Re: Taxonomy clarification

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• To: m*@ucdavis.edu
• Subject: Re: Taxonomy clarification
• From: J* A* <j*@tiny.me.su.oz.au>
• Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 14:10:29 +1000

At 16:38 8/07/97 +0000, Nick wrote:

>Rand: here are some comments on your mail...
>
>> Am I right in assuming that the term cultivar (abbreviation cv.) is used
>> properly to refer to a plant arising in cultivation or maintained solely
>> in cultivation?
>
>Sounds OK to me.

Here in Australia, it appears that a cultivar is any plant that someone
registers as a cultivar.  Yes, I believe there are rules, but no one appears
to check them.  It not uncommonly happens that someone obtains a plant of
nice-looking form from the wild, gives it a silly name, and registers it,
(so it can't be sold legally without their say-so) without attempting to do
any selective breeding on it at all.

Not surprisingly, some people are not too happy with this sort of thing.

John

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