DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The first letter of a cultivar is capitalized and the term is never italicized. Cultivars are also surrounded by single quotation marks (never double quotation marks) or preceded by the abbreviation “cv.". For an example of a cultivar of redbud, consider Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ (or Cercis canadensis cv.

Detailed explanation-2: -In short, a cultivar is a plant that is produced and maintained by horticulturists but does not produce true-to-seed; whereas, a variety is a group of plants within a species that has one or more distinguishing characteristics and usually produces true-to-seed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Following consideration of botanical (scientific) names is cultivar names. The word “cultivar” is a contraction of “cultivated variety” and is used to make the distinction from a formal botanical variety. Plant variety protection and UPOV use the word “variety” in the sense of cultivar, not in the botanical sense.