{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.heimia-salicifolia","code":"thing-q1639832","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1639832/","name":"Heimia salicifolia","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.LIV"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Heimia salicifolia is a species of yellow-flowered shrub in the family Lythraceae, native to the Americas and known for its narrow leaves and traditional ethnobotanical uses.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognize Heimia salicifolia, assess identified plants and populations, and choose evidence-supported observation, cultivation, or sampling actions.","scope":{"in":["Taxonomic identity and evidence distinguishing Heimia salicifolia from related species","Vegetative, floral, fruit, and seed observations used in identification","Plant condition, reproductive stage, and observed regeneration","Wild and cultivated occurrences with locality and origin evidence","Provenance connecting identified plants to specimens and analytical samples"],"out":["The genus Heimia and other species as independent taxon models","Individual specimen inventories and botanical collection management systems","Extracts, prepared products, and isolated chemical substances as independent things","Medical treatments, dosing protocols, and human exposure outcomes","Cultural practices and historical traditions as independent social models"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Resolve the full scientific name to Heimia salicifolia Link in Lythraceae; a shared epithet or vernacular label does not establish identity. [Kew POWO](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A96613-3)","Check shrub habit and leaf shape together with reproductive structures; willow-like foliage alone cannot distinguish this species from unrelated shrubs.","Examine solitary axillary flowers, floral-tube dimensions, petal dimensions, and stamen position against a geographically relevant treatment. Flora Mesoamericana reports a 5-8 mm floral tube and exserted stamens. [World Flora Online](https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000717021)","Document capsule valves and seed morphology as corroborating characters; species-level separation from other Heimia requires a comparative key rather than one matching measurement."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"taxonomic-recognition","name":"Taxonomic recognition","description":"Establish what counts as Heimia salicifolia and which observations support that determination.","layers":[{"id":"name-and-concept","name":"Name and concept","description":"Connect the registry entry to a documented botanical circumscription.","findings":[{"id":"accepted-species-anchor","name":"Accepted species anchor","description":"Kew accepts Heimia salicifolia Link as a species of Lythraceae; retain the authority and consulted treatment when resolving older names. [Kew POWO](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A96613-3)","questions":[{"text":"Which botanical treatment defines the Heimia salicifolia concept used for this determination?","id":"accepted-species-anchor-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does the supplied scientific or vernacular name resolve to this species, and what reference supports the mapping?","id":"accepted-species-anchor-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"diagnostic-observations","name":"Diagnostic observations","description":"Combine vegetative and reproductive evidence without inventing universal diagnostic thresholds.","findings":[{"id":"regional-character-comparison","name":"Regional character comparison","description":"Flora Mesoamericana and Flora of Pakistan present different dimensional descriptions on the same aggregated species page; preserve treatment-specific measurements pending reconciliation. [World Flora Online](https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000717021)","questions":[{"text":"What leaf, floral-tube, petal, stamen, and capsule characters were observed on the same documented plant?","id":"regional-character-comparison-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which couplet in an applicable key excludes other Heimia species, and which required characters remain unavailable?","id":"regional-character-comparison-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"occurrence-and-water-context","name":"Occurrence and water context","description":"Interpret geographic origin and the local growing environment of identified plants.","layers":[{"id":"geographic-origin","name":"Geographic origin","description":"Separate broad range evidence from establishment history at a site.","findings":[{"id":"local-origin-evidence","name":"Local origin evidence","description":"Kew records an American native range and introductions in the Azores and Queensland; those summaries do not establish the origin of every observed plant. [Kew POWO](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A96613-3)","questions":[{"text":"Where was this plant observed, and what voucher, accession, or occurrence record supports the location?","id":"local-origin-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What evidence distinguishes a native occurrence, a planted individual, and an independently established introduced population here?","id":"local-origin-evidence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"microsite-water","name":"Microsite water","description":"Record water availability at the plant rather than inferring it from a regional biome label.","findings":[{"id":"moisture-context","name":"Moisture context","description":"Flora Mesoamericana records moist soils, stream margins, and ditches; these habitat observations do not by themselves establish cultivation tolerances. [World Flora Online](https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000717021)","questions":[{"text":"What root-zone moisture, drainage, and recent inundation or drying were measured at this occurrence?","id":"moisture-context-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which repeated observations would justify changing irrigation or drainage for this cultivated plant?","id":"moisture-context-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"growth-and-regeneration","name":"Growth and regeneration","description":"Track plant condition, reproductive development, and evidence of new establishment.","layers":[{"id":"seasonal-condition","name":"Seasonal condition","description":"Follow shoot condition and reproductive stages in a dated local context.","findings":[{"id":"condition-and-phenology","name":"Condition and phenology","description":"Record leaf retention, shoot dieback, new growth, flowers, and fruit separately; avoid assigning an unsupported universal flowering calendar.","questions":[{"text":"Which vegetative and reproductive stages are present, and on what observation dates?","id":"condition-and-phenology-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What evidence distinguishes seasonal change from water stress, physical damage, or another cause of decline?","id":"condition-and-phenology-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"propagation-and-recruitment","name":"Propagation and recruitment","description":"Connect reproductive material and propagation attempts to identified parent plants.","findings":[{"id":"documented-establishment","name":"Documented establishment","description":"Capsule production, viable seed, germination, and persistent recruitment are distinct observations; none should be substituted for another.","questions":[{"text":"What seed viability, germination, cutting survival, or seedling persistence was observed, under which conditions?","id":"documented-establishment-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What parent identity, local establishment evidence, and collection or planting constraints must be checked before propagation?","id":"documented-establishment-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"authenticated-material-and-claims","name":"Authenticated material and claims","description":"Control the evidential connection between this species, collected material, and chemical or traditional-use assertions.","layers":[{"id":"plant-to-sample","name":"Plant to sample","description":"Preserve botanical authentication across sampling and processing.","findings":[{"id":"sample-identity-chain","name":"Sample identity chain","description":"Treat leaves, other organs, mixed material, and processed extracts as linked materials whose identity depends on documented source plants.","questions":[{"text":"Which voucher or authenticated source plant supports the Heimia salicifolia identification of this material?","id":"sample-identity-chain-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which organ, collection conditions, and processing steps define the material to which an analytical result applies?","id":"sample-identity-chain-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"claim-applicability","name":"Claim applicability","description":"Separate attributed uses and measured results from conclusions requiring additional evidence.","findings":[{"id":"bounded-use-and-chemistry-evidence","name":"Bounded use and chemistry evidence","description":"Record chemical and ethnobotanical assertions as source-specific claims until the original material, methods, and context have been checked.","questions":[{"text":"Which original study or documented account supports the claim, and how was the plant identified?","id":"bounded-use-and-chemistry-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does the evidence concern a plant, a particular preparation, an isolated constituent, or an observed human outcome?","id":"bounded-use-and-chemistry-evidence-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What further evidence is required before this claim can support the proposed action?","id":"bounded-use-and-chemistry-evidence-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Heimia salicifolia this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Heimia salicifolia this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Heimia salicifolia this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Heimia salicifolia this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Heimia salicifolia this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Heimia salicifolia this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify Heimia salicifolia from its narrow leaves and small yellow flowers.","Explain its botany and documented ethnobotanical history from reliable sources.","Record cultivated and wild plants for botanical collections."],"mustNot":["Provide preparations, doses or methods for using the plant as a psychoactive substance.","Recommend the plant as a remedy or present traditional uses as safe treatment.","Help sell plant material for consumption where the law restricts it.","Misrepresent the cultural practices of communities that traditionally use the plant."],"requiresHuman":["Recording or publishing traditional knowledge held by Indigenous communities."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Psychoactive plant use carries health risks and legal consequences that differ by jurisdiction.","Traditional knowledge of the plant belongs to the communities that hold it."],"affectedParties":["People who might consume it","Indigenous and local communities","Gardeners"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the species; growers answer for their plants and drug regulators for any controls on use.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Herbarium and biodiversity occurrence databases"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q11992872","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.heimia-salicifolia","Wikidata: Q1639832 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1639832)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Taxonomic determination: Accepted taxon, reference treatment, determiner, determination date, voucher","Identification confidence: Unverified label | provisional morphological match | keyed determination | expert-confirmed","Leaf morphology: Blade length and width in mm, sampled leaf count, branch position","Floral character set: Floral-tube, petal, and pedicel lengths in mm; organ counts","Capsule and seed characters: Capsule valve count, maturity, seed shape and color, documented images","Reproductive stage: Vegetative | budding | flowering | immature fruit | mature fruit | seed release; stages may coexist","Occurrence origin: Native wild | introduced wild | cultivated | uncertain, with locality-specific evidence","Root-zone moisture: Volumetric water content in %, with depth, method, and observation date","Derived-material provenance: Source plant or voucher, sampled organ, collection date, processing history, analytical record"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["A small shrub with narrow, willow-like leaves along slender stems.","Small yellow flowers with crinkled petals borne in leaf axils.","Grows in moist ground and stream banks from Mexico to South America."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Compare an observed plant with a regional botanical key and retain a provisional determination when diagnostic organs are missing.","Plan flowering or fruiting revisits to obtain identification evidence.","Classify an occurrence as cultivated or wild and investigate its local origin.","Monitor moisture, growth, flowering, and capsule maturation to evaluate cultivation decisions.","Trace a specimen or analytical sample back to its authenticated source plant.","Assess whether proposed propagation or collection has sufficient biological and locality-specific evidence."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Consumption can cause unpredictable effects and harm, especially with other substances or medicines.","Legal status varies, so possession or sale may be restricted in some places."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, adopted by the International Botanical Congress, governs the scientific naming of Heimia salicifolia."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Heimia salicifolia is encountered as a shrub native to the Americas and in botanical collections or cultivated gardens.","It is studied in plant identification, ecology and ethnobotany, where records distinguish documented traditional use from demonstrated effects."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q1639832: Heimia salicifolia","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1639832","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Heimia salicifolia","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimia_salicifolia","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Which current comparative key most reliably separates Heimia salicifolia from other Heimia species, including plants lacking flowers?","Why do the consulted regional treatments differ substantially in floral dimensions, and which measurements apply to the target population?","What locality-specific evidence establishes native status, naturalization, and persistent recruitment?","What studies establish moisture, temperature, and propagation tolerances across documented provenances?","Which original chemical and ethnobotanical studies use authenticated material, and what conclusions do their methods actually support?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q1639832/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q1639832/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T10:13:31Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:26+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}