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The lists of cultivars in the table below are indices of plant cultivars, varieties, and strains. A cultivar is a plant that is selected for desirable characteristics that can be maintained by propagation.
The plants listed may be ornamental, medicinal, and/or edible. Several of them bear edible fruit. Plants are selectively bred for phenotypic traits (such as flower colour) and other hereditary traits. When developing a new variety, a plant breeder might value such characteristics as appearance, disease resistance, and hardiness. In the cultivation of edible fruit and vegetables, nutritional value, shelf life, and crop yield are also among the potential considerations.
Some of the lists use the word variety instead of cultivar. In most of these lists, variety refers to a cultivar that is recognised by the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV). A cultivar must meet certain criteria in order to be recognised by UPOV as a named variety.
In a few lists, variety means something else: a taxonomic rank below that of species (a kind of subspecies). If the species' binomial name is followed by the word var. and another name, that is a botanical variety, not a cultivar.
List Common name Taxon Woody / Herbaceous List of cultivars Apple Malus domestica Woody Apple cultivars Banana / Plaintain Musa Herbaceous Banana cultivars Cannabis Cannabis Herbaceous Cannabis strains Cherimoya Annona cherimola Woody Cherimoya cultivars Citrus Citrus Woody Citrus hybrids and cultivars Coffee Coffea Woody Coffee varieties Zea mays convar. saccharata var. rugosa Herbaceous Sweetcorn varieties Basil Ocimum Herbaceous Basil cultivars Bottlebrush Callistemon Woody Callistemon cultivars Canna lily Canna Herbaceous Canna cultivars Chili pepper Capsicum Herbaceous Capsicum cultivars Cucumber Cucumis sativus Herbaceous Cucumber varieties Date Phoenix dactylifera Woody Date cultivars Elm Ulmus Woody Elm cultivars, hybrids and hybrid cultivars Gazania Gazania Herbaceous Gazania cultivars Grape Vitis Woody Grape varieties Grevillea Grevillea Woody Grevillea cultivars Hops Humulus lupulus Herbaceous Hop varieties Maize Zea mays subsp. mays Herbaceous Italian traditional maize varieties Mango Mangifera Woody Mango cultivars Nemesia Nemesia Herbaceous Nemesia cultivars Olive Olea europaea Woody Olive cultivars Onion Allium cepa Herbaceous Onion cultivars Pear Pyrus Woody Pear cultivars Nepenthes Herbaceous Nepenthes cultivars Pumpkin Cucurbita pepo Herbaceous Pumpkin varieties grown in the United States Oryza sativa Herbaceous Rice varieties Rose Rosa Woody Strawberry Fragaria ananassa Herbaceous Strawberry cultivars Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas Herbaceous Sweet potato cultivars Tomato Solanum lycopersicum Herbaceous Tomato cultivars Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula Herbaceous Venus flytrap cultivars
See also
Cultivated plant taxonomy Genetic variation Horticulture Introduction to genetics Landrace
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