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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-breeders-rights-trees-shrubs-and-woody-climbers-scheme-1993/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2776",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Breeders' Rights (Trees, Shrubs and Woody Climbers) Scheme 1993",
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  "text": "Column 1\nColumn 2\nColumn 3\nColumn 4\nColumn 5\nGenus or Species\nPeriod of years for which Rights are exercisable\nClasses of plant varieties prescribed for puposes of section 5(7)\nPeriod or years prescribed for purposes of section 7(2)\nAdditional Rights\nAbeliaR. Br.\n20\nAbelia\n2\nAbutilon megapotamicum\nSt. Hil & Naud.\n20\nAbutilon\n2\nAbutilon x milleriHort.\n20\nAbutilon\n2\nAbutilon ochsenii(Phil.)\nPhilippi\n20\nAbutilon\n2\nAbutilon vitifoliumPresl.\n20\nAbutilon\n2\nAcerL.\n30\nAcer\n2\nActinidiaLindl.\n20\nActinidia\n2\nAesculusL. excluding\nAesculus parviflora\nWalt.\n30\nAesculus\n3\nAesculus parvifloraWalt.\n20\nAesculus\n2\nAlnusMill.\n30\nAlnus\n3\nAmelanchierMedik.\n20\nAmelanchier\n2\nAmpelopsisHort.\n20\nAmpelopsisandParthenocissus\n2\nAndromedaL.\n25\nAmdromeda, LeucothoeandPieris\n2\nAralia chinensisL.\n30\nAralia\n5\nAralia elata(Miq.) Seem.\n30\nAralia\n5\nAralia spinosaL.\n30\nAralia\n5\nArbutusL.\n30\nArbutus\n5\nArctostaphylosAdans.\n30\nArctostaphylos\n5\nAroniaMedik.\n20\nAronia\n2\nAucubaThunb.\n25\nAucuba\n3\nIncluded\nBerberisL.\n20\nBerberis\n2\nBetulaL.\n30\nBetula\n5\nBrachyglottisForst.\n& Forst. f.\nBrachyglottis\n5\nBuddleiaL. excluding\nB. asiaticaLour.,\nB. auriculataBenth.,\nB. madagascariensis\nLam. andB. officinalis\nMaxim.\n20\nBuddleia\n2\nBuxusL.\n25\nBuxus\n3\nIncluded\nCallicarpaL. excluding\nC. purpureaJuss. and\nC. rubellaLindl.\n20\nCallicarpa\n2\nCallunaSalisb.\n25\nCalluna, EricaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nCamellia japonicaL.\n30\nCamellia\n5\nIncluded\nCamellia reticulataLindl.\n30\nCamellia\n5\nIncluded\nCamellia saluenensis\nStapf. ex Bean\n30\nCamellia\n5\nIncluded\nCamellia saluenensis\nStapf. ex Bean xC. reticulataLindl.\n30\nCamellia\n5\nIncluded\nCamellia sasanqua\nThunb.\n30\nCamellia\n5\nIncluded\nCamellia x williamsii\nW. W. Sm.\n30\nCamellia\n5\nIncluded\nCampsisLour.(Tecoma)\n30\nCampsis\n5\nCaraganaFabr.\n30\nCaragana\n5\nCarpinusL.\n30\nCarpinus\n5\nCaryopterisBunge\n20\nCaryopteris\n2\nCassiopeD.Don\n25\nCassiope\n3\nCastaneaMill.\n30\nCastanea\n3\nCatalpav. Wolf.\n30\nCatalpa\n5\nCaenothusL.\n20\nCeanothus\n2\nCeratostigmaBunge\nexcludingC. plumbaginoidesBunge\n20\nCeratostigma\n2\nCercidiphylluumSieb. & Zucc.\n30\nCercidiphyllum\n3\nCercisaL.\n30\nCercis\n3\nChaenumelesLindl. (Cydonia)\n20\nChaenomelesandCydonia\nChimonanthusLindl.\n30\nChimonanthus\n5\nChoisyaKunth.\n25\nChoisya\n3\nCistusL.\n20\nCistus\n2\nClematisL. excluding\nC. heracleifoliaDC.\n20\nClematis\n2\nClethra acuminata\nMichx.\n20\nClethra\n2\nClethra alnifoliaL.\n20\nClethra\n2\nClethra barbinervisSieb.\n& Zucc.\n20\nClethra\n2\nClethra fargesiiFranch.\n20\nClethra\n2\nClethra tomentosaLam.\n20\nClethra\n2\nClianthus puniceus\n(G. Don) Sol.ex Lindl.\n25\nClianthus\n5\nCoprosmaForst.\n25\nCoprosma\n2\nCordyline australis\n(Forst.) Endl.\n25\nCordyline\n2\nCordyline banksiiHook.\n25\nCordyline\n2\nCordyline indivisa\n(Forst.) Steud.\n25\nCordyline\n2\nCordyline kasparW.R.B\nOliv.\n25\nCordyline\n2\nCordyline pumilio\nHook.f.\n25\nCordyline\n2\nCornusL.\n30\nCornus\n5\nCorokiaCinn.\n30\nCorokia\n2\nCorylopsisSieb. & Zucc.\n25\nCorylopsis\n3\nCorynocarpus laevigata\nJ.R. Forst. et G. Forst.\n25\nCorynocarpus\n5\nCotinusMill. (RhusL. in part)\n20\nCotinusandRhus\n2\nCotoneaster(B. Ehrh.)\nMedik.\n20\nCotoneaster\n2\nIncluded\nCrataegusL.\n30\nCrataegus\n3\nCydonia(seeChaenomeles)\nCytisusL. excluding\nC. canariensisSteud.\nandC. fragransLam.\n20\nCytisus, GenistaandSpartium\n2\nIncluded\nDaboeciaD. Don\n25\nDaboecia, CallunaandErica\n3\nDaphneL.\n30\nDaphne\n5\nDeutziaThunb.\n20\nDeutzia\n2\nIncluded\nDiervillaMill.\n20\nDiervilla\n2\nIncluded\nPodonaea viscosa(L.)\nJacq.\n30\nDodonaea\n5\nElaeagnusL.\n25\nElaeagnus\n3\nEmbothriumJ. R. & G.\nForst.\n30\nEmbothrium\n5\nEnkianthusLour.\n30\nEnkianthus\n5\nErica arboreaL.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica australisL.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica carneaL.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica ciliarisL.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica cinereaL.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nEricaxdarleyensisBean\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica lusitanicaRudolfi\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica mackaianaBab.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica mediterraneaHort.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nEricaxpraegeriOstenf.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica scopariaL.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica terminalisSalisb.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica tetralixL.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nErica vagansL.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nEricaxveitchiiBean\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nEricaxwatsoniiBenth.\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nEricaxwilliamsiiDruce\n25\nErica, CallunaandDaboecia\n3\nIncluded\nEscalloniaMutis ex L.f.\n20\nEscallonia\n2\nEucalyptusL'Herit\n30\nEucalyptus\n5\nIncluded\nEucryphia cordifolia\nCav.\n30\nEucryphia\n5\nEucryphia glutinosa\n(Poepp. & Endl.) Baill.\n30\nEucryphia\n5\nEucryphiaxintermedia\nBausch\n30\nEucryphia\n5\nEucryphiaxnymansensis\nBausch\n30\nEucryphia\n5\nEuonymusL.\n20\nEuonymus\n2\nExochordaLindl.\n20\nExochorda\n2\nFagusL.\n30\nFagus\n5\nxFatshederaGuillaumin\n30\nxFatshedera, FatsiaandHedera\n5\nForsythiaVahl.\n30\nForsythia\n2\nIncluded\nFraxinusL.\n30\nFraxinus\n3\nFuchsia magellanica\nLam. var.\nmacrostemma\n(Ruiz & Pavon) Munz\n20\nFuchsia\n2\nFuchsia magellanica\nLam. var.`Riccartonii'\n20\nFuchsia\n2\nGarrya ellipticaDouglas\nex Lindl.\nGarrya\n3\nGarryaxthuretiiCarr.\n25\nGarrya\n3\nxGaulnettyaW.J.\nMarchant\n25\nxGaulnettya and Gaultheria\n3\nGaultheriaKalm ex L.\n25\nGaultheriaand xGaulnettya\n3\nGaya(see Hoheria)\nGenistaL.\n20\nGenista, CytisusandSpartium\n5\nGleditsiaL.\n30\nGleditsia\n3\nGriselinia littoralis\nRaoul.\n30\nGriselinia\n5\nGriselinia lucidaForst. f.\n30\nGriselinia\n5\nHalesiaJ. Ellis ex L.\n20\nHalesia\n2\nHamamelisL.\n30\nHamamelis\n3\nIncluded\nHebeComm. ex Juss.\nexcludingH. speciosa(Cunn.) Cockayne & Allan\n20\nHebe\n2\nHederaL.\n20\nHedera, Fatsiaandx Fatshedera\n2\nHelianthemumMill.\n20\nHelianthemum\n2\nHibiscusL.\n25\nHibiscus\n3\nHoheriaA Cunn.\n(Plagianthus, Gaya)\n30\nHoheria\n5\nHydrangeaL.\n20\nHydrangea\n2\nIncluded\nHypericumL.\n20\nHypericum\n2\nIlexxaltaclarensis\n(Loudon) Dallim.\n30\nIlex\n5\nIncluded\nIlex aquifoliumL.\n30\nIlex\n5\nIncluded\nIndigofera amblyantha\nCraib.\n20\nIndigofera\n2\nIndigofera gerardiana\n(Wall.) Bak.\n20\nIndigofera\n2\nIndigofera hebepetala\nBenth. ex Baker\n20\nIndigofera\n2\nIndigofera incarnata\n(Willd.) Nakai\n20\nIndigofera\n2\nIndigofera kirilowi\nMaxim. ex Palibin\n20\nIndigofera\n2\nIndigofera potaninii\nCraib\n20\nIndigofera\n2\nIndigofera pseudotinctoria\nMatsum.\n20\nIndigofera\n2\nJasminum beesianum\nForr. & Diels\n20\nJasminum\n2\nJasminum grandiflorumL.\n20\nJasminum\n2\nJasminum HumileL.\n(includingJ. wallichianumLindl.)\n20\nJasminum\n2\nJasminum nudiflorum\nLindl.\n20\nJasminum\n2\nJasminum officinaleL.\n20\nJasminum\n2\nJasminumxstephanense\n20\nJasminum\n2\nKalmiaL.\n30\nKalmia\n5\nKerriaDC.\n30\nKerria\n2\nIncluded\nKolkwitziaGraebn.\n20\nKolkwitzia\n2\nLaburnumFabr.\n30\nLaburnum\n3\nLavandula officinalis\nChaix ex Villars\n20\nLavandula\n2\nIncluded\nLavandula spicaCav.\n20\nLavandula\n2\nIncluded\nLavateraL.\n30\nLavatera\n5\nLeptospermum ericoides\nA. Rich.\n20\nLeptospermum\n2\nLeptospermum sinclairii\nKirk\n20\nLeptospermum\n2\nLeptospermum scoparium\nForst.\n20\nLeptospermum\n2\nLeucothoeD. Don\n25\nLeucothoe, AndromedaandPieris\n3\nLigustrumL.\n20\nLigustrum\n2\nIncluded\nLiquidambarL.\n30\nLiquidambar\n3\nLiriodendronL.\n30\nLiriodendron\n3\nLithospermumL.\n20\nLithospermum\n2\nLoniceraL.\n20\nLonicera\n2\nLophomyrtusBurret.\n25\nLophomyrtus\n2\nLupinusL.\n25\nLupinus\n3\nMagnoliaL.\n30\nMagnolia\n5\nIncluded\nxMahoberberisC.K.\nSchneider\n25\nxMahoberberis, BerberisandMahonia\n3\nMahonia aquifolium\n(Pursh) Nutt.\n25\nMahonia\n3\nMahonia acanthifoliaG.\nDon\n25\nMahonia\n3\nMahonia Bealei\n(Fortune) Carr.\n25\nMahonia\n3\nMahonia japonica\n(Thunb.) DC.\n25\nMahonia\n3\nMahonia lomariifolia\nTakeda\n25\nMahonia\n3\nMahonia pumila\n(Greene) Fedde\n25\nMahonia\n3\nMahonia repens(Lindl.)\nG. Don\n25\nMahonia\n3\nMalusMill. excluding\nM. domesticaBorkh. and all varieties of apple rootstocks ofMalusspp.\n23\nMalusexcludingM. domesticaand all varieties of apple rootstocks ofMalusspp.\n3\nIncluded\nMelicope simplexA. Cunn.\n30\nMelicope\n5\nMelicope ternataJ.R.\nForst. et G.Forst.\n30\nMelicope\n5\nMenziesiaSm.\n25\nMenziesia\n3\nMeryta sinclairii(Hook. f.) Seem.\n30\nMeryta\n5\nMetrosideros albifloraSoland. ex Gaertn.\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMetrosideros carmineaOliv.\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMetrosideros colensoiHook. f.\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMetrosideros diffususForst. f.\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMetrosideros excelsusSol. ex Gaertn\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMetrosideros kermadecensisOliv.\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMetrosideros parkinsoniiBuch.\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMetrosideros perforata(Forst & Forst. f.)\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMetrosideros robustusA. Cunn.\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMetrosideros scandens\n(Forst & Forst. f.) Druce\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMetrosideros umbellatusCav.\n30\nMetrosideros\n5\nMyrsine australis(A. Rich.) Allan\n30\nMyrsine\n5\nMyrsine chathamicaF. Muell.\n30\nMyrsine\n5\nMyrsine coxiiCockayne\n30\nMyrsine\n5\nMyrsine divaricataA. Cunn.\n30\nMyrsine\n5\nMyrsine kermadecensisCheesem.\n30\nMyrsine\n5\nMyrsine montanaHook. f.\n30\nMyrsine\n5\nMyrsine nummulariaHook. f.\n30\nMyrsine\n5\nMyrsine oliveriAllan.\n30\nMyrsine\n5\nMyrsine salicinaHeward\n30\nMyrsine\n5\nNothofagusBlume.\n30\nNothofagus\n3\nOlearia albida(Hook. f.) Hook. f.\n20\nOlearia\n2\nOleariaxhaastiiHook. f.\n20\nOlearia\n2\nOlearia ilicifoliaHook. f.\n20\nOlearia\n2\nOlearia macrodontaBaker\n20\nOlearia\n2\nOlearia moschataHook. f.\n20\nOlearia\n2\nOlearia nummulariifolia(Hook. f.) Hook. f.\n20\nOlearia\n2\nOsmanthus heterophyllus\n(G. Don) P.S. Green (syn.O.aquifoliumSieb.O. ilicifoliusMouillef.)\n20\nOsmanthus\n2\nPaeoniaL.\n25\nPaeonia\n3\nParahebeW.R.B. Oliv.\n25\nParahebe\n5\nParrotiaC. A. Mey\n30\nParrotia\n5\nParthenocissusPlanch.\n20\nParthenocissus and Ampelopsis\n2\nPassiflora caeruleaL.\n20\nPassiflora\n2\nPernettyaGaudich.\n25\nPernettya\n3\nPerovskiaKarelin.\n20\nPerovskia\n2\nPhiladelphusL.\n20\nPhiladelphus\n2\nIncluded\nPhillyreaL.\n20\nPhillyrea\n2\nPhlomis fruticosaL.\n20\nPhlomis\n2\nPhormiumJ. R. & G. Forst.\n25\nPhormium\n3\nPhotiniaLindl.\n30\nPhotinia\n3\nPhysocarpus opalifolius(L.) Maxim\n25\nPhysocarpus\n3\nPierisD. Don\n30\nPieris, LeucothoeandAndromeda\n5\nPittosporumBanks ex Soland apud. Gaertn.\n20\nPittosporum\n2\nIncluded\nPlagianthus(seeHoheria)\n30\nPlatanus\n3\nPlatanusL.\n30\nPlatanus\n3\nPopulusL.\nPopulus\n3\nPotentilla fruticosaL.\n20\nPotentilla\n2\nPotentilla fruticosaL. var. davurica (Nestle.) Seringe (P. glabraLoddiges)\n20\nPotentilla\n2\nPotentilla fruticosaL. var.rigida(Wall. ex Lehm.) T.H.Wolf (P. arbusculaD. Don)\n20\nPotentilla\n2\nPrunusL. (decorative varieties only)\n30\nPrunus\n3\nIncluded\nPrunusxamygdalopersica(Weston) Rehd.\n30\nPrunus\n3\nIncluded\nPrunusxcistenaN. E. Hansen\n20\nPrunus\n2\nPrunus concinnaKoehne\n20\nPrunus\n2\nPrunus glandulosaThunb.\n20\nPrunus\n2\nPrunus laurocerasusL.\n20\nPrunus\n2\nIncluded\nPrunus lusitanicaL.\n20\nPrunus\n2\nIncluded\nPrunus maritimaWangenh.\n20\nPrunus\n2\nPrunus prostrataLabill.\n20\nPrunus\n2\nPrunus tenellaBatsch.\n20\nPrunus\n2\nPrunus trilobaLindl.\n20\nPrunus\n2\nIncluded\nPseudopanax chathamicusT. Kirk.\n30\nPseudopanax\n5\nPseudopanax crassifolius(Sol. ex A. Cunn.)\n30\nPseudopanax\n5\nPseudopanax discolorKirk\n30\nPseudopanax\n5\nPseudopanax edgerleyiC. Koch.\n30\nPseudopanax\n5\nPseudopanax feroxT. Kirk\n30\nPseudopanax\n5\nPseudopanax gilliesiiT. Kirk\n30\nPseudopanax\n5\nPseudopanax lessonii(DC.)\n30\nPseudopanax\n5\nPseudopanax linearis(Hook.f.) K. Koch\n30\nPseudopanax\n5\nPyracanthaM. Roem.\n20\nPyracantha\n2\nIncluded\nPyrusL. (decorative varieties only)\n30\nPyrus\n3\nQuercusL.\n30\nQuercus\n5\nIncluded\nRhamnusL.\n30\nRhamnus\n3\nRhusL.\n20\nRhusandCotinus\n2\nRibesL. (decorative varieties only)\n20\nRibes\n2\nRobiniaL.\n30\nRobinia\n3\nRomneyaHarv.\n20\nRomneya\n2\nRosmarinus officinalisL.\n20\nRosmarinus\n2\nRubusL. (decorative varieties only)\n20\nRubus\n2\nRuscusL.\n25\nRuscus\n2\nRutaL.\n20\nRuta\n2\nSalixL.\n30\nSalix\n3\nIncluded\nSalvia officinalisL.\n20\nSalvia\n2\nIncluded\nSambucusL.\n20\nSambucus\n2\nSarcococcaLindl. excludingS. salignaMuell.\n20\nSarcococca\n2\nSenecio laxifoliusBuch.\n20\nSenecio\n2\nSkimmiaThunb.\n25\nSkimmia\n3\nSophoraL.\n30\nSophora\n3\nSorbusL.\n30\nSorbus\n3\nIncluded\nSpartiumL.\n20\nSpartium CytisusandGenista\n2\nSpiraeaL.\n20\nSpiraea\n2\nIncluded\nStachyurusSieb. & Zucc.\n25\nStachyurus\n3\nStaphyleaL.\n20\nStaphylea\n2\nStephanandraSieb. & Zucc.\n20\nStephanandra\n2\nStewartiaL.\n30\nStewartia\n3\nStranvaesiaLindl.\n30\nStranvaesia\n5\nStyraxL.\n25\nStyrax\n3\nSymphoricarposDunham.\n20\nSymphoricarpos\n2\nIncluded\nSyringaL. excludingS. velutinaKomar.(S. palibinianaNakai)\n20\nSyringa\n2\nSyringa velutinaKomar. (S. palibinianaNakai)\n30\nSyringa\n5\nTamarixL.\n20\nTamarix\n2\nTecoma(seeCampsis)\nTeucrium fruticansL.\n20\nTeucrium\n2\nTiliaL.\n30\nTilia\n3\nUlexL.\n20\nUlex\n2\nUlmusL.\n30\nUlmus\n3\nVacciniumL. (decorative varieties only)\n30\nVaccinium\n5\nViburnumL.\n20\nViburnum\n2\nVinca majorL.\n20\nVinca\n2\nVinca minorL.\n20\nVinca\n2\nVitisL.\n20\nVitis\n2\nWeigelaThunb.\n20\nWeigela\n2\nIncluded\nWeinmannia racemosaL.f.\n30\nWeinmannia\n5\nWeinmannia silvicolaSol. ex A. Cunn.\n30\nWeinmannia\n5\nWisteriaNutt.\n30\nWisteria\n5\nYuccaL. excludingY. aloifoliaL.,Y. baccataTorr. andY. whippleiTorr.\n30\nYucca\n5\nZelkovaSpach.\n30\nZelkova\n3",
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