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57 The naming of organisms (and plant communities)
cultivar epithet: (cult. pl.): the defining part of a name that denotes a
cultivar; see cultivar.
cultivar group: see group.
cultivar, [cultivarietas, cv.; pl. cvs.]: a cultivated variety; (cult. pl.) an
assemblage of plants that has been selected for a particular attribute
or combination of attributes and that is clearly distinct, uniform, and
stable in these characteristics and that when propagated by
appropriate means retains those characteristics; names of cultivars,
formerly often prefixed by “cv.”, are designated by fancy (q.v.)
epithets, appended either to the scientific name or to the common
name of the taxon to which they belong, which are not italicised and
which must be placed between single quotation marks (e.g. Solanum
tuberosum ‘Cara’).
cultivariant: see topophysic cultivar
Cultivated Plant Code: the International Code of Nomenclature of
Cultivated Plants (q.v.).
cultivated plant: (1) (cult. pl.) one whose origin or selection is primarily
due to the intentional activities of humankind; such a plant may
arise either by deliberate, or, in cultivation, accidental hybridization,
or by selection from existing cultivated stock, or may be the
selection from minor variants within a wild population and
maintained as a recognizable entity solely by deliberate and
continued propagation. (2) (bio.) a cultivated plant or fungus, whose
origin or selection is primarily due to the intentional actions of
mankind, not denominated under the BioCode.
cultivated race: (cult. pl., unoff.) a biotype of spore plants that has
appeared in cultivation.
cultivated taxon: see taxoid.
culton, [pl. culta]: (cult. pl.) a systematic group of cultivated plants which
is based upon one or more user criteria; a word parallel to “taxon”
but used solely for a taxonomic unit whose nomenclature is
governed by the Code.
culto-type, [cultotype, cultype, cultitype]: (obsol.) a living culture derived
from a holotype specimen; see also ex-type.