Plant variety
Plant variety may refer to:
- Variety (botany), a taxonomic nomenclature rank in botany, below subspecies, but above subvariety and form
- Plant variety (law), a non-taxonomic, exclusively legal term. Patent-like protection applies to plants that are specified not necessarily by taxonomic categories. Generally, it is applied to an infraspecific rank, usually a cultivar or hybrid.
- An informal and ambiguous substitute for form (botany) (a taxonomic nomenclature rank in botany, below variety (botany))
- An older substitute for cultivar or hybrid (biology), now discouraged by the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. It is still used especially with regard to grapes and rice. The equivalent term "varietal", though not an official botany term, is also common in horticulture generally and is not as ambiguous.
See also
- Trademarks can be obtained for plants.
- Varietal, a type of wine made from a single grape variety
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