchid family.
- 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: Iridaceae Target entity description: Iridaceae is a family of flowering plants known for its showy, often iris-like flowers and includes many ornamental garden species.
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A.
Liliaceae
Liliaceae is a family of flowering monocot plants that includes many well-known ornamental and bulbous species such as lilies and tulips.
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B.
Asterales
Asterales is a large order of flowering plants that includes daisies, sunflowers, and many other familiar ornamental and wild species.
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C.
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculaceae is a large family of mostly herbaceous flowering plants, including buttercups, clematis, and columbines, known for their often showy but sometimes toxic flowers.
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D.
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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E.
Orchidaceae
Orchidaceae is a large and diverse family of flowering plants known for their intricate, often fragrant blooms and specialized pollination strategies, commonly referred to as the orchid family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| centerOfDiversity |
Mediterranean region
ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| commonName | iris family ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Aristea
ⓘ
Babiana ⓘ Crocosmia ⓘ
linked to:
Sparaxis
Crocus ⓘ Dietes ⓘ Ferraria ⓘ Freesia ⓘ Geissorhiza ⓘ Gladiolus ⓘ Gynandriris ⓘ Hermodactylus ⓘ Hesperantha ⓘ
linked to:
Sparaxis
Iris ⓘ Ixia ⓘ Libertia ⓘ Moraea ⓘ Neomarica ⓘ Orthrosanthus ⓘ Patersonia ⓘ Romulea ⓘ Schoenocaulon ⓘ Sisyrinchium ⓘ Sparaxis ⓘ Tigridia ⓘ Watsonia ⓘ |
| describedBy | Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicUse |
cut flowers
ⓘ
garden plants ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ |
| flowerType |
showy flowers
ⓘ
zygomorphic flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm |
geophytes
ⓘ
herbaceous perennials ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
iris-like flowers
ⓘ
parallel-veined leaves ⓘ three-parted style branches ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | basal leaves ⓘ |
| leafType | narrow leaves ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Iris ⓘ |
| order | Asparagales ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | inferior ovary ⓘ |
| perianth | six tepals ⓘ |
| pollination |
bird-pollinated
ⓘ
insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| stamenNumber | three stamens ⓘ |
| storageOrgan |
bulb-like structures
ⓘ
corms ⓘ rhizomes ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Iris ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1789 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Iridaceae Description of subject: Iridaceae is a family of flowering plants known for its showy, often iris-like flowers and includes many ornamental garden species.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Iridaceae
subject linked to:
Gilboa iris (Iris haynei)
subject linked to:
Sisyrynchium subg. Olsynium (sometimes placed)