A plant variety is a set of plants of a single botanical taxon of the lowest known range that, regardless of whether it fully meets the conditions for granting a breeder's right, can be defined by the expression of the characters resulting from a certain genotype or a certain combination of genotypes, distinguished from any other set of plants by the expression of at least one of these characters, considered as a unit, given its ability to spread without alteration.

 

The requirements for a plant variety to be protected through a breeder's certificate are the following: novelty, distinguishability, homogeneity, stability and appropriate generic name.