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A "plant variety" is a legal term, following the UPOV Convention. Recognition of a cultivated plant as a "variety" (in this sense) provides its breeder with some legal protection, so-called plant breeders' rights, depending to some extent on the internal legislation of the signatory countries ^{[citation needed]}. In the USA this is the Plant Variety Protection Act.

Note that this "variety" (which will differ in status according to the local law of the land) should not be confused with the international (the same the world over):

taxonomic rank of variety (regulated by the ICBN)
cultivar (regulated by the ICNCP).

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-A "plant '''variety'''" is a [[legal term]], following the [[UPOV]] Convention. Recognition of a cultivated [[plant]] as a "variety" (in this sense) provides its [[Plant breeding|breeder]] with some legal protection, so-called [[plant breeders' rights]], depending to some extent on the internal legislation of the signatory countries. In the USA this is the [[Plant Variety Protection Act]].
+A "plant '''variety'''" is a [[legal term]], following the [[UPOV]] Convention. Recognition of a cultivated [[plant]] as a "variety" (in this sense) provides its [[Plant breeding|breeder]] with some legal protection, so-called [[plant breeders' rights]], depending to some extent on the internal legislation of the signatory countries {{fact|date=30 January 2010}}. In the USA this is the [[Plant Variety Protection Act]].
 Note that this "variety" (which will differ in status according to the local law of the land) should not be confused with the international (the same the world over):