What is Cultivar?
{{no sources|date=October 2021}} [[Image:Viola x hybrida 'Clear Crystals Apricot', SC, Vic., 15.9.2007.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A ''[[Viola (plant)|Viola]]'' cultivar, 'Clear Crystals Apricot']] A '''cultivar''' is a variant of a [[plant]] that has been selected for planting and [[Sales|sale]] because it has certain characteristics. It keeps its [[Trait (biology)|traits]] when it is [[Plant propagation|propagated]] because they are [[Heritable|inherited]]. Usually, cultivars are given a name which is not related to their biological [[taxon]]. There is a system of naming run by the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (the ICNCP), commonly known as the Cultivated Plant Code. == Related pages == *[[Domestication]] *[[Variety (botany)]] {{-}} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Botany]] [[Category:Plant taxonomy]]