Hort.
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Through Taxonomy (biology), Horticulture and Binomial nomenclature
Origins and usage
"Hort.," short for hortulanus, was proposed in order that non-wild, cultivated plants known and described in agriculture or gardening circles can be examined by taxonomists to determine if the plants can be established as species and published. The proposal was made at the 1928 "International Congress of Horticulture of Vienna" by citrus scholar Tyozaburo Tanaka.
For example, for the clementine, the following binomial name was adopted by Tanaka:
- Citrus clementina hort. ex Tanaka
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