Mayacaceae
E746059
Mayacaceae is a small family of grass-like, often aquatic or marsh-dwelling flowering plants found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas and Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mayacaceae canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8564336 — 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: Mayacaceae Context triple: [Poales, contains, Mayacaceae]
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A.
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often climbing flowering plants known for their ornamental foliage and sometimes edible fruits, native primarily to East Asia and the Andes.
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B.
Chrysobalanaceae
Chrysobalanaceae is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants, including trees and shrubs often found in rainforest and savanna ecosystems.
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C.
Restionaceae
Restionaceae is a family of rush-like, grass-like flowering plants characteristic of nutrient-poor, fire-prone habitats such as South African fynbos and Australian heaths.
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D.
Datiscaceae
Datiscaceae is a small family of flowering plants known for its herbaceous species, such as Datisca, that often exhibit unusual reproductive traits like dioecy and are native to regions in Eurasia and North America.
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E.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
- 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: Mayacaceae Target entity description: Mayacaceae is a small family of grass-like, often aquatic or marsh-dwelling flowering plants found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas and Africa.
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A.
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a small family of mostly woody, often climbing flowering plants known for their ornamental foliage and sometimes edible fruits, native primarily to East Asia and the Andes.
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B.
Chrysobalanaceae
Chrysobalanaceae is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants, including trees and shrubs often found in rainforest and savanna ecosystems.
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C.
Restionaceae
Restionaceae is a family of rush-like, grass-like flowering plants characteristic of nutrient-poor, fire-prone habitats such as South African fynbos and Australian heaths.
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D.
Datiscaceae
Datiscaceae is a small family of flowering plants known for its herbaceous species, such as Datisca, that often exhibit unusual reproductive traits like dioecy and are native to regions in Eurasia and North America.
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E.
Menispermaceae
Menispermaceae is a family of mostly tropical climbing plants known for their often toxic alkaloids and distinctive curved or crescent-shaped seeds.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| APGIVClassification | placed in order Poales ⓘ |
| carpelNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| chlorophyllType |
chlorophyll a
ⓘ
chlorophyll b ⓘ |
| clade |
Angiosperms
ⓘ
linked to:
Magnoliophyta
Monocots ⓘ
linked to:
Liliopsida
|
| commonName | bog moss family ⓘ |
| describedAs | small family of monocot flowering plants ⓘ |
| distribution |
subtropical Americas
ⓘ
tropical Africa ⓘ tropical Americas ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | components of wetland vegetation ⓘ |
| flowerSymmetry | actinomorphic ⓘ |
| flowerType | bisexual flowers ⓘ |
| foundInBiome |
subtropical freshwater wetlands
ⓘ
tropical freshwater wetlands ⓘ |
| fruitType | capsule ⓘ |
| growthForm | grass-like herbs ⓘ |
| habitat |
aquatic environments
ⓘ
bogs ⓘ marshes ⓘ |
| includedGenus | Mayaca ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | spiral ⓘ |
| leafTexture | soft and moss-like ⓘ |
| leafType | narrow leaves ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial herbs ⓘ |
| order | Poales ⓘ |
| ovaryPosition | superior ovary ⓘ |
| perianthParts | 6 tepals ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrgan | leaves ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproduction |
sexual reproduction by seeds
ⓘ
vegetative reproduction by fragmentation ⓘ |
| rootType | fibrous roots ⓘ |
| seedCharacteristic | numerous small seeds ⓘ |
| similarTo | mosses in overall appearance ⓘ |
| stamenNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | family ⓘ |
| typeGenus | Mayaca ⓘ |
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: Mayacaceae Description of subject: Mayacaceae is a small family of grass-like, often aquatic or marsh-dwelling flowering plants found mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas and Africa.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.