# 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.
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.

## List

| Common name | Taxon | Woody / Herbaceous | List of cultivars |
| Apple | Malus domestica | Woody | Apple cultivars |
| Banana / Plaintain | Musa | Herbaceous | Banana cultivars |
| Cannabis | Cannabis | Herbaceous | Cannabis strains |
| Cherimoya | Annona cherimola | Woody | Cherimoya cultivars |
| Citrus | Citrus | Woody | Citrus hybrids and cultivars |
| Coffee | Coffea | Woody | Coffee varieties |
| Sweet corn | Zea mays convar. saccharata var. rugosa | Herbaceous | Sweetcorn varieties |
| Basil | Ocimum | Herbaceous | Basil cultivars |
| Bottlebrush | Callistemon | Woody | Callistemon cultivars |
| Canna lily | Canna | Herbaceous | Canna cultivars |
| Chili pepper | Capsicum | Herbaceous | Capsicum cultivars |
| Cucumber | Cucumis sativus | Herbaceous | Cucumber varieties |
| Date | Phoenix dactylifera | Woody | Date cultivars |
| Elm | Ulmus | Woody | Elm cultivars, hybrids and hybrid cultivars |
| Gazania | Gazania | Herbaceous | Gazania cultivars |
| Grape | Vitis | Woody | Grape varieties |
| Grevillea | Grevillea | Woody | Grevillea cultivars |
| Hops | Humulus lupulus | Herbaceous | Hop varieties |
| Maize | Zea mays subsp. mays | Herbaceous | Italian traditional maize varieties |
| Mango | Mangifera | Woody | Mango cultivars |
| Nemesia | Nemesia | Herbaceous | Nemesia cultivars |
| Olive | Olea europaea | Woody | Olive cultivars |
| Onion | Allium cepa | Herbaceous | Onion cultivars |
| Pear | Pyrus | Woody | Pear cultivars |
| Tropical pitcher plant | Nepenthes | Herbaceous | Nepenthes cultivars |
| Pumpkin | Cucurbita pepo | Herbaceous | Pumpkin varieties grown in the United States |
| Asian rice | Oryza sativa | Herbaceous | Rice varieties |
| Rose | Rosa | Woody | All-America Rose SelectionsAward of Garden Merit rosesRose cultivars named after people |
| Strawberry | Fragaria ananassa | Herbaceous | Strawberry cultivars |
| Sweet potato | Ipomoea batatas | Herbaceous | Sweet potato cultivars |
| Tomato | Solanum lycopersicum | Herbaceous | Tomato cultivars |
| Venus flytrap | Dionaea muscipula | Herbaceous | Venus flytrap cultivars |