- Cultivar - Wikipedia
A cultivar is an assemblage of plants that (a) has been selected for a particular character or combination of characters, (b) is distinct, uniform and stable in those characters, and (c) when propagated by appropriate means, retains those characters [23] A cultivar may be given a vernacular name or a number [24]
- What Is a Cultivar? Plant Cultivars vs. Varieties - The Spruce
A cultivar, short for cultivated variety, is a plant that is propagated through human intervention to develop a desirable characteristic and ensure it retains the characteristics of its parent plant Cultivars are created from stem cutting, grafting, tissue cultures, or cross-pollination
- What is a cultivar? Cultivar vs. Native vs. Nativar - The Plant Native
A cultivar is a plant selected by humans for certain characteristics—such as color, drought resistance, height, or even petal shape Cultivar is short for a cultivated variety A true native plant is not a cultivar, because it has been untouched by humans
- Cultivar: Definition, Development and Nomenclature - Biology Dictionary
A cultivar is a subspecies classification describing plants varieties which are produced through artificial selection Cultivar, the word, comes from a combination of cultivated variety Different forms of the same species are considered varieties
- CULTIVAR Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of CULTIVAR is an organism and especially one of an agricultural or horticultural variety or strain originating and persistent under cultivation
- Cultivar | Plant Breeding, Hybridization Selection | Britannica
cultivar, Any variety of a plant, originating through cloning or hybridization (see clone, hybrid), known only in cultivation In asexually propagated plants, a cultivar is a clone considered valuable enough to have its own name; in sexually propagated plants, a cultivar is a pure line (for self-pollinated plants) or, for cross-pollinated
- What are Cultivars and Do I Want Them?
What is a cultivar? When a grower encounters a certain individual plant that has special characteristics they like, they may give that plant with those characteristics a cultivar name
- Cultivar, Variety, Species, Genus: Botanical Terms Explained
A cultivar is a single plant that has been bred by humans in a controlled environment and produces a specific characteristic This botanical term is a combination of ‘cultivated’ and ‘variety’, indicating a subgroup of a species that was specially cultivated by people
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