Lists of cultivars

A cultivar is a plant that is selected for desirable characteristics that can be maintained by propagation.

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.

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).