Cultivar

The cultivated form of a plant,( man made) usually propagated by horticulturalists, using vegetative propagation instead of seed.

Cross-pollination of two different plants within a species is sometimes also used. The new plant is unique and an improvement in the species (i.e disease or pest resistant; different colors).This term is used when determining plant names and indicates the variety originated in cultivation and not the wild. This portion of a plants name is usually not Latin, and is often shown as "cv". The term was coined by L.H. Bailey of Cornell University.