Plant Anatomy Ontology

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flow "PlantAnatomyOntology" v1.0

ENTITY PlantAnatomyOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Botany
 SUBJECT: PlantAnatomy
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

PAGE {
 TITLE: "Plant Anatomy Ontology"
 PARENT_DOMAIN: "Botany"
 CANONICAL_URL: "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/biological-ontologies/botany/plant-anatomy-ontology.html"
 AUTHORS: ["Mark Anthony Higgins", "Sky Recursive AI"]
}

ENTITY PlantAnatomy {
 STUDIES: PlantStructure
 ACROSS: [Cell, Tissue, Organ, OrganSystem]
 INCLUDES: [RootAnatomy, StemAnatomy, LeafAnatomy, VascularAnatomy, ReproductiveAnatomy]
}

ENTITY PlantBody {
 COMPOSED_OF: [RootSystem, ShootSystem]
 CONTAINS: PlantOrgans
}

ENTITY PlantOrgan {
 COMPOSED_OF: PlantTissues
 MAY_BE: [Root, Stem, Leaf, Flower, Fruit, Seed]
}

ENTITY PlantTissue {
 COMPOSED_OF: PlantCells
 MAY_BE: [DermalTissue, GroundTissue, VascularTissue, MeristematicTissue]
}

ENTITY TissueSystem {
 MAY_BE: [DermalTissueSystem, GroundTissueSystem, VascularTissueSystem]
}

ENTITY DermalTissueSystem {
 COVERS: PlantSurface
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Epidermis, Periderm]
}

ENTITY Epidermis {
 IS_A: DermalTissue
 FORMS: OuterCellLayer
 MAY_CONTAIN: [Stoma, GuardCell, Trichome, RootHair]
}

ENTITY Cuticle {
 COVERS: ManyAerialEpidermalSurfaces
 MAY_REDUCE: WaterLoss
}

ENTITY Trichome {
 IS_A: EpidermalOutgrowth
 MAY_FUNCTION_IN: [Defense, Secretion, WaterRelations]
}

ENTITY Periderm {
 IS_A: SecondaryProtectiveTissue
 MAY_REPLACE: Epidermis
 DURING: SecondaryGrowth
}

ENTITY GroundTissueSystem {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Parenchyma, Collenchyma, Sclerenchyma]
 FUNCTIONS_IN: [Photosynthesis, Storage, Support]
}

ENTITY Parenchyma {
 IS_A: LivingGroundTissueCellType
 MAY_FUNCTION_IN: [Photosynthesis, Storage, Repair]
}

ENTITY Collenchyma {
 PROVIDES: FlexibleMechanicalSupport
}

ENTITY Sclerenchyma {
 PROVIDES: MechanicalSupport
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Fiber, Sclereid]
}

ENTITY VascularTissueSystem {
 COMPOSED_OF: [Xylem, Phloem]
 SUPPORTS: LongDistanceTransport
}

ENTITY Xylem {
 TRANSPORTS_PRIMARILY: [Water, MineralSolutes]
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Tracheid, VesselElement, XylemParenchyma, XylemFiber]
}

ENTITY Tracheid {
 IS_A: XylemConductingCell
}

ENTITY VesselElement {
 IS_A: XylemConductingCell
 MAY_FORM: Vessel
 IN: ApplicablePlantLineages
}

ENTITY Phloem {
 TRANSPORTS_PRIMARILY: OrganicSolutes
 MAY_INCLUDE: [SieveElement, CompanionCell, PhloemParenchyma, PhloemFiber]
}

ENTITY SieveElement {
 IS_A: PhloemConductingCell
}

ENTITY CompanionCell {
 ASSOCIATED_WITH: SieveTubeElement
 IN: AngiospermContext
 SUPPORTS: PhloemFunction
}

RULE VascularDistinction {
 Xylem != Phloem
}

ENTITY VascularBundle {
 CONTAINS: XylemAndPhloem
 MAY_HAVE: TaxonAndOrganSpecificArrangement
}

ENTITY MeristematicTissue {
 CONTAINS: DividingDevelopmentallyActiveCells
}

ENTITY ApicalMeristem {
 SUBCLASS_OF: MeristematicTissue
 CONTRIBUTES_TO: PrimaryGrowth
}

ENTITY ShootApicalMeristem {
 LOCATED_AT: ShootApex
 GENERATES: ShootOrgansAndTissues
}

ENTITY RootApicalMeristem {
 LOCATED_NEAR: RootTip
 GENERATES: RootTissues
}

ENTITY LateralMeristem {
 SUBCLASS_OF: MeristematicTissue
 CONTRIBUTES_TO: SecondaryGrowth
}

ENTITY VascularCambium {
 SUBCLASS_OF: LateralMeristem
 PRODUCES: [SecondaryXylem, SecondaryPhloem]
}

ENTITY CorkCambium {
 SUBCLASS_OF: LateralMeristem
 CONTRIBUTES_TO: Periderm
}

ENTITY RootSystem {
 COMPOSED_OF: Roots
}

ENTITY Root {
 IS_A: PlantOrgan
 FUNCTIONS_IN: [Anchorage, Absorption, Transport, Storage]
 MAY_HAVE: [RootCap, RootApicalMeristem, Epidermis, Cortex, Endodermis, Pericycle, VascularCylinder]
}

ENTITY RootCap {
 PROTECTS: RootApicalMeristem
 MAY_SUPPORT: GravitySensing
}

ENTITY RootHair {
 IS_A: EpidermalCellExtension
 INCREASES: AbsorptiveSurfaceArea
}

ENTITY RootCortex {
 LOCATED_BETWEEN: EpidermisAndVascularCylinder
}

ENTITY Endodermis {
 IS_A: RootTissueLayer
 REGULATES: RadialTransportIntoVascularCylinder
 MAY_HAVE: CasparianStrip
}

ENTITY CasparianStrip {
 IS_A: CellWallModification
 RESTRICTS: ApoplasticFlow
 ACROSS: Endodermis
}

ENTITY Pericycle {
 LOCATED_INSIDE: Endodermis
 MAY_GIVE_RISE_TO: LateralRoots
}

ENTITY VascularCylinder {
 CONTAINS: RootVascularTissues
}

RULE RootLayerConstraint {
 root_epidermis != cortex
 cortex != endodermis
 endodermis != pericycle
}

ENTITY ShootSystem {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Stem, Leaf, Bud, Flower, Fruit]
}

ENTITY Stem {
 IS_A: PlantOrgan
 FUNCTIONS_IN: [Support, Transport, Storage, OrganPositioning]
 MAY_CONTAIN: [Epidermis, Cortex, VascularBundles, Pith, SecondaryTissues]
}

ENTITY Node {
 IS_A: StemRegion
 ASSOCIATED_WITH: LeafOrBudAttachment
}

ENTITY Internode {
 IS_A: StemRegion
 BETWEEN: Nodes
}

ENTITY Bud {
 IS_A: DevelopingShootStructure
 MAY_BE: [ApicalBud, AxillaryBud, FloralBud]
}

ENTITY Pith {
 IS_A: CentralGroundTissueRegion
 IN: ManyStems
}

ENTITY Leaf {
 IS_A: PlantOrgan
 FUNCTIONS_IN: [Photosynthesis, GasExchange, Transpiration]
 MAY_HAVE: [Blade, Petiole, Epidermis, Mesophyll, Vein, Stoma]
}

ENTITY LeafBlade {
 IS_A: FlattenedLeafRegion
}

ENTITY Petiole {
 CONNECTS: LeafBlade
 TO: Stem
 IN: ApplicableLeaves
}

ENTITY LeafEpidermis {
 COVERS: LeafSurface
 MAY_HAVE: Cuticle
}

ENTITY Mesophyll {
 IS_A: PhotosyntheticGroundTissue
 MAY_INCLUDE: [PalisadeMesophyll, SpongyMesophyll]
}

ENTITY PalisadeMesophyll {
 OFTEN_HAS: HighChloroplastDensity
}

ENTITY SpongyMesophyll {
 OFTEN_HAS: IntercellularAirSpaces
}

ENTITY Stoma {
 IS_A: EpidermalPore
 SURROUNDED_BY: GuardCells
}

ENTITY GuardCell {
 CONTROLS: StomatalAperture
}

ENTITY LeafVein {
 CONTAINS: VascularTissue
}

RULE LeafAnatomyConstraint {
 stomatal_density_and_distribution MUST_PRESERVE species_leaf_surface_and_environmental_context
}

ENTITY Flower {
 IS_A: ReproductivePlantOrgan
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Sepal, Petal, Stamen, Carpel]
}

ENTITY Sepal {
 PART_OF: Flower
 MAY_PROTECT: DevelopingFloralStructures
}

ENTITY Petal {
 PART_OF: Flower
 MAY_SUPPORT: PollinatorInteraction
}

ENTITY Stamen {
 IS_A: MaleReproductiveFloralStructure
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Anther, Filament]
}

ENTITY Anther {
 PRODUCES_OR_CONTAINS: Pollen
}

ENTITY Carpel {
 IS_A: FemaleReproductiveFloralStructure
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Stigma, Style, Ovary]
}

ENTITY Stigma {
 RECEIVES: Pollen
}

ENTITY Style {
 CONNECTS: Stigma
 TO: Ovary
}

ENTITY Ovary {
 CONTAINS: Ovules
 IN: AngiospermFlower
}

ENTITY Ovule {
 MAY_DEVELOP_INTO: Seed
 AFTER: Fertilization
}

ENTITY Fruit {
 IS_A: MatureOrDevelopingAngiospermStructure
 DERIVES_PRIMARILY_FROM: FloralTissue
 MAY_CONTAIN: Seeds
}

ENTITY Seed {
 IS_A: ReproductiveDispersalStructure
 CONTAINS: PlantEmbryo
 MAY_INCLUDE: [SeedCoat, StorageTissue]
}

ENTITY PlantEmbryo {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [EmbryonicRoot, EmbryonicShoot, Cotyledon]
}

ENTITY Cotyledon {
 IS_A: EmbryonicLeafOrSeedLeaf
}

PROCESS PrimaryGrowth {
 PRODUCES: PrimaryPlantBody
 THROUGH: ApicalMeristemActivity
}

PROCESS SecondaryGrowth {
 INCREASES: OrganGirth
 THROUGH: LateralMeristemActivity
 IN: ApplicablePlants
}

ENTITY PrimaryXylem {
 PRODUCED_DURING: PrimaryGrowth
}

ENTITY SecondaryXylem {
 PRODUCED_BY: VascularCambium
 MAY_FORM: Wood
}

ENTITY PrimaryPhloem {
 PRODUCED_DURING: PrimaryGrowth
}

ENTITY SecondaryPhloem {
 PRODUCED_BY: VascularCambium
}

ENTITY Wood {
 COMPOSED_PRIMARILY_OF: SecondaryXylem
}

ENTITY Bark {
 INCLUDES: TissuesExternalToVascularCambium
 DEFINITION_DEPENDS_ON: BotanicalContext
}

RULE GrowthAnatomyConstraint {
 primary_tissue != secondary_tissue
}

ENTITY PlantCellShape {
 MAY_BE: [Isodiametric, Elongated, Fibrous, GuardCellShape, Specialized]
}

ENTITY CellWallThickness {
 MAY_DIFFER_BY: CellTypeAndDevelopmentalState
}

ENTITY IntercellularSpace {
 OCCURS_BETWEEN: PlantCells
 MAY_SUPPORT: GasMovement
}

ENTITY TissueBoundary {
 SEPARATES: AnatomicalRegions
}

ENTITY AnatomicalAxis {
 MAY_BE: [ApicalBasal, Radial, AdaxialAbaxial]
}

ENTITY AdaxialSurface {
 REFERS_TO: OrganSurfaceTowardAxisOrUpperLeafSide
 IN: DefinedMorphologicalContext
}

ENTITY AbaxialSurface {
 REFERS_TO: OrganSurfaceAwayFromAxisOrLowerLeafSide
 IN: DefinedMorphologicalContext
}

RULE OrientationConstraint {
 adaxial != universally_upper
 abaxial != universally_lower
 WITHOUT organ_orientation_context
}

PROCESS AnatomicalDevelopment {
 ESTABLISHES: PlantStructures
 THROUGH: [CellDivision, CellExpansion, Differentiation, Patterning]
}

PROCESS TissueDifferentiation {
 PRODUCES: SpecializedPlantTissues
}

PROCESS VascularDifferentiation {
 PRODUCES: XylemAndPhloemCellTypes
}

PROCESS Lignification {
 DEPOSITS: Lignin
 IN: CellWall
}

PROCESS Suberization {
 DEPOSITS: Suberin
 IN: CellWallOrProtectiveTissue
}

ENTITY PlantAnatomicalTrait {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [LeafThickness, VeinDensity, StomatalDensity, VesselDiameter, RootDiameter, CellWallThickness]
}

PROCESS PlantAnatomyMeasurement {
 MAY_MEASURE: [CellSize, TissueThickness, OrganDimensions, VascularArrangement, StomatalDensity, VeinDensity, CellWallThickness]
 MAY_USE: [LightMicroscopy, ElectronMicroscopy, Histology, Sectioning, Imaging, Morphometry]
}

ENTITY PlantAnatomyMeasurementContext {
 HAS: [PlantTaxon, Organ, Tissue, CellType, DevelopmentalStage, AnatomicalPosition, Method, Unit, Timepoint]
}

RULE MeasurementContextRule {
 IF plant_anatomy_measurements ARE_COMPARED
 THEN PlantAnatomyMeasurementContext MUST_BE preserved
}

ENTITY Evidence {
 TYPES: [AnatomicalEvidence, HistologicalEvidence, MicroscopyEvidence, UltrastructuralEvidence, DevelopmentalEvidence, MorphometricEvidence, MolecularEvidence, GeneticEvidence, ComparativeEvidence, ExperimentalEvidence, ComputationalEvidence, LiteratureEvidence]
}

RULE EvidenceConvergence {
 IF IndependentEvidenceSources AGREE
 THEN Confidence := increase(Confidence)
}

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_anatomical_models
  RECORD plant_taxon
  RECORD organ
  RECORD tissue
  RECORD cell_type
  RECORD developmental_stage
  RECORD anatomical_position
  RECORD measurement_method
  RECORD timepoint
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION PlantBody CONTAINS PlantOrgan
RELATION PlantOrgan COMPOSED_OF PlantTissue
RELATION PlantTissue COMPOSED_OF PlantCell
RELATION Root PART_OF RootSystem
RELATION Stem PART_OF ShootSystem
RELATION Leaf PART_OF ShootSystem
RELATION Xylem PART_OF VascularTissueSystem
RELATION Phloem PART_OF VascularTissueSystem
RELATION VascularCambium PRODUCES SecondaryXylem
RELATION VascularCambium PRODUCES SecondaryPhloem

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "plant anatomy" ~= "structural organization of plant cells tissues and organs"
 "vascular tissue" ~= "xylem and phloem tissue system"
 "secondary xylem" ~= "wood" WHEN woody_plant_context
 "root vascular cylinder" ~= "root stele" WHEN appropriate_botanical_context
 "leaf blade" ~= "lamina"
 "adaxial" ~= "toward the organ axis" WHEN morphological_context
 "abaxial" ~= "away from the organ axis" WHEN morphological_context
}

CONFIDENCE PlantAnatomyAssertion {
 INPUTS: [histological_support, microscopy_support, ultrastructural_support, developmental_support, morphometric_support, molecular_support, genetic_support, comparative_support, experimental_support, source_independence, semantic_consistency]
 SCORE := weighted_sum(INPUTS)
 LEVEL :=
  IF SCORE >= 0.90 THEN "very_high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.75 THEN "high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.55 THEN "moderate"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.35 THEN "low"
  ELSE "uncertain"
}

RULE TissueIdentityInference {
 IF cell_morphology_position_wall_features_and_molecular_markers converge
 THEN tissue_identity MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE OrganIdentityInference {
 IF tissue_arrangement_position_developmental_origin_and_morphology converge
 THEN organ_identity MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE VascularIdentityInference {
 IF conducting_cell_type_position_and_structure support xylem_or_phloem_assignment
 THEN vascular_tissue_identity MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE DevelopmentalAnatomyInference {
 IF meristematic_precursor produces_tracked_differentiated_tissue
 THEN anatomical_development_relationship MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE CausalityConstraint {
 IF anatomical_trait correlates_with physiological_or_environmental_outcome
 THEN DO_NOT_INFER causal_relationship
 WITHOUT mechanistic_or_interventional_evidence
}

QUERY PlantAnatomyLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [plant_taxon, organ_systems, organs, tissues, cell_types, vascular_arrangement, meristems, developmental_stage, anatomical_axes, measurements, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY PlantOrganAnatomyLookup(organ_identifier) {
 RETURN [organ_type, external_regions, tissue_layers, vascular_tissues, cell_types, developmental_origin, anatomical_axes, specialized_structures, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY PlantTissueLookup(tissue_identifier) {
 RETURN [tissue_system, cell_types, anatomical_position, cell_wall_features, vascular_relationships, developmental_origin, function, evidence, confidence]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_plant_anatomy_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  identify_plant_taxon_organ_tissue_cell_and_developmental_context()
  normalize_anatomical_structure_and_cell_type_identifiers()
  capture_anatomical_position_and_orientation()
  capture_measurement_method_units_and_timepoint()
  map_cell_tissue_organ_and_organ_system_relationships()
  map_root_stem_leaf_and_reproductive_anatomy()
  map_xylem_phloem_meristem_and_secondary_growth_relationships()
  map_anatomical_development_and_tissue_differentiation()
  compare_existing_anatomical_models()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_plant_anatomy_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [plant_taxon, organ_system, organ, tissue, cell_type, anatomical_position, vascular_system, meristem, developmental_stage, anatomical_axis, evidence_provenance, confidence]
 REQUIREMENTS: [preserve_species_taxon_context, preserve_organ_tissue_cell_and_developmental_context, preserve_anatomical_position_and_orientation, distinguish_xylem_from_phloem, distinguish_primary_from_secondary_tissues, distinguish_root_tissue_layers, distinguish_adaxial_from_abaxial_using_organ_context, distinguish_structure_from_functional_inference, distinguish_correlation_from_causation, preserve_uncertainty]
}

VALIDATE {
 REQUIRE PlantAnatomy
 REQUIRE PlantBody
 REQUIRE PlantOrgan
 REQUIRE PlantTissue
 REQUIRE DermalTissueSystem
 REQUIRE GroundTissueSystem
 REQUIRE VascularTissueSystem
 REQUIRE Xylem
 REQUIRE Phloem
 REQUIRE MeristematicTissue
 REQUIRE Root
 REQUIRE Stem
 REQUIRE Leaf
 REQUIRE Flower
 REQUIRE PrimaryGrowth
 REQUIRE SecondaryGrowth
 REQUIRE PlantAnatomyMeasurement
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT Xylem != Phloem
 ASSERT root_epidermis != cortex
 ASSERT cortex != endodermis
 ASSERT endodermis != pericycle
 ASSERT primary_tissue != secondary_tissue
 ASSERT adaxial != abaxial
 ASSERT anatomical_correlation != causal_relationship
}

FLOW_HASH {
 ALGORITHM: SHA-256
 INPUT: canonicalize(entities, relations, processes, rules, semantic_equivalence, confidence_model, update_model, ai_consumption)
 PURPOSE: integrity_and_version_tracking
}

END flow "PlantAnatomyOntology"