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Variant

In connection with grape variety, see under Variety.

This term often causes confusion as it is used differently and often incorrectly in the relevant literature. According to "Duden", a variety (Lat. Varietas = subspecies or form, also race) within biological classification is a slightly deviating form of a species (Lat. Species). In the "Roche Lexikon Medizin", a variety is a subspecies subordinate form or type that was previously also called a type. A variant (deviation, subspecies, type) means a deviation from the comparison or standard type or norm (a slightly altered form of something). However, this term is not used in the context of the Botany order. In...

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