{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.gossypium","code":"thing-q719312","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q719312/","name":"Gossypium","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":"Gossypium is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, comprising the cotton plants, whose seeds bear hairs that provide commercial cotton fibre in cultivated species.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to recognise Gossypium as the cotton plant genus, assess evidence about its members and living material, and determine appropriate identification, cultivation or conservation actions.","scope":{"in":["Genus membership, taxonomic interpretation and identification evidence","Diagnostic plant structures, reproductive development and seed hairs","Species, cultivar and accession relationships within Gossypium","Wild and cultivated occurrence, growing conditions and biological condition","Reproductive compatibility, germplasm stewardship and action constraints"],"out":["Cotton fibre grades, yarn, textiles and manufactured products","Cottonseed oil, feed ingredients and other processed commodities","Farm businesses, commodity markets and supply-chain operations","Detailed models of pests, pathogens and diseases affecting cotton","Ginning, spinning, harvesting and irrigation machinery","Separate authoritative taxonomies or complete models of every member species"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Resolve the name against a botanical taxonomic authority: Gossypium denotes a genus, not a species, cultivar or textile material.","Evaluate the combination of floral bracts, flower structure, fruit capsules and seed characters against a regional botanical key; cotton-like seed hairs alone do not establish genus membership.","Distinguish a living plant or viable seed accession from detached cotton fibre, which cannot supply the full organism-level identification evidence.","Require species-level evidence before assigning a Gossypium specimen to a familiar cultivated cotton species; cultivated appearance does not establish its identity."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"taxonomic-identity","name":"Taxonomic identity","description":"Establish what Gossypium denotes and how assessed material belongs to it.","layers":[{"id":"genus-concept","name":"Genus concept","description":"Anchor the registered name to an explicit botanical treatment.","findings":[{"id":"accepted-genus-boundary","name":"Accepted genus boundary","description":"Record the authority used to recognise Gossypium and interpret names encountered in identification records.","questions":[{"text":"Which botanical treatment defines the accepted Gossypium concept used here?","id":"accepted-genus-boundary-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does an encountered cotton name denote this genus, a member taxon or a harvested material?","id":"accepted-genus-boundary-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"member-assignment","name":"Member assignment","description":"Connect assessed material to member taxa without collapsing taxon and specimen identity.","findings":[{"id":"supported-material-identity","name":"Supported material identity","description":"Retain the evidence and uncertainty behind species, cultivar and accession labels.","questions":[{"text":"What voucher, determination or accession documentation supports this material's assignment within Gossypium?","id":"supported-material-identity-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which labels identify a taxon, a cultivar and a particular accession, and where is their relationship unresolved?","id":"supported-material-identity-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"diagnostic-plant-structures","name":"Diagnostic plant structures","description":"Organise observations that distinguish Gossypium and help resolve its members.","layers":[{"id":"vegetative-and-floral-evidence","name":"Vegetative and floral evidence","description":"Assess the combinations of characters available on a living or preserved plant.","findings":[{"id":"key-based-identification","name":"Key-based identification","description":"Use a suitable botanical key to interpret leaf, bract and floral observations together.","questions":[{"text":"Which leaf, bract and floral characters does the applicable key require to distinguish Gossypium from local lookalikes?","id":"key-based-identification-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which required characters are observable, and which are missing because the material is juvenile, damaged or incomplete?","id":"key-based-identification-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"boll-and-seed-evidence","name":"Boll and seed evidence","description":"Inspect mature fruit and seeds while accounting for development and processing.","findings":[{"id":"capsule-and-seed-hair-profile","name":"Capsule and seed-hair profile","description":"Record capsule structure and seed-hair expression as biological evidence, distinguishing naturally observed traits from preparation effects.","questions":[{"text":"What capsule compartments, opening behaviour and seed-hair characters are present at the observed maturity?","id":"capsule-and-seed-hair-profile-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Could ginning, delinting or other preparation have altered the seed characters being used for identification?","id":"capsule-and-seed-hair-profile-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"development-and-reproduction","name":"Development and reproduction","description":"Track cotton-specific reproductive stages and evidence needed for propagation.","layers":[{"id":"phenology-and-boll-development","name":"Phenology and boll development","description":"Relate observed reproductive stages to the identified material and growing conditions.","findings":[{"id":"reproductive-stage-assessment","name":"Reproductive stage assessment","description":"Assess flowering, boll formation and seed maturity without imposing a single crop calendar on the genus.","questions":[{"text":"Which flowering and boll-development stages occur on the assessed plant, and when were they observed?","id":"reproductive-stage-assessment-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What taxon-specific evidence determines whether the observed bolls contain seed suitable for collection?","id":"reproductive-stage-assessment-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"reproductive-compatibility","name":"Reproductive compatibility","description":"Keep mating behaviour and genomic evidence explicit when considering seed production or crossing.","findings":[{"id":"crossing-evidence","name":"Crossing evidence","description":"Require documented parent identity and reproductive evidence before predicting compatibility or progeny identity.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence establishes the proposed parents' taxonomic identities, ploidy and any genome assignments?","id":"crossing-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What crossing and fertility evidence supports the proposed pairing, and what isolation is needed to interpret resulting seed?","id":"crossing-evidence-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"habitat-and-growing-condition","name":"Habitat and growing condition","description":"Interpret where Gossypium material occurs and how its condition relates to its environment.","layers":[{"id":"occurrence-and-environment","name":"Occurrence and environment","description":"Distinguish ecological provenance from the conditions of present cultivation.","findings":[{"id":"taxon-specific-environmental-fit","name":"Taxon-specific environmental fit","description":"Compare observed conditions with supported requirements for the identified material.","questions":[{"text":"Is this occurrence wild, cultivated or introduced, and what record supports that classification?","id":"taxon-specific-environmental-fit-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What temperature, water availability and soil observations are needed to assess this taxon's environmental fit?","id":"taxon-specific-environmental-fit-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"plant-and-boll-condition","name":"Plant and boll condition","description":"Record symptoms and reproductive losses before assigning causes.","findings":[{"id":"condition-based-triage","name":"Condition-based triage","description":"Relate leaf, flower and boll symptoms to developmental stage while preserving diagnostic uncertainty.","questions":[{"text":"Which organs show injury, abnormal development or shedding, and how extensive are the observations?","id":"condition-based-triage-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What further evidence is needed to distinguish normal development, environmental stress and a pest or pathogen problem before intervention?","id":"condition-based-triage-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"germplasm-and-stewardship","name":"Germplasm and stewardship","description":"Support responsible collection, storage, propagation and movement of identified Gossypium material.","layers":[{"id":"accession-integrity","name":"Accession integrity","description":"Maintain the biological identity and reproductive usefulness of seed holdings.","findings":[{"id":"viability-and-regeneration","name":"Viability and regeneration","description":"Connect seed testing and regeneration history to an accession's identity and condition.","questions":[{"text":"What viability or germination result is available, using which method, sample size and date?","id":"viability-and-regeneration-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"How will regeneration preserve accession identity and limit unintended pollen or seed mixing?","id":"viability-and-regeneration-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"collection-and-movement","name":"Collection and 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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 Gossypium this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Gossypium this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-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 Gossypium this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Gossypium this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-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 Gossypium 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 Gossypium 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 Gossypium 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 Gossypium this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify cotton plants and describe their cultivation and fibre, citing botanical and agricultural sources.","Trace cotton through supply chains it is authorized to audit."],"mustNot":["Help hide forced or child labour in cotton supply chains.","Label cotton as organic or from a given origin without evidence.","Advise pesticide use outside label rules or without protection for workers.","Plant genetically modified varieties where they are not authorized."],"requiresHuman":["Sourcing decisions about regions with credible reports of forced labour."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Cotton farming has been linked to forced labour and heavy pesticide and water use.","Millions of smallholders depend on cotton prices for their living."],"affectedParties":["Farm workers","Smallholder farmers","Communities near cotton fields"]},"owners":{"steward":"The grower on whose land it is cultivated; seed developers hold rights in registered varieties.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Plant variety registers","Plant name databases"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q11992872","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.gossypium","Wikidata: Q719312 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719312)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Taxonomic placement: Accepted genus and member-taxon identifiers, with authority and treatment date","Biological assessment subject: Taxon concept | individual plant | population | seed lot | germplasm accession","Identification confidence: Unidentified | provisional Gossypium | confirmed genus | resolved member taxon; evidence recorded","Diagnostic reproductive morphology: Keyed observations of bracts, flowers, capsule compartments and seeds","Seed-hair expression: Observed hair coverage and lint/fuzz description, with maturity and preparation state","Growth form: Observed habit and persistence, distinguishing natural growth from cultivation practice","Reproductive stage: Vegetative | budding | flowering | developing bolls | opening bolls | mature seed; multiple stages permitted","Ploidy and genome assignment: Reported ploidy and genome designation, with method, source and uncertainty; unknown permitted","Occurrence status: Wild | cultivated | escaped | naturalised | uncertain, tied to location and evidence","Seed viability: Percentage viable or germinated, with assay, sample size and test date"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Shrubby plants with broad lobed leaves and large cream, yellow or pink flowers.","Bolls that split open to show white fluffy fibre."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Guide collection of the plant characters needed to test a provisional Gossypium identification.","Link a plant, population or seed accession to a supported member taxon while retaining uncertain assignments.","Assess whether flowering or boll development permits identification, pollination observation or seed collection.","Compare an identified accession's growing requirements with observed conditions using taxon-specific evidence.","Evaluate proposed propagation or crossing against identity, reproductive evidence and containment requirements.","Prepare germplasm collection or regeneration actions that preserve provenance and minimise unintended mixing."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Pesticide exposure harms farm workers.","Cotton dust can cause lung disease in mill workers, and cotton bales can catch fire."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, International Association for Plant Taxonomy."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Gossypium plants occur in wild populations, agricultural fields, breeding collections and botanical collections.","Cultivated cotton species supply seed hairs for textile fibre and seeds for oil and other processed products.","Researchers and conservation workers study the genus 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