The Australian Cultivar Registration Authority (ACRA) is the
International Cultivar Registration Authority
An International Cultivation Registration Authority (ICRA) is an organization responsible for ensuring that the names of plant cultivars and cultivar groups are defined and not duplicated.
The ICRA system was established more 50 years ago, and op ...
(ICRA) for Australian plant genera, excluding those genera or groups for which other ICRAs have been appointed.
It is a committee of representatives of each
state
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, the
Society for Growing Australian Plants
The Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) (ANPSA) is a federation of seven state-based member organisations for people interested in Australia's native Flora of Australia, flora, both in aspects of conservation and in cultivation.
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, and the
Nursery Industry Association of Australia.
Founded in 1963, it is responsible for the registration and publication of
cultivar
A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, ...
names of Australian native plants, in accordance with the
International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants
The ''International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants'' (ICNCP), is a guide to the rules and regulations for naming cultigens, plants whose origin or selection is primarily due to intentional human activity. It is also known as Cultivate ...
.
It also advises on
plant breeders rights, and registers
plant varieties declared under the
Plant Breeder's Rights Act 1994.
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Business organisations based in Australia
1963 establishments in Australia