Help! Meaning of "cv"

[Alan]

 stephen fitzgerald <stephenf at netspace.net.au> wrote:

> >I need to know what is the meaning of the abbreviation "cv" 
> 
> Cv is indeed Cultivars which is a new fangled word for 'Cultivated
Varieties'. In >most countries there is a cultivar register. If the
characteristic of the selection is >constant then the plant can be
registered and even patented. It is not a 
> recognised botanical group like 'species'.
> 
I believe it is also true that cultivars cannot be sexually propagated.
Offspring are available by asexual propagation only, i.e. cuttings,
layerings,etc.

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