Apocynaceae
E289838
Apocynaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the dogbane family, that includes many tropical trees, shrubs, and vines often noted for their milky sap and toxic or medicinal properties.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apocynaceae canonical | 12 |
| Apocynoideae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2671227 — 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: Apocynaceae Context triple: [Asterids, includesFamily, Apocynaceae]
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A.
Phytolaccaceae
Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes economically important species such as mango, cashew, and pistachio.
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C.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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D.
Simaroubaceae
Simaroubaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and inclusion of species like the tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima).
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E.
Vitaceae
Vitaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for grapevines, many of which produce edible grapes and are cultivated worldwide for fruit and wine.
- 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: Apocynaceae Target entity description: Apocynaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the dogbane family, that includes many tropical trees, shrubs, and vines often noted for their milky sap and toxic or medicinal properties.
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A.
Phytolaccaceae
Phytolaccaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the pokeweed family, that includes mostly herbaceous species and shrubs found in tropical and subtropical regions.
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B.
Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes economically important species such as mango, cashew, and pistachio.
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C.
Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae is a family of flowering trees and shrubs best known for including the elms, which are widespread in temperate regions.
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D.
Simaroubaceae
Simaroubaceae is a family of mostly tropical flowering trees and shrubs known for their bitter compounds and inclusion of species like the tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima).
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E.
Vitaceae
Vitaceae is a family of flowering plants best known for grapevines, many of which produce edible grapes and are cultivated worldwide for fruit and wine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfGenera | about 400 ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfSpecies | over 5000 ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida ⓘ |
| commonName | dogbane family ⓘ |
| contains |
shrubs
ⓘ
trees ⓘ vines ⓘ |
| containsSubfamily |
Apocynoideae
ⓘ
linked to:
Apocynaceae
Asclepiadoideae ⓘ
linked to:
Asclepiadeae
Periplocoideae ⓘ Rauvolfioideae ⓘ Secamonoideae ⓘ |
| corolla | typically five-lobed ⓘ |
| distribution | cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical regions ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicUse |
medicinal plants
ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ source of alkaloids ⓘ |
| flowerType |
actinomorphic flowers
ⓘ
usually bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| fruitType |
berries
ⓘ
drupes ⓘ follicles ⓘ |
| habitat | mainly tropical and subtropical habitats ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
often medicinal
ⓘ
often toxic ⓘ |
| isA | family of flowering plants ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement |
opposite leaves
ⓘ
whorled leaves ⓘ |
| leafMargin | entire margins ⓘ |
| leafType | simple leaves ⓘ |
| notableGenus |
Allamanda
ⓘ
Carissa ⓘ Catharanthus ⓘ Nerium ⓘ Plumeria ⓘ Rauvolfia ⓘ Tabernaemontana ⓘ Thevetia ⓘ Vinca ⓘ |
| order | Gentianales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| sapType | milky latex ⓘ |
| seedFeature | often comose seeds ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| toxicCompounds |
cardiac glycosides
ⓘ
indole alkaloids ⓘ |
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: Apocynaceae Description of subject: Apocynaceae is a large family of flowering plants, commonly known as the dogbane family, that includes many tropical trees, shrubs, and vines often noted for their milky sap and toxic or medicinal properties.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.