US Plant Patent PP4805
Diane
Crossandra infundibuliformis `Diane`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired April 18, 2000. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP4805
- Filed
- April 18, 1980
- Granted
- January 19, 1982
- Expires
- April 18, 2000
- Inventor
- STOKES BRIAN T
Abstract
A new and distinct cultivar of Crossandra infundibuliformis to be known as `Diane`, the new cultivar being principally distinguished from the commonly cultivated variety by its larger sized and more broadly shaped leaves, its more robust and compact habit of growth and its flowers whose color is a darker, richer shade of salmon orange and whose petals are more rounded and larger in size than those of the commonly cultivated variety.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Crossandra infundibuliformis, substantially as described and illustrated, known by the cultivar name `Diane` and particularly characterized as having large and ovately-oblong shaped leaves, a robust habit of growth, and flowers having larger, more rounded petals and a color which is a darker, richer shade of salmon orange than found in the commonly cultivated variety.
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