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Summary Of: CultigenThe word cultigen was coined in 1918... This definition of the cultigen permits the inclusion of cultivars... 1923 definition which restricts the idea of the cultigen to plants at the rank of species... the idea of the cultigen having the rank of species returned... Both cited publications indicate that the term cultigen is not synonymous with cultivar... A cultigen is a plant or group of apparent specific rank... usage in horticulture has maintained a distinction between cultigen and cultivar while allowing the inclusion of cultivars within the definition... Cultigen and cultivar may be confused with one... Cultigen is a general... In botanical literature the word cultigen is used for plants that have been given binomials and are now known only in... The use of cultigen in this botanical sense essentially follows Bailey... s definition of cultigen given in 1923... horticulture the definition and use of the term cultigen has varied but generally... The use of cultigen in this sense is essentially the same as the definition of the cultigen published by... The term cultigen is occasionally applied in a very general sense to any organisms that do not have... it is clear that the term cultigen originated within horticulture and botany and that these areas are where it has mostly been... Wider use of the term cultigen as defined here has been proposed... misunderstandings and questions arising from the definition of cultigen given here have been discussed in the literature... The genetic material of a cultigen may become part of the gene pool of a population where... Whether a plant is a cultigen or not does not depend on where it is growing... Definition of cultigen from Online Medical Dictionary... The definition of cultigen given in the Glossary of this reference does not include deliberately selected plants that are... A definition of cultigen that includes organisms other than plants...Encyclodia Page On: Cultigen
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