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Philip McIntosh
Shannon McKee
Dr. Lynette Morgan
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A cultivar is the most basic classification category of cultivated plant taxonomy.
Most cultivars originate from human cultivation, propagated through cloning, cutting,
or grafting, and generally cannot be grown from seeds from the original plant.
Most cultivars are either agricultural food crops or ornamental plants. Ornamental
cultivars, such as roses and azaleas, are cultivated to enhance a particular flower
shape, size, or colour. Almost all agricultural food crops are cultivars; desirable
characteristics include abundant yield, pleasant taste, and resistance to disease.
The term cultivar was created by the botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey as a combination of
the words cultivated and variety. Plants that can be considered as cultivars include:
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deliberate hybrids
accidental hybrids in cultivation
selection from existing cultivated stock
selection from variants within a wild population and maintained
as a recognisable entity solely by continued propagation
With these methods of propagation offspring will retain the characteristics of the
parents for the next generation. Plants grown from the seeds of cultivars will not
necessarily retain the properties of the mother plant.
Check out Lee Allen’s article on page 48 for more information.
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