APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A LILY NAME (Cultivar epithet or Cultivar Group epithet)
Registration should occur before the name is published or disseminated in any way. There is no charge for registration. This form, duly completedincluding the Personal Data Statement on page 3, should be sent to Duncan Donald, RHS International Registrar, 16 Midtown of Inverasdale, Poolewe, Ross-shire IV22 2LW, UK, or e-mailed to. Forms are also available online at To receive a free Certificate of Registration, please delete as appropriate: Yes / No.
Names already listed in the latest edition of The International Lily Register and Checklist or its Supplementsmust not be re-used and are not acceptable for registration. Names proposed should be in accordance with the 9thedition of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (published 2016). Advice or details of these publications may be obtained from the International Registrar.
Accepted registrations will eventually be published in the Lily Register or its Supplements, but registrants should be aware that, until a name is published, it has no nomenclatural priority. Therefore, following registration, registrants may wish to ensure that the name (accompanied by a description) is published as soon as possible: if this is done, please inform the Registrar.
Good colour photographs (prints, transparencies or digital images) and, if practicable, a pressed specimen, are very helpful and greatly appreciated. These, with this form, will enable an accurate description to be drawn up and provide a definitive “standard portfolio” for future reference. The copyright of the image remains with the registrant. If you are not the copyright holder or have further questions, please ask the International Registrar for advice or a copy of the Image donations’ agreement form. Herbarium (pressed) specimen sent Yes No To follow Photo(s) sent Yes No Are you willing for these photos/specimens to be deposited in the RHS Herbarium at WisleyGarden for a standard portfolio for this cultivar? Yes No If you are the copyright holder of the image(s), please sign and date the following consent:
I confirm I am the copyright holder and agree to the International Cultivar Registration Authority for Lilium making use of these images for any scientific or educational purpose in relation to the registration and correct naming of plants, whether through electronic or printed media.
Signed …………………………………………………… Date …………………..……………...
PROPOSED NAME: 1st choice ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
2nd choice …….…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...…
Is it a cultivar, or a cultivar-group (“grex”, “strain”) name? …………………………………… Division ……………………..….
Seed parent (Female) ……………………………………………………………………………….………………………….….…
Pollen parent (Male) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……..
Selection from ……………………………………..… Sport from …………..……………………… Chance seedling
Hybridized/selected by …..……………………………………………………………………………………. Year ………………
Address ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Grown to first flower by …………………………………………………………………………………….…. Year …………….
Address ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Named by ……………………………………………………………………………………………………...... Year ……………
Address ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Commercial introducer ……………………………………………………………………………………….... Year ………….....
Address ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Name and address of person(s), nursery or firm registering name …………………………………………………….………….
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Has the name appeared in a datedpublication, with a description? If so, please give details of firstsuch publication.
(If possible, please send a copy) …………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Derivation of proposed name if not obvious ….…………………………………………………………………………………
If name is not English, please translate …………………………………………………………………………………..……….
Give name in original script, if latter is not Roman ……………………………………………………………….………..…...
Details of any awards ......
Details of any Plant Patent or Plant Breeders’ Rights’ cover ......
Please state any trade designations (“commercial synonyms”) or trademarks used in marketing the plant
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DESCRIPTION: if possible, please supply colour references from the RHS Colour Chart (1966, 1986, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2015 – please identifythe edition used)
FLOWERS: Aspect (a) up-facing (b) out-facing (c) down-facing
Form (a) trumpet-shaped (b) bowl-shaped (c) flat (d) tepals markedly recurvedin the typical final shape (e.g. as in L martagon, L. pumilum or their hybrids)
(Flowers may overlap for the character-states listed: if so, please indicate both states, e.g. a+b if flower is up- to out-facing.)
Inside colour of tepals (including midveins) ………………………………………..……………………………………………….
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…………….…………………………………………………………. Throat colour ………………………………………….…...
Outside colour (including midribs) …………………………………….…………………………………………………..………...
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Colour and distribution of brushmarks and/or spots …………..…………………………………………………………………......
Colour and distribution of papillae …….………………………………………………………………………………………..……
Nectary furrows open semi-open closed; colour ………….……………..…………………………………………………
Filament colour …………………………… Pollen colour ………………………….. Stigma colour ……….……………..…….
Diameter of flower ………….... mm single double not scented slightly scented strongly scented
TEPALS: Length ……………… mm Margins: smooth slightly ruffled strongly ruffled
Greatest width….…...... …mm Tips: not recurved slightly recurved recurved strongly recurved
LEAVES: whorled scattered Length ……...... mm Greatest width …… mm Colour ……………………………….. STEM: Height …………m ( under glass outdoors) Colour ………………………………………………………….....No. of flowers per stem: up to ……./average……... FLOWERING SEASON ...... HARDINESS ……. Further distinguishing characters (e.g. stem-bulbils, type of inflorescence, leaf glossiness, pedicel length or stoutness, tetraploidy)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
What we do with your personal data – Please read and complete the Personal Data Statement
As defined by the UK Data Protection Act (1998), in completing and sending this form as an individual you are supplying the Royal Horticultural Society as International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA), which is a voluntary non-statutory organisation, with information that identifies you (“personal data”). This does not apply to registrations submitted in the name of an organisation, such as a commercial nursery.
To register your plant requires the ICRA to retain these personal data and in submitting this registration form you are agreeing to the storage of the data that relates to you. This information will be kept indefinitely and for the purpose detailed below. The ICRA undertakes to hold your personal data securely and not to make it available to anyone else during your lifetime, except where required for the purpose of cultivar registration.
Completion of the registration process requires the ICRA to publish information about newly registered plant names in print. The RHS ICRAs do this by means of a Register, or itssupplements (usually produced annually) which are printed and distributed, as well as being made available online on the RHS website. These publications contain either just the name or the name and an abbreviated address of the registrant. When known, the abbreviated address will consist of just the home town, county/state and country.
Occasionally we share data on registered plant names with others involved with cultivar registration, including those outside the European Union. Should this occur we will try to ensure there is an adequate level of protection in such countries in relation to processing personal data.
Under the UK Data Protection Act you have the choice to opt out of your personal data being used by the ICRA. Please read the statements below and indicate your preference in each case.
I give permission for the RHS to (* Please delete as appropriate):
- Include my name in published outputs from the Register database, and make it available through the RHS (YES/NO*)
- Include my abbreviated address (as home town, county/state, country) in published outputs from the Register database, and make it available through the RHS website (YES/NO*)
- Share relevant personal data relating to this application with other organisations involved with cultivar registration (including those outside of the EU) (YES/NO*)
Signed: ………………………………………………………………. Date: ………………………………………………..
In addition this form may contain personal data about other people involved in the origin and development of the plant. Where possible, you should have obtained their permission to include their personal data if they are still living at the time of this application and these data are not already in the public domain.
Please indicate below whether you have obtained these people’s agreement for you to supply their personal data:
I confirm that the following individuals have agreed to me providing their details as listed in this registration application, as indicated below (* Please delete either element if appropriate)
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Signed: ……………………………………………………………………..…………. Date: ……………………….………..
Thank you very much for taking the time and trouble to complete this form
This part of the form is for the use of the International Registrar
Date received ……………………………………… Image received Yes/No Consent Yes/No Date ……………………....
Image donations agreement form required Yes/No
Registration of this lily has been accepted as . …………………………………………………………………………………...
has been postponed or rejected because…………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Signature of Registrar …………………………………………………….. Date ………………………………………………....
Certificate(s) required Yes/No Date despatched ……………………….
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