Open access International Registration of Cultivar Names for Salix L. (Willow) in 2016–20

Abstract

The International Poplar Commission, FAO UN, was appointed to serve as the International Cultivar Registration Authority for the genus Salix in 2013 (Kuzovkina and Vietto, 2014). Eight hundred and fifty-four cultivar epithets were included in the Checklist for Cultivars of Salix (Willow) to provide the baseline for the formal registration of new cultivars epithets (Kuzovkina, 2015a, 2015b). Twenty-six new cultivar epithets have been registered since 2016 and included in the International Register of Cultivars of Salix (Willow) (2020).

Keywords

• salix
• willow
• breeding
• cultivars
• germplasm resources