ICNCP
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The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) regulates the naming of cultivars, cultivar Groups and graft-chimaeras. Examples are

• Clematis alpina 'Ruby' : a cultivar within a species
• Magnolia 'Elizabeth' : a hybrid between at least two species
• Rhododendron boothii Mishmiense Group: a Group name
• +Crataegomespilus : a graft-chimaera of Crataegus and Mespilus.

Note that the ICNCP does not regulate trademarks for plants: trademarks are regulated by the law of the land involved. Nor does the ICNCP regulate the naming of plant varieties.

Orchids have a Code of their own that operates within the limits set by the ICNCP.

External links

• Publisher's page for International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, 7th edition (February 2004);
• Adams, Denise (2000) "Language of Horticulture" Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University from Web Archive;