crucifer
Let an agent explain cruciferous plants and the mustard family, relay botany, crops and chemistry from botanical sources, describe garlic mustard and other wild species, and distinguish crucifers from unrelated plants.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What crucifers are.
Botany
Botany.
Botany
Botany.
- What defines the mustard family, and how are crucifers recognised? definition
- Is the question about the plant family, a specific crop, garlic mustard or the liturgical crucifer? boundary
Members
Members.
Members
Members.
- What crops, wild plants and model organisms belong to the family? definition
- Which entry fits the specific plant? action
Chemistry Chemistry and health.
Glucosinolates
Glucosinolates.
Glucosinolates
Glucosinolates.
- What are glucosinolates, and how do they give crucifers their flavour and defence? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Health
Health effects.
Health
Health.
- What does research say about cruciferous vegetables and health, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits cruciferous vegetable? action
Grow Cultivation and wild species.
Crops
Crops.
Crops
Crops.
- How are Brassica crops grown, and what pests and diseases affect them? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Wild
Garlic mustard and wild species.
Wild
Wild.
- How is garlic mustard identified, used as food and controlled as an invasive? provenance
- Which entry fits garlic mustard? action
Context Science and history.
Research
Arabidopsis.
Research
Research.
- Why is Arabidopsis the model plant, and what has it revealed? provenance
- Which entry fits Arabidopsis thaliana? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How were Brassica crops domesticated and diversified? provenance
- Which entry fits the domestication of Brassica? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- noun.plant
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Tags
- plant
- Facets: substance
- living
- Facets: origin
- natural
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- cruciferous plant, garlic mustard, hedge garlic, sauce-alone, jack-by-the-hedge, Alliaria officinalis, rose of Jericho, resurrection plant, Anastatica hierochuntica, wild cabbage, Brassica oleracea, brussels sprout
What it is Filled
Any plant of the mustard family Brassicaceae, formerly Cruciferae, named for the four petals arranged in a cross, a family of about 4000 species including cabbages, broccoli, mustards, radishes, rapeseed and the model plant Arabidopsis, as well as wild species such as garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata, known as hedge garlic, sauce-alone or jack-by-the-hedge, which is invasive in North America; crucifers are rich in glucosinolates that give pungent flavours and are studied for health effects.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain cruciferous plants and the mustard family, relay botany, crops and chemistry from botanical sources, describe garlic mustard and other wild species, and distinguish crucifers from unrelated plants.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Cruciform flowers
- Silique fruits
- Glucosinolates
- Major crops
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Identify a wild plant as edible without botanical confirmation, since the family includes toxic species.
- Recommend pesticide use outside the label and the law of the jurisdiction.
- Move seed or planting material across borders in breach of plant health rules.
- Present a crop as organic or non-modified without certification.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision to eat a wild-collected plant identified only from a description or photograph.
- Pesticide application where people, bees or water are nearby.
May
- Identify plants of the mustard family from documented botanical features.
- Advise on growing, rotating and harvesting brassica crops using recognised horticultural guidance.
- Report pest and disease findings such as clubroot to the plant health authority.
Moral aspects Filled
- Misidentification of wild plants poisons foragers, so identification must not rest on an image alone.
- Brassica crops feed billions and depend on pollinators that pesticides harm.
Who is affected
- Foragers and their households
- Pollinators
- Growers and farm workers
Owners Filled
Steward
The grower or landowner for crops; wild populations are nobody's and protected by nature law.
Master systems
- Plant variety registers
- Herbarium and flora records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-12226211-n - registry parent class
related
- flowering plant - in general terms
- Brassicaceae - the mustard family
- cabbage - and other Brassica crops
- garlic mustard - an invasive wild species
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.crucifer
- Open English WordNet: oewn-11889283-n
- taxon: Brassicaceae Burnett, 1835
- WordNet: oewn-12226211-n crucifer
Direct properties required Filled
- species: about 4000 count
- genera: about 370 count
- petals: 4 count - cross-shaped
Recognition required Filled
- Mustard family plants
- Cabbage crops, mustards, radishes, rapeseed, Arabidopsis, garlic mustard
- Umbellifers have umbels; mints have square stems; the name crucifer also means a cross bearer in liturgy
- Herbs with four-petalled cross-shaped flowers and pod fruits called siliques.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the family
- relay crops and chemistry
- describe wild species
- distinguish from other plants
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing crucifers with look-alike plants
- Garlic mustard invasion of woodlands
- Overstating health claims
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Invasive species rules for garlic mustard in North America
- Seed and crop regulations for Brassica crops
- Food safety rules for glucosinolate levels in feed
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a plant family.
- Brassica crops: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, turnip, rapeseed
- mustards and radishes
- Arabidopsis as a model organism
- wild crucifers such as garlic mustard, shepherd purse and bittercress
- ornamental crucifers such as wallflowers and alyssum
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-11889283-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: crucifer - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should Brassicaceae and garlic mustard be separate primary entries?
- How should botanical references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming one species; should it be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-crucifer/spec.json