krancmm said:Cultivar: My understanding of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP, Cultivated Plant Code) is that there can be only one cultivar of a given plant.
There appears to be a gap. I threw Alocasia x amazonica 'Polly' in common names - it shouldn't be there. But it shouldn't be in the synonym list either and it certainly doesn't belong as a separate plant. Nor is it a cultivar (the correct name 'Poly' can be traced back to a breeder and date).
What I propose is a new field "Also Sold As" directly under Trade Name that would allow multiple entries for the various wild and whacky names under which a plant might be sold. It would need to be searchable.
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