Lists of cultivars

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.

Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in Gaillac, France

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.


Common name Taxon Woody / Herbaceous List of cultivars
AppleMalus domesticaWoodyApple cultivars
Banana / PlaintainMusaHerbaceousBanana cultivars
CannabisCannabisHerbaceousCannabis strains
CherimoyaAnnona cherimolaWoodyCherimoya cultivars
CitrusCitrusWoodyCitrus hybrids and cultivars
CoffeeCoffeaWoodyCoffee varieties
Sweet cornZea mays convar. saccharata var. rugosaHerbaceousSweetcorn varieties
BasilOcimumHerbaceousBasil cultivars
BottlebrushCallistemonWoodyCallistemon cultivars
Canna lilyCannaHerbaceousCanna cultivars
Chili pepperCapsicumHerbaceousCapsicum cultivars
CucumberCucumis sativusHerbaceousCucumber varieties
ElmUlmusWoodyElm cultivars, hybrids and hybrid cultivars
GazaniaGazaniaHerbaceousGazania cultivars
GrapeVitisWoodyGrape varieties
GrevilleaGrevilleaWoodyGrevillea cultivars
HopsHumulus lupulusHerbaceousHop varieties
MaizeZea mays subsp. maysHerbaceousItalian traditional maize varieties
MangoMangiferaWoodyMango cultivars
NemesiaNemesiaHerbaceousNemesia cultivars
OliveOlea europaeaWoodyOlive cultivars
OnionAllium cepaHerbaceousOnion cultivars
PearPyrusWoodyPear cultivars
Tropical pitcher plantNepenthesHerbaceousNepenthes cultivars
PumpkinCucurbita pepoHerbaceousPumpkin varieties grown in the United States
Asian riceOryza sativaHerbaceousRice varieties
RoseRosaWoody
StrawberryFragaria ananassaHerbaceousStrawberry cultivars
Sweet potatoIpomoea batatasHerbaceousSweet potato cultivars
TomatoSolanum lycopersicumHerbaceousTomato cultivars
Venus flytrapDionaea muscipulaHerbaceousVenus flytrap cultivars

See also

  • Wehner, Todd C.; Barrett, C. (5 September 1996). "Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America". North Carolina State University. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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