The State Forestry and Grass Administration released the second batch of new plant variety permit lists in 2022

Recently, the State Forest and Grassland Administration released the list of the second batch of new plant variety rights granted in 2022. A total of 436 new plant variety right applications met the permit requirements and obtained the “Certificate of new plant variety rights”. Among them, the genus Iris appeared for the first time in the list of new authorized forest plant varieties, and plants of the genus Scutellaria, Scutellaria, Chrysanthemum spp., Iris, Dahlia and Currant were also authorized for the first time.

Most of the new varieties listed are woody plants, with a total of 424 pieces, and 12 pieces of herbaceous plants. Taxonomically, Rosa still holds the largest number, with a total of 139; followed by Prunus and Lagerstroemia, with 27 and 24 respectively. In addition, new horticultural varieties of native plants that are mainly used in landscaping have also appeared, such as ‘Green Arrow’ and ‘Hengwa No. ‘Xiangfei’ and ‘Zhuzi No. 1’ in the genus Euonymus, “Jiannan No. 1 ” in the genus Euonymus, etc.