Cibotiaceae
E850310
Cibotiaceae is a small family of tropical tree ferns within the order Cyatheales, known for their large fronds and often arborescent growth habit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cibotiaceae canonical | 2 |
| Culcitaceae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10225114 — 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: Cibotiaceae Context triple: [Cyatheales, containsFamily, Cibotiaceae]
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A.
Bertiaceae
Bertiaceae is a family of fungi within the order Coronophorales, comprising species typically found on decaying wood and plant material.
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B.
Togniniaceae
Togniniaceae is a family of fungi within the order Togniniales, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with wood and plant material.
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C.
Bixaceae
Bixaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Malvales, best known for species like the annatto tree (Bixa orellana) whose seeds are used as a natural dye and food coloring.
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D.
Donatiaceae
Donatiaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Asterales, known for its limited number of species and specialized distribution.
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E.
Barbeyaceae
Barbeyaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising shrubs or small trees native to arid and semi-arid regions of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
- 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: Cibotiaceae Target entity description: Cibotiaceae is a small family of tropical tree ferns within the order Cyatheales, known for their large fronds and often arborescent growth habit.
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A.
Bertiaceae
Bertiaceae is a family of fungi within the order Coronophorales, comprising species typically found on decaying wood and plant material.
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B.
Togniniaceae
Togniniaceae is a family of fungi within the order Togniniales, comprising ascomycetous species often associated with wood and plant material.
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C.
Bixaceae
Bixaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Malvales, best known for species like the annatto tree (Bixa orellana) whose seeds are used as a natural dye and food coloring.
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D.
Donatiaceae
Donatiaceae is a small family of flowering plants within the order Asterales, known for its limited number of species and specialized distribution.
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E.
Barbeyaceae
Barbeyaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Rosales, comprising shrubs or small trees native to arid and semi-arid regions of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant family
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| belongsToClade |
Monilophytes
ⓘ
linked to:
Polypodiophyta
|
| cellWallComponent | cellulose ⓘ |
| class |
Polypodiopsida
ⓘ
linked to:
Polypodiidae
|
| climatePreference | humid tropical climates ⓘ |
| commonName | Cibotiaceae ⓘ |
| contains |
Cibotium
ⓘ
linked to:
Cyathea
related genera of tree ferns ⓘ |
| distribution | Old World tropics ⓘ |
| division | Polypodiophyta ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | understory structural component in tropical forests ⓘ |
| eukaryote | true ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Mesozoic or earlier (fern lineage ancient) ⓘ |
| gametophyteType | free-living gametophyte ⓘ |
| growthForm | arborescent fern ⓘ |
| growthHabit | often arborescent ⓘ |
| habitat |
subtropical regions
ⓘ
tropical regions ⓘ |
| hasLignifiedTissues | true ⓘ |
| isA |
fern family
ⓘ
tree fern family ⓘ |
| isDescribedAs | small family within Cyatheales ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | evergreen ⓘ |
| leafType | megaphylls ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | alternation of generations ⓘ |
| order | Cyatheales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrgan | fronds ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrganelles | chloroplasts ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollinationMode | none (non-seed plants) ⓘ |
| reproduction | spores ⓘ |
| reproductiveOrgan | sporangia in sori ⓘ |
| seedPresence | seedless vascular plants ⓘ |
| shadeTolerance | shade-tolerant ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained forest soils ⓘ |
| sporangiaPosition | abaxial on fertile fronds ⓘ |
| sporeBearingStructures | sori on the underside of fronds ⓘ |
| sporeDispersal | wind-dispersed spores ⓘ |
| sporeType | homosporous ⓘ |
| supportingOrgan | woody or fibrous trunk-like stem ⓘ |
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| typicalMorphology |
erect trunk-like rhizomes
ⓘ
large fronds ⓘ |
| uses | ornamental plants ⓘ |
| vascularSystem | tracheophyte ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Cibotiaceae Description of subject: Cibotiaceae is a small family of tropical tree ferns within the order Cyatheales, known for their large fronds and often arborescent growth habit.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cibotiaceae