A cultivar or cultivated variety is type of horticultural category. Meaning that someone will select a plant adding human improvements. However this may or may not include hydropaunics. Although the plant can fall under the Hybrid category. Even just selecting a plant from the wild and then cultivating somewhere else is cultivating a plant variety.
Cultivars will often follow a specific genre of plants.
- Tuscan Blue (Rosmarinus officinalis)
- Forest panzy (Cercius canadenis)
- Elijah Blue (festuca glauca)
The ACRA or Australian Cultivar Registration Authority are responsible for cultivars in Australia. The idea of the group is souly volunteers. Their aim is to ensure that cultivars names remain distinct. Because of this the topics different to Land Owner Rights. Land owner rights deal with Native plant protection services. Bringing in patents, or trademarks making the subject a different kettle of fish. keep in mind, seedlings of cultivars are a genetic replica of the original plant. Using these for clones or pruning cuts.
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