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A cultivar is a cultivated plant that has been selected and given a unique name because of its decorative or useful characteristics; it is usually distinct from similar plants and when propagated it retains those characteristics.
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A cultivar is a cultivated plant that has been selected and given a unique name because of its decorative or useful characteristics; it is usually distinct from similar plants and when propagated it retains those characteristics.
The naming of a cultivar should conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (the ICNCP, commonly known as the Cultivated Plant Code). For this, it must be distinct from other cultivars and it must be possible to propagate it reliably, in the manner prescribed for that particular cultivar, either by sexual or asexual means.
The word cultivar, coined by Liberty Hyde Bailey, is generally regarded as a portmanteau of "cultivated" and "variety", but could also be derived from "cultigen" "variety". Cultivar is also a Spanish and Portuguese verb meaning "to cultivate"Fact: date=August 2008. The word cultivar is not interchangeable with the botanical rank of variety, nor with the legal term "plant variety".. Cultivars are a sub-set of Bailey's broader grouping the cultigen, defined as "a plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans" (see cultigen for Bailey's original definition of the cultivar, his definitions of the cultigen, and discussion of the current definition of cultigen).
Formal definition
The word cultivar is used in two senses — as a classification category (rank) of cultigens, and as a distinguishable group of cultigens (taxon).
Article 2.1 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants of 2004 defines the cultivar a classification category as:
the primary category of cultivated plants whose nomenclature is governed by this Code (Art. 2.1).and defines a cultivar a distinguishable group of cultigens as:
an assemblage of plants that has been selected for a particular attribute or combination of attributes, and that is clearly distinct, uniform and stable in its characteristics and that, when propagated by appropriate means, retains those characteristics (Art. 2.2).A few cultivar names, along with the cultivars themselves, are legally protected under Plant Breeder's Rights legislation.
Nature of a cultivar
A cultivar is a particular variety of a plant species or hybrid that is being cultivated and/or is recognised as a cultivar under the ICNCP. The concept of cultivar is driven by pragmatism, and serves the practical needs of horticulture, agriculture, forestry, etc.
