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A variation of a species, one that has been produced through breeding or deliberate selection. Terms in the cultivar name are always capitalized and included in single quotes.
2. A special taxonomic category of cultivated plants that is an assemblage of plants that are clearly distinquished by special characterisic(s), when reproduced, sexually or asexually, retains its special charateristics.
3. A contraction derived from the words 'CULTIvated VARiety' created to separate plants of garden origin from botanical varieties.
In botany a cultivar is indicated by using the abbreviation cv. and/or single-quoting the cultivar name. A cultivar may be ascribed to a particular species, or, if of hybrid or unknown origin, just to a genus. Cultivar names before 1 January 1959 were often given in Latin form and can be readily confused with names of botanical taxa, but after that date, must be in a modern vernacular language to distinguish them from botanical names. Cultivar names, unlike genus and species names, are not italicised. Thus:
Used when determining plant names. Indicates the variety originated in cultivation and not the wild. This portion of a plant's name is usually not Latin.
