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[NParks](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/5/9/5957)" ], "characteristics": [ { "name": "Taxonomic determination", "kind": "relation", "unit_or_values": "Accepted-name reference, original recorded name, determiner, date and voucher", "why_it_matters": "Connects records under Sicyos and Sechium without silently merging uncertain identifications." }, { "name": "Cultivated-form identity", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Documented cultivar or landrace; unnamed cultivated form; unknown", "why_it_matters": "Separates documented lineage from an identification inferred only from fruit appearance." }, { "name": "Fruit phenotype", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Observed colour, shape, grooves and surface armature, with maturity stage", "why_it_matters": "Supports comparison between plants without treating one market form as the species standard." }, { "name": "Fruit size", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Mass in g; length and maximum width in mm; sample count and maturity stage", "why_it_matters": "Allows growth and harvest assessment against an appropriate local reference." }, { "name": "Reproductive state", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Vegetative; male flowers observed; female flowers observed; fruit developing; mature fruit; sprouting fruit; multiple states may coexist", "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes possible causes of absent fruit and identifies material for propagation." }, { "name": "Root-zone conditions", "kind": "measurement", "unit_or_values": "Temperature in degrees C; moisture using a named method; duration of saturation in hours", "why_it_matters": "Makes watering and root-health decisions depend on measured conditions." }, { "name": "Organ-specific health", "kind": "state", "unit_or_values": "Organ affected, symptom, onset, severity, diagnostic confidence and supporting evidence", "why_it_matters": "Prevents leaf symptoms, fruit damage and root disorders from becoming one unsupported diagnosis." }, { "name": "Occurrence context", "kind": "category", "unit_or_values": "Planted; persisting after cultivation; spontaneous; unknown, with location and observation date", "why_it_matters": "Separates cultivation history from evidence of establishment outside cultivation." } ], "affordances": [ "Reconcile a chayote accession recorded under Sechium edule with this registry entry.", "Request fruit, flower and voucher evidence when identification is uncertain.", "Assess whether a plant needs support, root-zone investigation or reproductive monitoring.", "Select documented plant material for a locally supported propagation method.", "Evaluate organ-specific harvest readiness against the intended use.", "Flag spontaneous growth for a location-specific establishment assessment." ] }, "sources": [], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "identity-and-variation", "name": "Identity and variation", "description": "Connect botanical names, identification evidence and cultivated variation.", "rationale": "Chayote records under different genus names must remain one species model while retaining meaningful variation.", "layers": [ { "id": "taxonomic-resolution", "name": "Taxonomic resolution", "description": "Establish which species concept a record represents.", "findings": [ { "id": "name-to-species", "name": "Name-to-species correspondence", "description": "Kew accepts Sicyos edulis and lists Sechium edule as a homotypic synonym. Preserve the original name alongside the resolved determination. [Kew POWO](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/293946-1)", "questions": [ { "text": "Which taxonomic authority and version support the determination?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "name-to-species-q01" }, { "text": "Does the record concern this species, an uncertain chayote identification or another Sicyos species?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "name-to-species-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "diagnostic-variation", "name": "Diagnostic variation", "description": "Separate identification characters from cultivar-dependent appearance.", "findings": [ { "id": "identification-evidence", "name": "Identification evidence", "description": "Require a combination of reproductive and vegetative observations; record cultivar attribution separately from species confidence.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which observed fruit, seed and flower characters support identification as chayote?", "kind": "definition", "id": "identification-evidence-q01" }, { "text": "Is the cultivar or landrace name supported by accession history or inferred from appearance?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "identification-evidence-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "vine-and-root-condition", "name": "Vine and root condition", "description": "Assess the living plant through its climbing growth and below-ground condition.", "rationale": "Support decisions and survival assessments require different evidence from fruit quality.", "layers": [ { "id": "climbing-growth", "name": "Climbing growth", "description": "Observe vine extension and interaction with available supports.", "findings": [ { "id": "support-and-canopy", "name": "Support and canopy condition", "description": "Record unsupported growth, attachment and canopy condition before choosing training or support interventions.", "questions": [ { "text": "How much active vine growth is unsupported or extending into neighbouring vegetation?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "support-and-canopy-q01" }, { "text": "What support or training action fits the plant's size and intended growing area?", "kind": "action", "id": "support-and-canopy-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "below-ground-condition", "name": "Below-ground condition", "description": "Distinguish root observations from conclusions drawn from the canopy.", "findings": [ { "id": "root-and-storage-organs", "name": "Roots and storage organs", "description": "Chayote can form tuberous roots; assess their presence and condition directly when relevant. [NParks](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/5/9/5957)", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence establishes the condition of the crown, roots and any storage organs?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "root-and-storage-organs-q01" }, { "text": "Would inspection or root harvest compromise the plant intended for continued growth?", "kind": "action", "id": "root-and-storage-organs-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "reproduction-and-propagation", "name": "Reproduction and propagation", "description": "Track flowering, fruit set and development of new plants.", "rationale": "The connection between fruit and germinating seed requires explicit propagation assessment.", "layers": [ { "id": "flowering-and-fruit-set", "name": "Flowering and fruit set", "description": "Distinguish flower production, pollination observations and subsequent fruit development.", "findings": [ { "id": "reproductive-performance", "name": "Reproductive performance", "description": "Assess flowering and fruit retention over a defined interval before attributing low yield to a particular cause.", "questions": [ { "text": "When were male and female flowers observed, and how many developing fruits subsequently persisted?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "reproductive-performance-q01" }, { "text": "What observations distinguish limited pollination from flower absence or fruit abortion?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "reproductive-performance-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "propagule-readiness", "name": "Propagule readiness", "description": "Assess material intended to establish another plant.", "findings": [ { "id": "fruit-associated-germination", "name": "Fruit-associated germination", "description": "Chayote seeds can germinate within the fruit. Record fruit integrity and sprouting state when assessing planting material. [NParks](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/5/9/5957)", "questions": [ { "text": "Is the candidate planting fruit intact, sprouting, damaged or decaying?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "fruit-associated-germination-q01" }, { "text": "Which documented propagation method suits this accession and its available material?", "kind": "action", "id": "fruit-associated-germination-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "site-and-health-response", "name": "Site and health response", "description": "Relate growing conditions to observed plant performance.", "rationale": "Cultivation decisions need local evidence rather than universal climate or treatment thresholds.", "layers": [ { "id": "growing-site", "name": "Growing site", "description": "Characterize conditions experienced by the plant.", "findings": [ { "id": "site-performance-match", "name": "Site-performance match", "description": "Link temperature, light and root-zone observations to dated growth and flowering records.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which measured site conditions coincide with successful growth or observed decline?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "site-performance-match-q01" }, { "text": "What local evidence supports changing irrigation, shade or planting position?", "kind": "action", "id": "site-performance-match-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "health-assessment", "name": "Health assessment", "description": "Investigate disorders at the affected organ.", "findings": [ { "id": "symptoms-and-causes", "name": "Symptoms and causes", "description": "Keep observed injury separate from suspected pests, pathogens and environmental causes.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which organs are affected, and how has symptom severity changed?", "kind": "measurement", "id": "symptoms-and-causes-q01" }, { "text": "What diagnostic evidence is needed before selecting an intervention?", "kind": "action", "id": "symptoms-and-causes-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-use", "name": "Provenance and use", "description": "Connect origin, establishment context and intended harvest.", "rationale": "A cultivated food plant, an escaped vine and planting material require different decisions.", "layers": [ { "id": "origin-and-establishment", "name": "Origin and establishment", "description": "Separate accession history from regional distribution status.", "findings": [ { "id": "occurrence-status", "name": "Occurrence status", "description": "Kew gives Mexico to Belize as the native range; local occurrence status still requires location-specific evidence. [Kew POWO](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/293946-1)", "questions": [ { "text": "Where did this plant or accession originate, and which records support that history?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "occurrence-status-q01" }, { "text": "Does this occurrence represent deliberate planting, persistence or independent establishment?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "occurrence-status-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "harvest-purpose", "name": "Harvest purpose", "description": "Relate organ selection and developmental stage to intended use.", "findings": [ { "id": "organ-specific-harvest", "name": "Organ-specific harvest", "description": "Chayote food uses include fruits, young shoots and tuberous roots; assess each organ separately. [NParks](https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/5/9/5957)", "questions": [ { "text": "Which organ is intended for harvest, and what locally supported maturity criteria apply?", "kind": "definition", "id": "organ-specific-harvest-q01" }, { "text": "Should this fruit be retained for propagation or harvested for the stated food use?", "kind": "action", "id": "organ-specific-harvest-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "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.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "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; 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edulis, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "kind-and-parents-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the kind of a Sicyos edulis is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features", "name": "Distinguishing features", "description": "What separates a Sicyos edulis from the things most often confused with it.", "questions": [ { "id": "distinguishing-features-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes what distinguishes a Sicyos edulis, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "distinguishing-features-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about what distinguishes a Sicyos edulis, by which method, and when 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"name": "Condition and integrity", "description": "Wear, damage, health and the difference between working and broken.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition, damage and health", "description": "How the condition of a Sicyos edulis is judged and by whom.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the condition of a Sicyos edulis, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the condition of a Sicyos edulis, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the condition of a Sicyos edulis is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "place-and-movement", "name": "Place and movement", "description": "Where a Sicyos edulis is, how it got there and where it may go (self-moving).", "rationale": "A thing that can move needs its position recorded with a time, or every later claim about it is about a place it has left.", "layers": [ { "id": "location-and-placement", "name": "Location and placement", "description": "Position, containment and the reference frame the position is given in.", "findings": [ { "id": "position-and-frame", "name": "Position, container and reference frame", "description": "Where a Sicyos edulis is, and what that position is measured against.", "questions": [ { "id": "position-and-frame-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the location of a Sicyos edulis, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the location of a Sicyos edulis, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "position-and-frame-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the location of a Sicyos edulis is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "movement-and-transfer", "name": "Movement and transfer", "description": "How a Sicyos edulis moves on its own.", "findings": [ { "id": "movement-events", "name": "Movement events and constraints", "description": "What counts as a movement, what records it and what limits it.", "questions": [ { "id": "movement-events-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes the movement of a Sicyos edulis, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about the movement of a Sicyos edulis, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "movement-events-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once the movement of a Sicyos edulis is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "state-and-lifecycle", "name": "State and lifecycle", "description": "The states a Sicyos edulis passes through and the events that move it between them.", "rationale": "Most decisions about a thing depend on what state it is in now, which is a claim with a time on it, not a property.", "layers": [ { "id": "lifecycle-stages", "name": "Lifecycle stages", 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may an agent decide or do once an observation of a Sicyos edulis is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "taxonomic-placement", "name": "Taxonomic placement and identification", "description": "What Sicyos edulis is called scientifically, by whose authority, and how a specimen is recognised.", "rationale": "Names change with revisions while the organism does not, so a name without its authority and date cannot be reconciled later.", "layers": [ { "id": "accepted-name", "name": "Accepted name and synonymy", "description": "The current binomial, its author and date, and the names it replaced.", "findings": [ { "id": "name-and-authority", "name": "Accepted name, authority and synonyms", "description": "What to record so a later revision can be applied without losing the old data.", "questions": [ { "id": "name-and-authority-q01", "text": "What is the accepted scientific 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"name": "Health and condition", "description": "How condition is assessed and by whom.", "findings": [ { "id": "condition-assessment", "name": "Condition assessment", "description": "Signs of health, injury and stress, and who is competent to judge them.", "questions": [ { "id": "condition-assessment-q01", "text": "How is the condition of Sicyos edulis judged, on what scale, and by whom?", "kind": "measurement" }, { "id": "condition-assessment-q02", "text": "What condition obliges an agent to act, and what act is permitted to whom?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "range-and-status", "name": "Habitat, range and conservation status", "description": "Where Sicyos edulis lives and how threatened it is.", "rationale": "Range and status govern what is lawful, and both are assessments with an assessor and a year rather than facts of nature.", "layers": [ { "id": "habitat-and-range", "name": "Habitat and range", "description": "Native range, introductions and the habitat it needs.", "findings": [ { "id": "range-record", "name": "Range, introductions and habitat", "description": "What to record about where it is found and how it got there.", "questions": [ { "id": "range-record-q01", "text": "What is the native range of Sicyos edulis, where has it been introduced, and what habitat does it require?", "kind": "definition" }, { "id": "range-record-q02", "text": "What distinguishes a native record from an introduced or vagrant one?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "protection-status", "name": "Protection and legal status", "description": "Conservation assessments and the rules that follow from them.", "findings": [ { "id": "status-and-rules", "name": "Conservation status and legal consequence", "description": "The assessment, its date, and what it forbids or requires where.", "questions": [ { "id": "status-and-rules-q01", "text": "What conservation status does Sicyos edulis hold, under which assessment and year?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "id": "status-and-rules-q02", "text": "What does that status forbid or require of an agent, and in which jurisdiction?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "provenance-and-evidence", "name": "Provenance, evidence and time", "description": "Where every claim about a Sicyos edulis came from and when it held.", "rationale": "A claim without a source and a time cannot be superseded, only overwritten, and an agent that overwrites loses the ability to explain itself.", "layers": [ { "id": "source-and-authority", "name": "Source and authority", "description": "Who said it, on what evidence, and how strongly.", "findings": [ { "id": "claim-provenance", "name": "Claim provenance and confidence", "description": "The authority behind each claim about a Sicyos edulis and how confident it is.", "questions": [ { "id": "claim-provenance-q01", "text": "What identifies and describes a claim about a Sicyos edulis, and in what units or vocabulary?", "kind": "definition", "answer_data": [ "identifiers", "types and classes", "values with units", "explicit unknowns" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q02", "text": "Who or what asserted this about a claim about a Sicyos edulis, by which method, and when was it true?", "kind": "provenance", "answer_data": [ "authority", "method", "evidence", "event time", "knowledge time" ] }, { "id": "claim-provenance-q03", "text": "What may an agent decide or do once a claim about a Sicyos edulis is known, and what must it refuse?", "kind": "action", "answer_data": [ "permitted actions", "preconditions", "refusals", "escalation" ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "time-and-versions", "name": "Time, versions and supersession", "description": "When a claim was true, when it was learnt, and what replaced it.", "findings": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession", "name": "Validity period and supersession", "description": "How an old claim about a Sicyos edulis is retired without being erased.", "questions": [ { "id": "validity-and-supersession-q01", "text": "What identifies 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