Pedaliaceae

E728720

Pedaliaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales, best known for including sesame and other herbaceous species often adapted to arid environments.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pedaliaceae canonical 1
Pedaliaceae (Latin) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
adaptation drought tolerance ⓘ
clade Angiosperms ⓘ
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Asterids ⓘ
Eudicots ⓘ
commonName sesame family ⓘ
containsTaxon Ceratotheca ⓘ
Dicerocaryum ⓘ
Harpagophytum ⓘ
Harpagophytum procumbens ⓘ
linked to: Harpagophytum

Holubia ⓘ
Ibicella ⓘ
Josephinia ⓘ
Martynia ⓘ
Proboscidea ⓘ
Pterodiscus ⓘ
Rogeria ⓘ
Sesamum ⓘ
Sesamum indicum ⓘ
linked to: Sesamum

Uncarina ⓘ
describedInTaxonomy APG IV system ⓘ
economicImportance medicinal plants ⓘ
source of edible oil (sesame) ⓘ
flowerSymmetry bilateral symmetry ⓘ
flowerType zygomorphic flowers ⓘ
fruitCharacteristic often spiny fruits ⓘ
fruitType capsules ⓘ
geographicDistribution Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Old World tropics ⓘ
hasLanguageName Pedaliaceae (Latin) ⓘ
linked to: Pedaliaceae
hasMemberWithCommonUse sesame seed production ⓘ
hasNotableSpecies Harpagophytum procumbens ⓘ
linked to: Harpagophytum

Sesamum indicum ⓘ
linked to: Sesamum
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement opposite leaves ⓘ
nomenclaturalCode International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants ⓘ
order Lamiales ⓘ
parentTaxon Lamiales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
pollination insect-pollinated ⓘ
previousClassification Scrophulariales ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Sesamum ⓘ
typicalGrowthForm herbaceous plants ⓘ
subshrubs ⓘ
typicalHabitat arid regions ⓘ
semi-arid regions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lamiales → includesFamily → Pedaliaceae ⓘ
Pedaliaceae → hasLanguageName → Pedaliaceae (Latin) ⓘ
linked to: Pedaliaceae