E - International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants

Possible characteristic(s) (Example 4)
Alternative 1
TGP/14/1: Section 2: Botanical Terms
Subsection 2: Shapes and Structures: I. SHAPE
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(a)
(b)
(c)
ratio diameter/height (QN):
e.g. very elongated (1); moderately elongated (3); medium (5);
moderately compressed (7); very compressed (9);
position of broadest part (QN):
e.g. at middle (1); moderately towards base (2); strongly towards base (3);
lateral outline in apical half (PQ):
e.g. rounded (1); parallel (2); flat taper (3); concave (4)
Alternative 2
(a)
(b)
ratio diameter/height (QN):
e.g. very elongated (1); moderately elongated (3); medium (5); moderately
compressed (7); very compressed (9)
general shape (PQ):
e.g. cylindrical waisted (1); conic (2); ovate (3); cylindric (4); elliptic (5)
with the following illustration:
lateral outline in apical half
concave flat tapering rounded flat parallel sides
at base position of broadest part at middle
1
cylindrical waisted
2
conic
3
ovate
5
elliptic
(includes round
and oblate)
4
cylindric